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Subject: BS: Sugar free sweets From: olddude Date: 02 Nov 14 - 04:27 PM Dang diabetes stuff. Tried every kind of sugar free hard candy. Gives me the shits any brand you tried that doesn't. I been just eating my regular candy and sugar is high so I better back off. Getting old blows |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: Rapparee Date: 02 Nov 14 - 08:23 PM There is stuff that's sweetened with fruit juices and tastes good -- if you can find it. Good luck with that! |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: LilyFestre Date: 02 Nov 14 - 08:26 PM If you take insulin like me, it's better for you to actually have small amounts of the real stuff (and increase your insulin to cover it) than to eat that chemical shit storm stuff that doesn't taste good anyway. XOXOXO Michelle |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: olddude Date: 02 Nov 14 - 09:30 PM Michelle thanks honey, I am type II . I take some junk called Januvia or something like that. I guess it is suppose to remove sugar and then wreak your kidneys if I believe the lawyer commercials on TV. I feel great except if I eat a ton of chocolate that I am not suppose to then I will get sick ... I am a terrible patient, I guess that is why I had open heart instead of a stint .. I never listen ever try that non sugar chocolate. You will never leave the toilet ... Oh boy I thought the hard candy was bad ... |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: olddude Date: 02 Nov 14 - 09:32 PM first time I ate the sugar free chocolate, I didn't need an airplane to visit my kids. I could have farted my way out there. boy that is rough stuff |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: olddude Date: 02 Nov 14 - 09:34 PM In the woods I have used a deadfall with a big rock. No kidding I should rig up a building block deadfall. That would get him .. hmmm I think I will do that tonight |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: olddude Date: 02 Nov 14 - 09:35 PM oops wrong thread sorry this is for the mouse |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 Nov 14 - 12:06 AM olddude, the reason the sugar free candy makes you sick is because nutrasweet and splenda and other products are toxic chemicals. Aspartame goes through me like one of those salty laxatives they make you drink before surgery. Other people get terrible headaches. This is your body trying to tell you something about the product. Have you tried Stevia? Why not work out a way of making a cup of hot chocolate with milk, powdered cocoa, and stevia. It won't be like eating the candy but it will give you a taste and mouthfeel that should satisfy the need for something sweet. SRS |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: mg Date: 03 Nov 14 - 12:26 AM You can make a nice fudgy delight with cream cheese, coconut oil, stevia, cocoa, bit of milk or cream,vanilla etc. I do very well with high fat..read up on it. It is usually the sugar alcohols that are.problematic in sugar free candy. |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: LilyFestre Date: 03 Nov 14 - 05:35 AM Old Dude... ROFLMAO.....you crack me up!!!!!!!! XOXOOX Michelle |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: GUEST,# Date: 03 Nov 14 - 08:19 AM Hypnosis is the answer, Dan. Peel and dice a cucumber. Pretend each seed is your favorite candy. There ya go. The jury's still out on whether you or the cucumber gets hypnotized. |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: GUEST,Andy T Date: 03 Nov 14 - 09:34 AM Decode your cravings. Normal foods have enough sugar in them. Your body doesn't need a high concentration of sugar, except possibly when you're running a marathon, in which case Rumsfeld's fake sugar won't help anyway. The craving for something that tastes like it has a lot of sugar in it is really a craving for something else, and that other thing is what your should give your body. There are many possibilities. For example, you might need more sugar in your blood, in which case the best and quickest way to get it is with vigorous physical activity. Or you might be craving something that is normally found together with sugar, such as the fiber in fruit. Or maybe your mouth needs a workout, maybe some exercise or a gargle with something to clean out bacteria. Or it could be that your psyche needs something, like meditation or prayer or fellowship. Or it could be that you have an overgrowth of the unfriendly intestinal flora, and their cry for the food that they need in order to thrive is best denied in favor of a day of nothing but broth and then a strict sugar-free low-carb diet and some probiotic for a week or so to reduce their population to the point where their cravings aren't mistaken for your cravings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQr5PMSqkSk). |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: olddude Date: 03 Nov 14 - 11:43 AM Good suggestions