Said at home the day the sugar report comes. We checked the numbers.
Read the guideHoney in warm water
Four points apart, in the same medium band.
International GI tables, 2008
The GI partRaw dates score 42, which counts as low. Low means the sugar lands more slowly. Not that there is less of it.
Read this partAnd gur?
We found no checked GI figure for gur. It comes from the same sugarcane as table sugar, so we count it as sugar.
Why we count itA 2017 trial, 30 healthy men
In the first hour, the sugar drink sent glucose and insulin up steeply. The sweetener drinks did not.
The trialThat is the whole job. No one in that trial had diabetes.
Ask your doctor before changing your routine.
Cheat sheetA pinch of extract cannot fill a spoon. So what does? The article names it, and how to read the label.
From The Sweet Change
Monk Fruit Drops
Monk fruit extract, water and vitamin C
Monk Fruit Powder
Monk fruit, guar fibre and allulose, no erythritol