How do carbohydrates affect your insulin and glucose levels?

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Dr Yusuf Mohammad

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When you eat or drink foods that have carbohydrate also known as carbs your body breaks those carbs down into glucose (a type of sugar), which then raises the level of glucose in your blood.

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