[Sca-cooks] Left=hand sugar

[Terry Decker]

Date sugar is dried ground dates.  The primary sugar in dates is sucrose.  I
gather the concentrations are fairly high, which is why it will jack the
bllod sugar quickly.

Bear


>    Then what's the structure of date sugar, (which, as I recall) has a
>glycemic index of 120 or so? I thought that monosaccharide was the simplest
>of the energy supplying sugars. Why would date sugar be metabolized more
>quickly?
>    BTW, if you've been fighting all day, it's a 15 minute shot of organic
>rocket fuel, though I've found that olives can keep you going longer and
>better . . . Tapanade and pita chips are a wonderful nosh for the arming
>tent.
>
>    Sieggy