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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fizzylaa" data-source="post: 970410" data-attributes="member: 156164"><p>It's counter intuitive I know to be eating more refined sugar than complex carbs but my hba1c is lower that way. Would it suggest that less damage is happening? Without any meds the reverse is true. But on meds they seem to affect blood glucose rises from sugar intake better than blood glucose rises from starch. I think the longer term worry is the desperate attempt the body makes to acquire glucose from whatever it can. Also excersize seems to lower blood sugar quicker if it has come from sugars rather than starch. And don't get me started on low GI starches. Just think of popcorn. It looks really small before you apply heat. Energy expands it 10 times its size! That's a load more glucose than you first imagine. That's what happens in your stomach. So lowGI pasta has a high glycemic load. That will be like eating a portion 10 times the size you actually ate. I love pasta! It's my Achilles heal.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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