Sugar vs. Sugar!

Carrots are not low carb.

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Is there a difference between sugar you eat in everyday foods like candies
or other stuff (table sugar) vs sugar that in things like carrots,
broccoli etc? I was at the store tonight and was shocked to see that
carrots have sugar in it! Is it the same kind of sugar or a different,
(natural kind)? I'm really confused now lol🙂

Thanks.

Hello,

What's In A Name? said:

Is there a difference between sugar you eat in everyday foods like
candies
or other stuff (table sugar) vs sugar that in things like carrots,
broccoli
etc? I was at the store tonight and was shocked to see that carrots
have
sugar in it! Is it the same kind of sugar or a different, (natural
kind)?
I'm really confused now lol🙂

All sugar is ostensibly "natural". There is an array of sugars in
nature, from lactose and glucose to sucrose and other more complex
sugars. The link below gives some sugar profiles for selected foods:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/Other/herr48.pdf

In carrots there is glucose, fructose, sucrose and maltose (plus some
unidentified "Other Sugars"😉.

Take care,
Carmen

What's In A Name? said:

Is there a difference between sugar you eat in everyday foods like candies
or other stuff (table sugar) vs sugar that in things like carrots, broccoli
etc? I was at the store tonight and was shocked to see that carrots have
sugar in it! Is it the same kind of sugar or a different, (natural kind)?
I'm really confused now lol🙂

my body sure reacts differently to sugars built into fruits and veggies and
sugar added to things.

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Is there a difference between sugar you eat in everyday foods like candies
or other stuff (table sugar) vs sugar that in things like carrots, broccoli
etc? I was at the store tonight and was shocked to see that carrots have
sugar in it! Is it the same kind of sugar or a different, (natural kind)?
I'm really confused now lol🙂

Thanks.

When they manufacture carrots in the carrot factory they add the sugar
in. Didn't you know that?

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Is there a difference between sugar you eat in everyday foods like

candies

Quoted message said:

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or other stuff (table sugar) vs sugar that in things like carrots,

broccoli

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

etc? I was at the store tonight and was shocked to see that carrots

have

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

sugar in it! Is it the same kind of sugar or a different, (natural

kind)?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm really confused now lol🙂

Thanks.

When they manufacture carrots in the carrot factory they add the sugar
in. Didn't you know that?

That's not as far off as you may think. Those 'baby' or 'mini' carrots
actually DO have added sugar to make them sweeter as they are actually just
shaved and shaped big carrots which have been cut into chunks. The bigger
carrots are naturally not as sweet as young ones (like many fruits and
veggies) so they readd the sugar to mimic the flavour of young carrot.

Peace,
Pen

A 7" carrot has 6.5g of carbs with 2g of fiber.

For a net of 4.5g.

While maybe not for induction... I think that fits with a low carb
eating plan.

Jennifer

JC Der Koenig said:

Carrots are not low carb.

That's why you're still fat.

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A 7" carrot has 6.5g of carbs with 2g of fiber.

For a net of 4.5g.

While maybe not for induction... I think that fits with a low carb eating
plan.

Jennifer

JC Der Koenig said:

Carrots are not low carb.

No... that's why I'm a diabetic who's maintained totally normal blood
glucose levels for the past five years.

Jennifer

JC Der Koenig said:

That's why you're still fat.

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Is there a difference between sugar you eat in everyday foods like

candies

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

or other stuff (table sugar) vs sugar that in things like carrots,

broccoli

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

etc? I was at the store tonight and was shocked to see that carrots

have

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

sugar in it! Is it the same kind of sugar or a different, (natural

kind)?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm really confused now lol🙂

Thanks.

When they manufacture carrots in the carrot factory they add the sugar
in. Didn't you know that?

That's not as far off as you may think. Those 'baby' or 'mini' carrots
actually DO have added sugar to make them sweeter as they are actually

just

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shaved and shaped big carrots which have been cut into chunks. The bigger
carrots are naturally not as sweet as young ones (like many fruits and
veggies) so they readd the sugar to mimic the flavour of young carrot.

