Hidden sugar in food — Dr. Eric Westman

If you avoid candy, pastries, and other sweets, you might think you don’t eat much sugar. But what about high-carb foods that get digested into sugar? What about sweet or starchy things like bananas, potatoes, rice, crackers, granola, or pretzels? Even when things don’t taste sweet, if they’re high in carbs, they can still raise your blood sugar – sometimes even more than a very small amount of something sweet. That doesn’t mean all these foods are “bad for you.” ...