Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Can people with Diabetes Mellitus never have concentrated sweets (ie: candy bars, sodas, etc.)

Can people with Diabetes Mellitus never have concentrated sweets (ie: candy bars, sodas, etc.) ?

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1 :
People with diabetes may have 'sweets' but in moderation as long as the diabetes is well controlled.
2 :
ah! that is a very old fashioned concept! the Endocrinologist at UNM hospital said to never feel a craving. If I wanted something to have a small serving of it occasionally. He was speaking of chocolate cake, but that goes for anything you might want to have. Cravings get the upper hand in any form of food control. whether for losing weight or for a medical condition. When we crave a food type, we usually pig out on it rather than controlling the craving. So if we have a tiny bit of like chocolate candy bar once a week, or some soda, we can control the cravings for such things much better. There are no more laws that say we cannot have anything that is sweet or sugary! We can have whatever we wish occasionally. It helps if you can count grams of carbohydrate and compensate for the goodie by deleting a serving of maybe bread? I know people who don't eat bbq sauce because it is a bit sweet even tho it only has 1 tablespoon sugar per gallon of sauce!
3 :
Yes. As long as they are under control and able to give insulin to make up for it. In fact, sugar free candies have just as much carbs as regular candy. Soda is a gray area though. It's fine when the diabetic is low because it will bring up the blood sugar fast but otherwise, it's best to drink diet soda (or stuff like CocaCola Zero).

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