most helpful answer carbohydrates digest and turn into sugars so they can be utilized by your body. carbohydrates are really just one biological step from sugar so both will raise your blood sugars. an experiment: take a saltine cracker and chew it up over and over in your mouth. do not swallow it for a while just keep chewing it. the salivary enzymes will change this cracker (a carbohydrate) into sugar in your mouth before you even swallow it. the cracker will become sweet as you chew it.
what is the correlation between carb intake and blood sugar increase?