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11-03-2009, 07:36 PM
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| | | new here-have a question
I was comparing labels on sugar free ice cream and regular ice cream....the regular ice cream only had 1 more gram of carbs in it than the sugar free did. the sugars were similiar in both.
I was told to count the total carbs that a food had rather than the sugars.
My question is why should I pick a sugar free food over the regular food if the carb count is only a small difference? 
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11-04-2009, 03:46 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 4,476
| | | Hi! I think your question answers itself!
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11-04-2009, 04:11 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 4,292
| | I like Subby's answer, But then whatever we eat the amount of Carbs will be turned into energy or fat.  You can balance this with exercise and see that you don't get a low.  |
11-04-2009, 07:37 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 10,080
| | I'd advise you to try the regular and the sugar free and test your blood sugars and see if you notice any difference between the two.
I find I can tolerate a very small serving of "regular" ice cream. I find I can tolerate a larger serving of the Bryer's Carb Smart ice cream, so I tend to have it most of the time. The small amount of "regular" ice cream is just enough to make me mad! 
Just test and go with what works best for you.
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T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Metformin 500 mg twice daily
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets
Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (after dealing with shingles & bronchiti)
2/09: 5.5 |
11-04-2009, 07:47 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 6,393
| | | I DO NOT buy any products that are labeled "sugar-free" or "no sugar added". The sugar alcohols in them still raise my blood sugar so why not just eat the REAL thing!
Karen |
11-04-2009, 08:09 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,431
| | | sneaky bastids in that industry, huh?
Have not HAD ice cream since, oh long about last fall sometime. Shottlebop makes his OWN -- using cream, not milk. He has posted recipes I think!
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5% 
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
11-04-2009, 05:15 PM
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| | | thanks for the replies. Never thought about testing...duh! |
11-04-2009, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by wacky  thanks for the replies. Never thought about testing...duh! | I think the saying around here is, eat to your meter. In other words, always test everything you eat to see what kind of an effect it has on you. Almost none of us reacts the same way to the same food item, so testing is the only way to be sure of what works for you. Here's hoping you react well to the real ice cream!
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Misdiagnosed T2 September 2009 with a BG of 1,240
Diagnosed T1 November 2009
A1c 9.4% November 2009
Novolog MDI
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