[shiftzor]

Originally Posted by xMenace

The same thing my neighbor's dog leaves all over my yard! ****!

lol your post made me laugh. I very much agree. Little bit of everything = healthy diet. I use low fat mayo and olive reduced fat spread, everything else in my diet is the real thing but that’s personal choice i guess. Often I find the real thing more satisfying than some messed about item proclaiming to be identical to the original and the original is probably healthier than the chemicals, so just eat a little bit.

[Hikeandbike]

Originally Posted by fgummett

If he's any bit as stubborn as my Dad... well... Good Luck David

I was just trying to find a joke to post that has a guy sat at the bar drinking beer from a 2 gallon bucket... the caption reads, "The doctor says I'm only allowed one drink a day!"

lol. My Doc always asks me if I'm drinking. I reply " I don't drink anymore" he says "thats great" I reply "but I'm not drinking any less". yuk, yuk.

[ant hill]

I was at a supermarket and I have picked up a bar of chocolate and it was not the diet choc that I should have got.
Anyway today you still get people who still seam to think that diabetics are not suppose to not eat sugar as we know that's a lot of trollop. So get to know your food and test and experiment what works for you.

There is still a lot of people think in the 1970's for diabetics. So I keep a jar of candy bananas as I like them and keeps me from a low.

[Alice]

Anthill, I agree. We should be looking at all foods and judging at any given time, what amount of carbs are needed...or not needed for our bodies. Carbs have to be planned...but not limited to any one type of food. Sugar is measured by carbs just as a serving of carrots or beans...it is outdated advice (and dangerous) to suggest that not eating sugar is "helping" diabetic diets.

Anthill...if you don't mind me asking...what is a banana candy?

[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.

[ant hill]

Originally Posted by Alice

Anthill...if you don't mind me asking...what is a banana candy?

This is like an musk stick as shaped like a banana and taste like banana.

LOL Robi Jo That's funny.

Originally Posted by Hikeandbike

lol. My Doc always asks me if I'm drinking. I reply " I don't drink anymore" he says "thats great" I reply "but I'm not drinking any less". yuk, yuk.

LOL That's funny too.

I find that the natural food is better because you do not know how these other so called foods may do to you.