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welcome back to the Essentially You podcast. I am your host Dr. Marissa Snyder and I'm going to help you rock your hormones and feel great in your body so that you can reclaim more energy, vitality, and joy.

And become the CEO of your health. Let's jump on in.

Now I don't know about you, but for a long time I was full to believe that honey

and maple syrup, even agave was better for my blood sugar levels and my body

overall compared to the run-of-the-mill table white sugar or brown sugar and even

back in the day I used to put raw brown sugar cubes in my coffee instead of

white sugar packets because I thought it was better. But I was wrong and I am not alone. I frequently hear statements such as this.

I cannot eat fruit because it has too much sugar or my doctor said to avoid all white

bread because white bread turns to sugar but my whole grain bread is fine or I

hear I will only use raw sugar or coconut sugar because it's healthy and more natural.

Evidently many of us are confused regarding sugars and has a lot to do with the clever

marketing of these products. So let me set the record

straight if you're feeling a bit confused too. The human digestive and metabolic

system do not differentiate between naturally occurring sugars, processed sugars are those that are added

to foods. The metabolism of all carbohydrates, aka sugars, follow the same pathway, yielding

the core monosaccharides at the end result. So pick any sugar you like.

They are all the same and what I mean by this is all types of sugar spike are glucose

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