Comment by reaperman
1 year ago
This is overly dismissive. I wouldn't expect everyone to know that lactose + lactase = glucose + galactose. I do, but I studied molecular biology.
1 year ago
This is overly dismissive. I wouldn't expect everyone to know that lactose + lactase = glucose + galactose. I do, but I studied molecular biology.
>This is overly dismissive.
Not my intention at all. Quite the opposite. I only mean to point out that some valuable (hard-fought) tools are there, literally at our fingertips, to take greater control over our diets and lifestyles, and I wish more were aware of them! The information is not hiding.
If you drink something like "lactose-free milk" or feed your kids "50% reduced-sugar juice" I encourage the intellectual curiosity to understand what it is that makes it different from the regular kind - be it lactase or stevia or whatever else. And more often than not the answer is found in the ingredients label
I didn't know about it until I put on CGM and noticed the spikes. Then used google to figure it out. Which is also why I think it is useful to try putting CGM for couple of weeks just as a learning experience.
Most people will never have CGM on and hence no way to really understand how different food they eat influences their blood glucose.