I don't have a sweet tooth I have a mouth full of em. I could put sugar on salt and eat it.. Oh the humanity... Why lord why not my sugar |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 03 Nov 14 - 12:37 PM This article includes some very good information. We eat most of these food regularly in our home. We do not have diabetes at ages 67 and 77. We eat lots of fruits and very little candy - except dark chocolate. The section on choc was interesting to me. I buy candied ginger and coat each piece with dark choc. They are very satisfying. I also make almond/sunflower seed/dark choc bark. Less choc but healthy nuts and seeds. I have always found that rich foods did not cause a problem for me; sweet foods do. Fat inhibits the production of insulin. And water can be an antidote for too much sugar. As has been said, all the imitation sugars are toxic. Better to use your energy walking off a mini excess, than running to the toilet. Hard candies may be the worst of all for us. What about dried fruit - without sulfates - or apple slices, berries or other tasty-to-you fruits. Are hard candies rather like smoking - something to have in your mouth long term? Is it sweet you want? Or would chewing on a piece of licorice root be a substitute? - also regulates blood sugar. OR chewing on something tasty that might take the place of the process of ingesting hard candy? Just a sudden thought I will be giving further consideration. What Andy and Michelle and SRS said, also. |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: bubblyrat Date: 03 Nov 14 - 05:58 PM At age 67,I have now been told that I have a "problem" with sugar,as well as high (8.5 ) cholesterol. So I try hard not to eat any more chocolates or put sugar in my tea / coffee , or eat meringues filled with fresh cream or anything else that I like and I do actually feel a little better , like not keep falling asleep in front of the TV; but it is HARD not to have any sugar . I put "sweetener" in my tea etc but you guys are all saying it is poison ,so what can I do ?? Is orange juice OK ? Can I eat plums ? Is Limoncello sorbet (yum !) allowed ? HELP !! |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 03 Nov 14 - 06:59 PM I find orange juice and other juices too sweet for me. The whole fruit is preferred as you get the fibre as well. Look at the link I posted. |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: Rumncoke Date: 04 Nov 14 - 09:29 AM You could try making some low carb treats - there's a load of recipes out there these days. Pure gelatine is just protein, flavour to taste. If you can cut down on the sweetness of all the foods you eat then you begin to perceive things as generally sweeter. I find that beetroot and carrot are sweet - but I eat low carb most of the time. Now things which are made commercially - pies, cakes and confectionery is just sickly sweet to me, because the normal taste buds are so bombarded with sugar or sweeteners. Poor old Dr Atkins was ridiculed because it was 'obvious' that fat made you fat - stands to reason - and now when everyone is in danger of explosion they do some research and - well fancy that - who'd have guessed that it's the sugar and grains which cause obesity in most people. |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: Backwoodsman Date: 04 Nov 14 - 09:49 AM If you're a chocoholic Type-2 diabetic (I am), try to find chocolate with at least 70%, preferably 85%, cocoa in it. Forget that Hershey crap, it tastes like shit anyway. We have a brand in the UK called Green & Black's, and their 85% stuff is fantastic - bitter to the taste initially but, after a week or two, you're used to it ans standard chocolate tastes like crap. Don't be tempted by fruit and fruit juices - whilst some fruit in your diet is, of course, good for you, fruit contains a lot of sugar, especially soft fruit like grapes, and eating it like candy is pretty much as bad for you as the candy itself. Also ignore the fools who try to tell you high-fat diet is good for Type-2. It's not. What you need is a balanced diet, containing all food-types, but carefully controlling carbohydrate and fat intake. I follow these rules, my BP is normal for my age, my cholesterol is 2 and my HbA1c blood glucose tests out at 42 (7 mmol/L). Dude, back in 2005 I thought my world had ended because, after a severe pancreatitis attack, they told me I had to give up drinking alcohol completely. Haven't touched a drop since, and I almost never miss it. Abstinence from anything is perfectly possible - acceptance is the key. Once you accept, it's a piece of piss. |
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Subject: RE: Sugar free sweets From: Backwoodsman Date: 04 Nov 14 - 10:00 AM Healthy Eating for Type-2 Diabetics I forgot to mention that, in order to help my BP, I don't use salt, either in cooking or on the table. Food tastes rather bland initially, but you get used to it. |
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