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No. Foods with high refined sugar amounts have a high glycemic index.
You should limit your intake of or avoid fried and fatty foods and foods containing refined sugars.
Refined carbohydrates and sugars.
For example, fruit and vegetables are considered nutrient-dense food, while highly refined products containing added sugars.
When it comes to diabetic foods, people often get confused. Should you completely cut sugar out of your diet? Are all carbohydrates bad? The key to eating properly as a diabetic is knowing the glycemic index, or GI, of foods. The glycemic index is a scale used to determine how fast or how high a certain food can raise your blood sugar. Refined flours and sugars are high-glycemic, whereas proteins, fats, and complex carbohydrates are in the lower GI range. It is possible to include a wide variety of foods in your diet while keeping it low-glycemic.
Yes, the standard type of sugars that you add to food or drinks is a refined carbohydrate.
Sugars or Potatoes
Unrefined sugars are raw sugars that has slightly been refined during their processing. Examples of unrefined sugars included raw honey and raw maple syrup.
A low glycemic diet will help diabetics by regulating blood sugars. It also works to encourage weight loss for those on the South Beach or Zone diets. Info can be found at http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/glycemic-index-diet
sugars containing aldehydes as the functional group are termed as aldoses eg.glucose,sucrose sugars containing ketones as the functional group are termed as ketoses eg.fructose
Full of glucose and refined sugars. Will give you the Diabeetus!
Starch releases energy more slowly then sugars. Sugars give you a quick boost meaning you more then likely to feel hungry sooner.