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kevkevkev

kevkevkev

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One thing that still confuses me is when I read labels what is the difference between carbs and carbs as sugar?

Any help greatly appreciated
 
kevkevkev said:
One thing that still confuses me is when I read labels what is the difference between carbs and carbs as sugar?

Any help greatly appreciated
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For us, very little. Sugar is a carbohydrate and all carbs turn into glucose in the body - some faster than others.

It's safe to ignore the of which sugars bit.
 
It's the total carbs you need to look at. The 'of which sugar' bit is just telling you what amount of the total carbs are sugar.

All carbs can put your blood sugar up, not just sugar, so look at the total carbs.
 
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