[RobiJo]

Originally Posted by matt37664

Feel free to move to a more appropriate forum as i'm not good with computers and couldn't find one on suger so i'm sure this is the wrong forum. Anyway, my mother in law just got back from the doctor and he told her that she is better off eating 1/2 candy bar than a full sugar free candy bar. He also told her that there is not much difference between suger free vs regular type foods. I called her doctor and asked him a hypothetical question. I asked him if I had a half a pound candy bar vs a 1 pound candy bar are you saying it is better to eat the 1/2 pound candy bar and he told me yes because their is not much difference in sugar free vs regular. I'm wanting to post on here to find out if what he is saying is true. I dont see this ever being true and I think the doctor is a idiot. She has type 2 diabeties and just found out like 3 months ago.

Initially hard to believe. But it's usually true.

Read the labels on the products you buy. Compare the regular version with the "sugar free" or "fat free" versions. Look at the number beside Total Carbohydrates. Carbs are what have the effect on bg. More carbs, more effect, regardless of the ingredients.

I'd rather eat 15g of something so yummy in a smaller amount (be it ice cream, chocolate, etc.), than a larger portion of something not so great.