World 6-2
Sugar Species
Spotting Them in the Wild
Pass the ‘Sugar’ Please
Table sugar, or sucrose, is usually what recipes mean when they use a plain old word like ‘sugar’.
Sucrose is actually a half/half combo of 2 types of sugar:
- Fructose
- Glucose
It’s very important to know there’s a difference for a t1der. Why? Because:
Fructose is S L O W at raising BGL and Glucose is FAST!
Other Types
There’s Lactose and Galactose from Dairy.
Maltose is another type.
The Tastiest Facts
Aside from the tastiness of sugars, as a t1der it’s handy to know:
- What sugary sweets are best for raising BGL quickly
- How sugars in different things will behave when I eat them