>>I have in my hands a cup of fruit yogurt (empty as I already consumed it).
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>>The sugar content of this cup is 18 g. But I would like to see how many grams of the sugar comes from the fruit and how much is the processed sugar. I am thinking about writing to my congressman.
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>It does not matter that much if the carbohydrate is added sugar, "natural" sugar or even if it is some kind of starch.
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>Well, fructose (fruit sugar) is suspected of being a liver poison and causing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and even diabetes, so the added sugar may be less dangerous than the natural sugar.
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>What matters is how much carbohydrate and how fast the carbohydrate turns to glucose (the only kind of sugar in your blood)
>White bread turns to glucose rapidly and hits your bloodstream faster than cotton candy, so the idea of "complex carbohydrates" is not that useful.
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>The starch in white bread (all bread really) is a chain of glucose molecules that breaks apart to glucose as your saliva hits it. Table sugar is half glucose (instantly absorbed) and half sucrose - requires a trip through the liver to convert sucrose to glucose so it takes longer to hit your bloodstream.
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>wwwGlycemicIndex.com
Thank you for the information.
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