| CherylAnne, diabetes is a very misunderstood condition. The biggest complaint I get about how I handle it with my son is when people find out that my son eats food with sugar in it. I had a real problem with his school principal last year. She asked him what he had for breakfast, and he told her Oreo Cookie cereal. I was immediately called in for a meeting with her. She told me that I was endangering his health, and that I should buy him an egg mcmuffin from McDonalds every morning like she does for her diabetic husband.
Type 1's need the carbs and sugar to keep the blood glucose from dropping too low with insulin.
Some type 2's on medication also need extra carbs occasionally to keep from dropping too low.
So the occasional fruit or candy is not a bad thing! | 
