Yes, it slows it down. If you add some fat to carbs it will spike you but not that dramatically. Peanut butter great for thatAre you meaning that fats decrease the sugar spikes?
Or nutellaChocolate is not pure sugar, there is lots of fat too. That's why it doesn't spike that badly. In bread there is no fat or fiber so yes, it hits us a bit faster than chocolate (unless you eat it with lot of butter or mayo)
Is there fructose in white sugar? I don't use it at all so not sure. I thought it was sucrose mainly.White table sugar is half glucose and half fructose. Fructose is what tastes sweet and does not raise blood glucose levels because it's not glucose. The carbs in bread flour are long chains of glucose. So, yes, white bread will raise your blood glucose more than table sugar.
Table sugar is sucrose, which is half glucose and half fructose:
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For sure bread will raise your blood glucose higher than white sugar, if comparing the same amount of calories.
Do you know then why fructose in fruit generally spikes our BG?... The more fructose (banana and oranges) the bigger the spike.
I can get by pretty well with strawbs (8g carbs p 100g), blueberries (14g carbs p 100g), blackberries (10g carbs p 100g)...
Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").
6/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 66, 11st 11lbs, waist 30".
Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting.
It's likely not the fructose. Probably the starch and/or glucose.
I treat my hypos with protein.Is there fructose in white sugar? I don't use it at all so not sure. I thought it was sucrose mainly.
Comparing white bread and table sugar I think, white sugar will raise my sugar levels much faster than bread. I would love to treat hypo with a piece of baguette
@KevinPotts frutose is used as a sweetner in some foods. However i saw an article dissing that too, but cannot remember their point.Amazing...always learning...I really didn't know the fructose in fruit has no affect on BGs... What a fascinating community this is
Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").
6/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 66, 11st 11lbs, waist 30".
Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting.
Hi. I thought the body stores fructose as fat as it can't use it in the way it does glucose. This is why it is best to avoid too much?@KevinPotts frutose is used as a sweetner in some foods. However i saw an article dissing that too, but cannot remember their point.
At one point i thought i had fatty liver due to too much fruit. My mum eats it in bucket fulls and her liver comes up clean. Mind u she isnt diabetic.
I guess its the starches in fruit and other foods caused my fatty liver. I no longer have fatty liver but still weigh 128.40kgs. The body is strange!
Yes it is strange ickihun, I too had fatty liver before being diagnosed with diabetes, I even had a liver biopsy 2yrs year to prove it. and when I went for my blood results in April this year my liver was normal , so fatty liver gone I think it has a lot to do with the LCHF diet as I do eat fruit in moderatiom, raspberries [ nearly every day ] blackberries weekly blueberries [a few times a week] 2-3 pears a week half a banana a week plums occasionally slices of apples with cheese and my BG levels are fine with this.@KevinPotts frutose is used as a sweetner in some foods. However i saw an article dissing that too, but cannot remember their point.
At one point i thought i had fatty liver due to too much fruit. My mum eats it in bucket fulls and her liver comes up clean. Mind u she isnt diabetic.
I guess its the starches in fruit and other foods caused my fatty liver. I no longer have fatty liver but still weigh 128.40kgs. The body is strange!
Are you looking at portion sizes, comparatively, too?
are you comparing a slice of white bread to, say a couple of squares of milk chocolate?
Thanks @amgrundy. So starch it is then. I'm due a blood test on wednesday morning. The whole works.Yes it is strange ickihun, I too had fatty liver before being diagnosed with diabetes, I even had a liver biopsy 2yrs year to prove it. and when I went for my blood results in April this year my liver was normal , so fatty liver gone I think it has a lot to do with the LCHF diet as I do eat fruit in moderatiom, raspberries [ nearly every day ] blackberries weekly blueberries [a few times a week] 2-3 pears a week half a banana a week plums occasionally slices of apples with cheese and my BG levels are fine with this.
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