[jrvarela56]

> People who don't have diabetes or pre-diabetes spike. But I hardly see a body of work that suggests that everyone is at risk of diabetes.

The problem is consistently exceeding a certain level of blood sugar for extended periods of time. I think this is how you develop insulin resistance.

> People from South America eat them every day and they aren't linked to diabetes as far as I know.

I am from Panama, where we eat a lot of plantains. That's why I decided to test because it's a staple and I would have never put it in the same category as other carbs (bc I thought they had enough fiber to counter).