These are the Popsicle brand:

water, glycerine, maltodextrin, guar gum, citric acid, aspartame, natural
and artificial flavors, acesulfame potassium, locust bean gum, ascorbic
acid, red 40, yellow 6, blue 1.


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>>>> "Janet" > wrote in message
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>>>>>I find that I am craving fruit and fruit juice more and more. But the
>>>>>most I seem to be able to tolerate is 1/2 cup of melon, or a section or
>>>>>two of tangerine, or half an apple, or 1/3 cup of blueberries.
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>>>>> Very frustrating.
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>>>> When I was pregnant, I was craving fruit juice and punch all the time.
>>>> Normally I don't want that at all. I think it was due to high BG
>>>> because I hadn't yet been diagnosed with diabetes. Once I got my BG
>>>> under control, the cravings went away.
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>>>> Perhaps you could try something like sugar free Tang, Crystal Light or
>>>> one of the other fruit flavored drinks. Or eat grapefruit.
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>>> I have discovered sugar-free popsicles.
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>> I ate those when I was pregnant. But... I believe they contain sorbitol
>> or another sugar alcohol and that is a problem for me.
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> I think they do contain a sugar alcohol, I finished the box a couple of
> days ago, when I get more I will check the label and try to remember to
> report back.
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>> Plus I don't usually like frozen things.
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> I would rather have ice cream as a summer treat, but I have to wait 6
> hours after meat to eat dairy, whereas the sugar-free popsicles don't
> contain any dairy. I wish there were a non-dairy low-carb fake ice cream.
> Maybe one of these days I'll get ambitious and see what I can mix up using
> soft tofu as a base.
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> However, we were living on Cape Cod when I was pregnant
>> and it got very hot and humid there during the summer. I used to get
>> some frozen pops called Trix. They had three flavors to them. I
>> remember sitting out on our patio in the shade of the evening and eating
>> those things trying to cool off. Then when my husband came home (he was
>> out to sea), I demanded an air conditioner.
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>> We bought a small window unit, put it in the spare bedroom and I just
>> moved in there. Too bad we couldn't get it to work in this house. There
>> have been times when it would have been nice.
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