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Meaning of carbohydrate "of which sugars"

Antje77 said:
The large baked potato tastes a lot better though :p
Must be an impressive potato too. According to your reckoning the potato in question here has 18 teaspoons of sugar, equalling (18x4=) 72 grams of carbs. Google says 17 grams of carbs per 100 grams for potato so your potato weighs close to a pound!
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The Carbs and Cals book shows a similar baked potato to the one in the video. It has 75g of carbs and weighs 348g.
 
Antje77 said:
No. Baking doesn't add carbs, and there is not '19 sugar cubes' in that potato. I think you need to check your sources.
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We will have to agree to disagree. I suspect you have done your research, I am anal with mine, also; baking and mashing increases the sugar availability not just for potatoes.
 
Antje77 said:
No. Baking doesn't add carbs, and there is not '19 sugar cubes' in that potato. I think you need to check your sources.
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Yup, just double checked the BBC documentary I referenced, at 2 mins 43 the presenter verifies 19 sugar cubes (teaspoons) for a large baked potato. A bowl of white rice was even worse at 20 cubes - 2 mins 22.
 
Remember guys that only 50% of sucrose is glucose, the rest is fructose which for the most part isn’t converted to glucose by the liver. With that in mind, these sugar cube comparisons all of a sudden don’t seem so outlandish? :)
 
I ate half a serving of mashed potatoes with gravy yesterday at lunch.

BG still low later in the day. Same as when I'd eaten half a muffin at breakfast the day before.

Just sayin'. ;)
 
SaskiaKC said:
I ate half a serving of mashed potatoes with gravy yesterday at lunch.

BG still low later in the day. Same as when I'd eaten half a muffin at breakfast the day before.

Just sayin'. ;)
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It probably wasn't low during the time following the meal and before your test. Just sayin! ;)
 
Antje77 said:
They are way more interesting than the cals anyway. I would love a book where I can look up the carbs of different foods accurately but where the cals are replaced by pictures of cats! In the app they could even be cat video's.
I might be onto something here, could be a goldmine!
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From "Carbs and Cats: The Movie" --
 
HSSS said:
Nothing a dog doesn’t cure ! :) (I’m ducking low behind a solid barrier as you read this!)
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Are you sure?
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