Do sugars cause hypoglycemia?
[The following answer is from the IFIC, International Food Information Council Foundation, 1100 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. Suite 430, Washington, DC 20036. (reference in bibliography, Part 8)] Brand Miller et al. compared foods prepared with and without refined sugars and saw higher blood glucose and insulin responses only to dairy products to which sucrose had been added. [43] The concluded that the effect of adding sucrose to a food depends on the GI of the un-sweetened food. In addition, they found no rebound hypoglycemia after eating foods containing refined sugars. On the basis of this study, which included a very large number of foods, Wolever and Brand Miller suggest that many foods containing simple sugars, whether refined or naturally occurring impact blood glucose less than most starchy foods in the western diet.
