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Comment by Question1101

9 years ago

So food with sugar but also a decent amount of fiber is fine? Like vegetables, certain fruit and whole grain bread?

What should the fiber:sugar ratio be? Broccoli has 1.7g sugar and 2.6 fiber per 100g. Bananas have 12g sugar and 2.6g of fiber. I guess you should avoid food that goes below 1:1?

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seizethecheese  9 years ago

Glycemic index/load help a lot to answer these questions.

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