In fact, the panel concluded that sugars, when used as part of a regular meal plan and when consumed with other foods, do not harm blood glucose control in people with either type I or type II diabetes. The reason is that sugars are not a special kind of food. They are carbohydrates. It is the total amount of carbohydrates that you eat that affects your blood glucose levels, not where they come from. But the sugar story is even more complex.
Scientists now know that many factors besides the food itself affect blood glucose levels.
Different Sugars Various sugars, too, have different effects on blood glucose levels, because sugars themselves have different components. However, these differences tend to equalize when you consume sugars in combination with other foods. For this reason, dietitians recommend that you have your sugary foods as part of a total meal. This does not mean to go ahead and have all the sugars you want. It does mean that you can have sugars as part of your diabetic diet if, like any other foods, you work them into your total daily food plan.