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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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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Carbohydrates are one of the quickest things to break down during digestion. They’re literally just strings of sugar. It just doesn’t take that long to absorb. Now, the more complex stuff, that takes several hours

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