• zeppo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The fastest would be the glucose tablets or liquid they sell for type 1 diabetics. Honey that is crystallized is very fast too, as the crystals are pure glucose. Some candies like US Smarties are sweetened with glucose. Fruit juice and sucrose are pretty quick, still, but if I’m in a hurry, I eat potato or white rice.

    Fat slows down absorption of carbohydrates, so chocolate, and to a lesser extent potato chips, are slower than pure potato or other candies with sugar.

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      1 year ago

      Wait, so pure boiled potato would be one of the fastest sources of energy? Wow, that’s wild!

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, without the skin… or white rice, or one of those Asian noodles that is made from pure rice starch.