Peace,
Pen

You threw me into somewhat of a panic when you wrote that sugar is added to
the mini carrots. I don't eat many, but I do sometimes have a handful of
them. I had figured out (or "assumed"😉 some time ago that these are really
mature carrots cut into smaller pieces, but I never heard of adding sugar.
So...I ran to the kitchen to check mine. Whew! The only ingredient listed
on the package is...carrots. No additives! So, it may be that now we even
need to check packages of what we "think" are only veggies.

MaryL

What's In A Name? said:

Is there a difference between sugar you eat in everyday foods like candies
or other stuff (table sugar) vs sugar that in things like carrots, broccoli
etc?

There is no sugar in broccoli and so on. The carbs in those
veggies is called starch not sugar. It is NOT true that sugar
is the only type of carb in existance.

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I was at the store tonight and was shocked to see that carrots have
sugar in it!

I bet if I handed you a pineapple and asked where its sugar came
from you'd be able to answer that it grew naturally inside of the
pineapple plant. Wel, the same is true of carrots and any other
sweet fruit or veggie.

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Is it the same kind of sugar or a different, (natural kind)?

The same kind but not the same source. Refined sugar comes from a
factory and gets added to a recipe. Natural sugar grows inside
of a carrot or banana or whatever. The reason blueberries beat
bananas is blueberries have a lot less natural sugar. The reason
pineapples beat candy bars is the sugar in a pineapple is natural
and it comes with all of the fiber and vitamins and such from its
natural food source and the sugar from the factory that was made
into a candy bar does not.

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Is there a difference between sugar you eat in everyday foods like

candies

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

or other stuff (table sugar) vs sugar that in things like carrots,

broccoli

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

etc? I was at the store tonight and was shocked to see that carrots

have

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

sugar in it! Is it the same kind of sugar or a different, (natural

kind)?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm really confused now lol🙂

Thanks.

When they manufacture carrots in the carrot factory they add the sugar
in. Didn't you know that?

That's not as far off as you may think. Those 'baby' or 'mini' carrots
actually DO have added sugar to make them sweeter as they are actually just
shaved and shaped big carrots which have been cut into chunks. The bigger
carrots are naturally not as sweet as young ones (like many fruits and
veggies) so they readd the sugar to mimic the flavour of young carrot.

Peace,
Pen

Any proof of baby carrots being manufactured from larger carrots?
I've heard it before and it sounds more like an urban legend to me.
For one thing, it sounds very much like fraudulent food labeling. As
for many young fruits and veggies having more sugar than mature ones,
which ones are these? All the familiar ones I can think of, apples,
grapes, tomatoes, peaches, work exactly the opposite. Only when they
are mature and ripe are they sweet.

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>Is there a difference between sugar you eat in everyday foods like

candies

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>or other stuff (table sugar) vs sugar that in things like carrots,

broccoli

Quoted message said:

>etc? I was at the store tonight and was shocked to see that carrots

have

Quoted message said:

>sugar in it! Is it the same kind of sugar or a different, (natural

kind)?

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>I'm really confused now lol🙂
>
>Thanks.

When they manufacture carrots in the carrot factory they add the sugar
in. Didn't you know that?

That's not as far off as you may think. Those 'baby' or 'mini' carrots
actually DO have added sugar to make them sweeter as they are actually just
shaved and shaped big carrots which have been cut into chunks. The bigger
carrots are naturally not as sweet as young ones (like many fruits and
veggies) so they readd the sugar to mimic the flavour of young carrot.

Peace,
Pen

Any proof of baby carrots being manufactured from larger carrots?
I've heard it before and it sounds more like an urban legend to me.
For one thing, it sounds very much like fraudulent food labeling. As
for many young fruits and veggies having more sugar than mature ones,
which ones are these? All the familiar ones I can think of, apples,
grapes, tomatoes, peaches, work exactly the opposite. Only when they
are mature and ripe are they sweet.

There was a documentary on the Food Network that toured a manufacturing
plant that produced "baby" carrots. They were in fact normal sized
carrots that had been cut into smalled pieces and run through a tumbling
machine that rounded off the rough edges.

Randy M
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LC since 7/14/03