This beloved Korean snack is a 'blood sugar bomb': nutrition expert

Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. Tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes) is one of the go-to snacks for when one feels peckish. With its chewy rice cakes simmered in a sweet and spicy sauce, the dish is loved by both kids and adults. However, tteokbokki is loaded with refined carbohydrates and sugar, causing blood sugar to spike while also being high in calories. Triple threat of refined carbs, sugar, sodium Pharmacist Kim Hyun-jin, known online as “Jinsim Pharmacist,” recently shared on social media a list of top 10 food items that can “make you gain weight as soon as you eat them.” The rankings were: 1. Tteokbokki 2. Donuts 3. Gimbap (Korean seaweed-wrapped rice roll) 4. Liquid fructose 5. Cake 6. Churros 7. Jjajang noodles 8. Seasoned fried chicken 9. Ice cream 10. Grilled beef intestines Kim emphasized that the list is not ranked by calorie content. “Tteokbokki is a combination of carbohydrates, sugar and sodium — the perfect trio that essentially switches your body into fat-storage mode,” he explained. He added, “Rice cakes are almost pure starch, so they spike blood sugar exWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times