Why does blood sugar spike after a meal if food is digested in the stomach for several hours before it starts getting absorbed in the small intestine?
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The duodenum (the first part of the intestines after the stomach) quickly liberate sugar into the bloodstream. Little pieces of the food are slowly emptied into it from the stomach not all at once after the two hours. The stomach can empty as quickly as one hour for smaller meals.
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