How long does it take to digest sugar???

Question

How long for each individual sugar?
1. Sucrose
2. Fructose
3. Lactose
4. Glucose

Answer 1

This is like asking How long is a piece of string!
It varies in accordance with metabolic rate, exercise and general health. An average is 30 minutes.

I would like to point out that sugar does not get stored as fat the two substances are as different as chalk from cheese.
The reality is that high sugar levels cause increased release of insulin which causes fat to be stored, so it is the insulin that is the culprit causing the storage not sugar being converted to fat!
SOME FACTS CONCERNING SUGAR INTAKE IN USA
In the last 20 years, we have increased sugar consumption in the U.S. 26 pounds to 135 lbs. of sugar per person per year! Prior to the turn of this century (1887-1890), the average consumption was only 5 lbs. per person per year! Cardiovascular disease and cancer was virtually unknown in the early 1900's.

The "glycemic index" is a measure of how a given food affects blood-glucose levels, with each food being assigned a numbered rating. The lower the rating, the slower the absorption and digestion process, which provides a more gradual, healthier infusion of sugars into the bloodstream. On the other hand, a high rating means that blood-glucose levels are increased quickly, which stimulates the pancreas to secrete insulin to drop blood-sugar levels. These rapid fluctuations of blood-sugar levels are not healthy because of the stress they place on the body.

One of sugar's major drawbacks is that it raises the insulin level, which inhibits the release of growth hormones, which in turn depresses the immune system. This is not something you want to take place if you want to avoid disease.

An influx of sugar into the bloodstream upsets the body's blood-sugar balance, triggering the release of insulin, which the body uses to keep blood-sugar at a constant and safe level. Insulin also promotes the storage of fat, so that when you eat sweets high in sugar, you're making way for rapid weight gain and elevated triglyceride levels, both of which have been linked to cardiovascular disease. Complex carbohydrates tend to be absorbed more slowly, lessening the impact on blood-sugar levels.

Sugar depresses the immune system.
We have known this for decades. It was only in the 1970's that researchers found out that vitamin C was needed by white blood cells so that they could phagocytize viruses and bacteria. White blood cells require a 50 times higher concentration inside the cell as outside so they have to accumulate vitamin C.

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How long does it take to digest sugar???
How long for each individual sugar?
1. Sucrose
2. Fructose
3. Lactose
4. Glucose

Answer 5

I'm a diabetic and most Blood Gloucous test say that as long as I have enought insulin in my system, I can pretty much digest most sugars within a half an hour. but each raises the blood gloucous level and keep it there until its used by the body, as in excercise or just being ill...when its not being used it is stored as fat until the excess insulin can break it down and illiminate it...that is why insulin is so important to a diabetic, and to a person who isn't diabetic.