The hidden sugar problem

All in moderation: Lim said being moderate about our food intake was the key to a healthy life. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Do you have friends who say they are on a no-sugar diet and avoid desserts, yet will eat one or sometimes two plates of rice or noodles at buffets?

Be warned: carbohydrates become blood glucose too, and refined carbs pack a wallop almost as bad as sugar, said Gleneagles Hospital Penang dietician Lim Wern Ying.