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About Sugar

Toby Smithson, MSNW, RDN, LDN, CDE

By Toby Smithson, MSNW, RDN, LDN, CDE

1 min read

Last updated: April 2022

Most everyone with diabetes understands that sugar and concentrated sweets aren't the best food choices for effectively managing blood glucose. Some think sugar is strictly forbidden. Some think sugar is the only food that raises blood glucose. Both are incorrect. For the real story about diabetes and sugar see what registered dietitian, nutritionist and experienced diabetes self-manager, Toby Smithson has to say.

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