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"Nick Cramer" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> >> My sugar pack says 4 gr per teaspoon, a metric tablespoon has 4
>> >> teaspoons so 16 gr carb.
>> >
>> > Another weird thing. Our tablespoon is 3 teaspoons.

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>> The tablespoon probably ends up being the same size though? Our
>> tablespoons are 20 ml.

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> The US tablespoon is about 14.787 ml. Two tablespoons separated by
> a common language!


So your Agave carbs are a lot of carbs for an even smaller tablespoon than I
thought... Don't be fooled by GI by the way. As a diabetic I find it doesn't
always work for me. Some really low GI foods spike me badly.