Experimentation has been under way with GM sugar
beets and sugar cane for more than a decade. While sugar cane has a
complex genetic make-up that makes genetic modification difficult, work
with GM sugar beet is simpler and has advanced much further. In 2008,
the first commercial GM sugar beets, a variety genetically modified by
Monsanto and the German seed breeder KWS for resistance to glyphosate
(i.e. Roundup Ready), were introduced in the US, and later in Canada.
Already, all the major sugar beet seed companies in North America are

Wholesome carbohydrates are the best choices for fueling your muscles and promoting good health. Unfortunately, confusion about carbohydrates as to what they are and how much of it to eat, keeps people from properly balancing their diet. Most people specially while trying to loose weight view carbohydrates as one of the biggest enemies that get into the way of their success. Foods containing carbohydrate cannot be simply lumped together and denounced as bad for us based on the fact that they raise our blood glucose and insulin levels.

What is the Glycemic Index?

The Glycemic Index (GI) is a way of measuring the relative impact of foods on blood sugar levels. Foods with a high glycemic index have carbohydrates that the body can quickly convert to sugar, which makes them more likely to cause a quick rise in blood sugar. Many popular diets (Atkins and South Beach, for example) include food choices based on the glycemic index.

The Philippine Food and Nutrition Research Institute used the following procedure to determine the Glycemix Index (GI) value of coconut sugar.

Fifty grams (240 ml) standard glucose tolerance test beverage (Medic Orange 50, Product no. 089) and fifty (50) grams of coco palm (Cocos nucifera) sugar  was fed in random order to ten (10) human subjects.