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Carb equivalent in teaspoons of sugar

I am confused by the label on the column - it is not about how many teaspoons of sugar are in each portion but how it affects blood sugars. Surely
that varies per person
 
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I am confused by the label on the column - it is not about how many teaspoons of sugar are in each portion but how it affects blood sugars. Surely
that varies per person
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It is a generalisation of course.

However I think primarily there is variability on the extent to which we're insulin resistant/sensitive but given that, then one can make a food choice based on the dietary paradigm adopted and one criterion may be the glycaemic load.

Assuming someone chooses low carb then as a general statement a portion of a food containing 7 spoonful equivalents of sugar is likely to affect them more than on containing 1 spoonful.

But there are then no doubt nuances such as - but not limited to - which microbes occupy our gut and how that affects us differently.
 
These are the carb equivalents, not actual sugar. His GI and sugar equivalents were produced to demonstrate to other doctors and dieticians why T2 diabetics shouldn't just be told to eat brown foods (wholemeal bread, etc ) because they are healthier than white or be encouraged to eat lots of fruit because fruit is healthy.
We still get newly diagnosed T2s here who have been given some dubious advice about food.
 
Mathewted said:
It is a generalisation of course.

However I think primarily there is variability on the extent to which we're insulin resistant/sensitive but given that, then one can make a food choice based on the dietary paradigm adopted and one criterion may be the glycaemic load.

Assuming someone chooses low carb then as a general statement a portion of a food containing 7 spoonful equivalents of sugar is likely to affect them more than on containing 1 spoonful.

But there are then no doubt nuances such as - but not limited to - which microbes occupy our gut and how that affects us differently.
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GI is not usually very helpful if we are diet controlled diabetics - we can see from his chart that potatoes have a higher GI but a lower carb impact than basmati rice.
Both are too high for me however.
 
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