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by rtpg 544 days ago
Is this based off the tapioca balls? I haven’t considered the health of the balls, but I could see it as being the same as swallowing a bunch of gum.
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They are not “gum”. They are mainly starch. They have no nutritional benefit but a do convert a big load of sugars in your blood.
> They have no nutritional benefit but a do convert a big load of sugars in your blood.

That is, like, the definition of nutritional benefit.

It is a very low grade nutrition that produces a lot of unhealthy results. Not really a benefit.