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Originally Posted by Bibleteacher  .... The ADA has recently said that it is OK for diabetics to eat refined sugar as long is part of the substitution diet.
well I beg to differ, I think they got it all wrong ..... It really makes no sense at all for a diabetic to eat refined sugar. |
I agree totally. As you say, refined sugar has zero nutritional value. All it does is over-stimulate the pancreas to produce insulin. The ADA should really know better than to endorse consumption of sugar by diabetics. It is a contradiction in terms. Doctors trying to get T2 patients to restrict sugar consumption were dismayed by this startling declaration.
It seems the ADA flip-flop on sugar was the result of the popularisation of the glyceamic index concept. Because of the fructose in it, the GI of table sugar is only about 70. Which is less than the GI of cooked potatoes, and about the same as the GI of bread. These foods are perceived to be "healthy" and have long been pillars of the ADA diet. But in terms of the GI, they are no better for diabetics than eating a few spoonsful of refined sugar.
So, instead of advising diabetics to restrict consumption of these foods too, the ADA declared that it is ok for diabetics to consume sugar. This was the ultimate cop-out! They said something similar about sweetend fizzy drinks. But I suspect that had more to do with the multi-million endorsement deal they signed with Cadbury Schweppes.
