starlinguk comments on Should we ditch the idea of three meals a day?

In the context of blood sugar, carbohydrates is the sugar being discussed, not cane sugar, and bread in almost all forms is just pure simple carbs. Peanut butter is at least a bit more complex, but would still cause blood sugar problems. If you’re trying to avoid diabetes, daily peanut butter bread is probably a bad call.

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago

Depends on exactly what peanut butter you buy, but the popular ones do have a lot of sugar

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[–] bruzzard@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Maybe your trouble is the bread. Wholemeal are carbs and carbs are sugar. The sugarless peanut butter should not be causing any sugar crashes.

Caveat. Not a trained specialist here. Just someone who has been trying to sort my issues out and wanting to share.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 months ago

complex carbs are not comparable to simpler sugars, the body has to do a significant amount of processing to turn the carbs into readily usable sugar.
You also need carbs in your diet, it's the main fuel source for the body and it's difficult to avoid anyways (all vegetables have loads of carbs, even peanuts are 17% carbs.

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