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aegis
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 Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:05 am Post subject:
life cereal - honey graham
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A serving size of this cereal contains 7 grams of sugar.
For total carbohydrates they list 25 grams.
For 'other carbohydrates' they list 16 grams.
Now is the 'other carbohydrates' an indicator
for refined carbohydrates? If so, I have read
that refined carbohydrates and sugar are
treated no differently by the body.
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outsor@citynet.net
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| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject:
Re: life cereal - honey graham
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"A serving size of this cereal contains 7 grams of sugar.
For total carbohydrates they list 25 grams.
For 'other carbohydrates' they list 16 grams.
Now is the 'other carbohydrates' an indicator
for refined carbohydrates? If so, I have read
that refined carbohydrates and sugar are
treated no differently by the body."
"Sugar" refers to common table sugar. Total carbs includes all, including
the table sugar and other carb forms and fiber. If it can be digested the
body treats all carbs the same as glucose; the exception being fructose.
Table sugar is 50/50 glucose and fructose. |
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mtbiker78
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| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject:
Re: life cereal - honey graham
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aegis wrote:
| Quote: | Now is the 'other carbohydrates' an indicator
for refined carbohydrates? If so, I have read
that refined carbohydrates and sugar are
treated no differently by the body.
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The best place to look for this information is the ingredients list.
Does that cereal use "enriched flour" (a.k.a wheat flour, bleached or
unbleached, it's all the same) or "whole wheat flour"? If it's the
former, then they are refined carbohydrates, the latter would be
complex carbohydrates. In the body, they will all be eventually broken
down to glucose, the difference is the number of steps it takes to get
there. The refined carbohydrates are similar to sugar in their ingested
form, thus they elicit a similar response, a rapid spike in blood
glucose, followed by a release of insulin to influence the body's cells
to take up the glucose.
Whole wheat is much more complex in it's ingested form, thus requiring
more energy from the body to digest it. This causes the introduction of
glucose into the blood stream to be more gradual, avoiding the spike
that is seen with sugar and enriched flour.
Basically, when it comes to cereal (and bread, and crackers, and
cookies, etc.) I don't bother looking at the nutrition box. I read the
ingredients list, it's the only way to actually know what you're eating. |
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