Just wondering cause the only benefit I know of unrefined sugars is that it dosn't strip nutrients from your body to digest because it has its own unlike refined sugars. I know refined flour turns to sugar in your bloodstream but not unrefined flour. Is there a correlation?
2006-10-03 07:42:12 · 5 answers · asked by Pacman187 2 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Generally speaking complex carbohydrates (unrefined sugars) won't have nearly the glycemic index that unrefined sugars do. There are a few exceptions, but normally that's the case.
There are far more benefits to complex carbohydrates than the nutrient issue. Our society is ingesting refined foods that have concentrations of callories many times above anything ever found in nature. Not only is the diabetic and obsesity epidemic raging due to our diet, but we're killing ourselves with heart disease and cancer. Many of these deaths could be prevented simply by changing the way we eat.
Is that enough benefit to unrefined sugars?
Boy....sorry about the soapbox.
2006-10-03 14:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by Kamda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 14:26:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cane sugar/beet sugar/refined sugar/unrefined sugar/
turbinado sugar/ corn syrup/ high fructose corn syrup /fructose / dextrose/sucrose/lactose/maltose/sorbitol...I Know there are others.
When you read the ingredients on anything and it ends in "ose" it is some sort of sugar based sweetening agent. ALL affect blood sugar; as do non-nutritive sweeteners like aspartame or any of those little pink/green/blue packets
BTW: a small white plain potato is seen by your body as 1/4 cup of sugar...
2006-10-03 10:30:57 · answer #3 · answered by Mod M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugar is sugar is sugar - sorry. One of the reasons why metabolic syndrome and insulin resistence are on a rocketship rise statistically is because of all the different variations (as noted in the other answers) of sugars and the fast conversion of simple carbohydrates in our diets. I would be glad to consul you if you e-mail me - for Free.
Dr. Bartels
2006-10-06 10:14:15 · answer #4 · answered by Doctor B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look up the Glycemic Index. but for the short answer, yes they can affect your blood sugar differently.
http://www.prevention.com/article/0,5778,s1-4-62-658-2636-1,00.html
2006-10-03 07:44:53 · answer #5 · answered by pip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