"Jim Miller" > wrote in message
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> "Dreamstarr" > wrote in message
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> > > "*L* LOL" > wrote in message
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> > > Is there a reason you are avoiding sugar? Diabetics are no longer
> > > advised to avoid it. We must watch our carbs, and yes, sugar is a
carb.
> > > But a little sugar in a food isn't going to have much impact.
> >
> > You advocate diabetics using sugar. Would that be refined or natural
> > source or both?
> >
> > Please cite your evidence that this is not dangerous advice. I am sure
> > there are a lot of sweet toothed people out there who would appreciate
> > your quallified advice encouraging them to to indulge once more.
> >
> >
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> Wake up Dream....If you read Julie's last post she explains what she
> meant.....and I would have to agree with her. Never once did she say we
> should induldge in sugar. Read first....understand .....and then post
> ...next time

Thank you! One of my hobbies is collecting cookbooks and among them are
some diabetic cookbooks. Prior to the '80s, sugar was totally forbidden for
diabetics. I guess they thought something terrible would happen to us if we
ate any of it at all. Then research indicated that it was not in fact sugar
that was the trouble, but carbs in general. At some point during the '80s,
the ban on sugar for diabetics was lifted, allowing us a somewhat more
varied diet. But again, because it is carbs that raise BG and because sugar
is a carb, it must be factored carefully into our diet just as all other
carbs are. Many of us choose not to eat sugary sweets or even rice simply
because the portion we would be able to eat would be so tiny. For others,
these foods are important to them, so they might be willing to eat a 2"
square of cake with their dinner in lieu of all other forms of carb.

Some people do believe that they can't eat sugar and will go to great
lengths to avoid it. I don't know if this is from outdated information they
received, or if they have truly found that sugar affects them adversely. I
do know that some people find they simply can't eat certain things at all.
Potatoes are one such food that I hear is troublesome for many. And yet
they are one food that usually works quite well for me, so long as I watch
my portion size.

Some people follow the glycemic index. Again, something that doesn't seem
to work for me. For me, in most cases, so long as I don't go over 45 g of
carbs for my lunch and dinner (less for breakfast), my BG is fine. I can
eat a large salad with some kidney and a piece or two of chocolate or a
small cookie. Or I can eat a plate of pasta and a salad. So long as I
don't go over 45 g of carbs, I'm fine.

Now I should add that personally, I prefer to buy some things without added
sugar. Canned vegetables is one such thing. I don't find that the sugar
adds to the taste. In fact, I think it makes the vegetables taste funny,
and it seems to up the carb count. So yes, there are reasons why some
people might want to avoid sugar in some circumstances. I just wasn't sure
why the original poster was so concerned about sugar in his restaurant food.
Restaurant food is so often a crap shoot anyway. Sugar might not be in
there, but there may well be flour, cornstarch, fruit juice or other things
that up the carb count from what we were expecting.

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