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Abundance144 t1_j8plt50 wrote

Reply to comment by chrisp909 in Study finds link between ‘free sugar’ intake and cardiovascular disease by YoanB

Not just sweets. Carbohydrates in particular. Carbohydrates are literally just strings of glucose. Strings of sugar. Eating a potato will literally raise your blood sugar faster than an equal amount of table sugar.

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zack189 t1_j8q1nb4 wrote

Isn't a potato more complex than sugar tho? Taking more time to digest?

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Abundance144 t1_j8q8qif wrote

You'd think so. But the glycemic index is higher for the potato than the pure table sugar; meaning that its broken down into sugar faster

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Cowsie t1_j8ub33b wrote

This is the opposite for sweet potatoes though innit?

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eviljason t1_j8rbqsv wrote

Not just glucose. Most are actually long chain sugars that require some work from the body’s enzymes to break them down to simple sugars.

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