Alister wrote:
> As a type 2 diabetic who has spent a considerable time monitoring my
> blood glucose levels I can confirm that starches do indeed raise your BG
> levels considerably & for a prolonged period
> white bread is definitely the worst offender.

There is a popular book Wheat Belly pub'd in 2011 auth'd by Wm Davis,
cardiologist, who says modern wheat cultivars are 'drastically'
different from the wheat of 50 y ago in terms of the metabolic impact of
its amylopectin A starch, which he says has a higher glycemic index than
sugar.

That GI number is supported by a Harvard study* which showed white bread
at 75 while sucrose was 65 and fructose 15 while glucose was of course
100, the index.


*
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/glycemic-index-and-glyce
mic-load-for-100-foods
  Glycemic index for 60+ foods - Measuring carbohydrate effects can help
glucose management

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Mike Easter

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