Screenshot of press release http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/11/14-031114.pdf

Intrinsic sugars rate of absorption

Claim made by: Prof Jim Mann via the World Health Organisation
Location: Circulating on Twitter
Spotted on: 2014-11-03

Claim: "These do not include the sugars present
in whole fruit and vegetables, which are
sometimes known as intrinsic sugars.
These sugars are encapsulated by a plant
cell wall. They tend to be digested more
slowly and take longer to enter the blood
stream than free sugars"

I believe the initial blood glucose response to fruit juice is the same as that to the fruit itself, or a pulp/puree of the fruit.

Update 2014-11-03

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