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    Are the sugars in powdered food 'free'?

    Not powdered sugar, just powdered foods (where there is still fibre, fats, etc) That sounds like a very interesting test to do: take some normal fruit and monitor the levels.. then take some powder of the same fruit and see how the responses differ. The devices seem quite invasive though...
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    Are the sugars in powdered food 'free'?

    Thanks. I don't seem to be able to publish links but that's the report I was looking at for [1]. The type of sugar doesn't determine whether it's free or not (though they do have different GIs), rather under what 'conditions' the sugar is consumed. On the Diabetes website itself it aligns with...
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    Are the sugars in powdered food 'free'?

    Powdered food like Carob powder, which has ~40g of sugar per 100g [1]. If the powder is consumed in 5g portions, that's 2g of sugar. Using multiple different powdered foods over the day could add up! I'm trying to limit my (free) sugar intake as in the past it's been incredibly bad (I've had...
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    Are the sugars in powdered food 'free'?

    I use powdered food everyday, some of which however are quite high in sugar and am concerned whether this sugar is 'free' or 'intrinsic'. Multiple definitions of free sugar state that sugars become free when the cell, whose structure holds the sugar, is broken down (e.g. from blending, juicing...
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