[anmi]

Hello everybody.

In my country, Romania, there is no Coke Zero, only light... it is written that has 0 sugar but also specifies that is done with browning (I am not sure if this is the word, it is that burned sugar from where the coke's color comes)... so it does contain sugar even if in a very, very small quantity.

Anyway, my point was when I posted that reply that if I am allowed to drink this, which has almost zero sugar, only 100 ml/day... how could I ever eat something that really contains sugar???

After I got out of the hospital and started to learn things about diabetes and carbos and what can I eat or not, what do I have to measure or not and so on... I started to ask myself why could I not replace some food with a piece of chocolate? I tested this once or twice and everything was ok... so I was just wondering... why is sugar so forbidden?

But I think I got now the point and the doctor was, for sure, only cautious.

I won't exaggerate with sweets, this is for sure.

[June91]

I really have no time for the nonsense doctors pile on us. I mean, 100ml of Coke Light, even for a newly diagnosed, pleaaaaase?

Crack open one of those new lovely white or black Coke Light cans we got recently (I live next door to you, in Serbia) sit back and enjoy the entire 330ml, it won't hurt.

[anmi]

Originally Posted by June91

I really have no time for the nonsense doctors pile on us. I mean, 100ml of Coke Light, even for a newly diagnosed, pleaaaaase?

Crack open one of those new lovely white or black Coke Light cans we got recently (I live next door to you, in Serbia) sit back and enjoy the entire 330ml, it won't hurt.

Let's drink!

[sandyhandz]

Highly concentrated foods (candybars, cakes...) make your sugar spike high, then drop quickly also. If you're a new diabetic, that is probably why they recommended you avoid these foods altogether - the ultimate goal is usually to keep your sugars as steady as possible. In actuality, like most people have said, you can actually incorporate these into your diet as long as it's accounted for and done in moderation.

I am under the firm belief that not all doctors are good. They don't live with the illnesses that they treat. Most of them just dictate general guidelines on how to treat certain illnesses. But with diabetes and many other diseases, there are variations you can take when you have to live day by day with this.

It's best to be as well educated not only about your disease, but also about how your body in particular reacts to different foods. I believe we are the best doctors of our own bodies.

[anmi]

Originally Posted by sandyhandz

Highly concentrated foods (candybars, cakes...) make your sugar spike high, then drop quickly also. If you're a new diabetic, that is probably why they recommended you avoid these foods altogether - the ultimate goal is usually to keep your sugars as steady as possible. In actuality, like most people have said, you can actually incorporate these into your diet as long as it's accounted for and done in moderation.

I am under the firm belief that not all doctors are good. They don't live with the illnesses that they treat. Most of them just dictate general guidelines on how to treat certain illnesses. But with diabetes and many other diseases, there are variations you can take when you have to live day by day with this.

It's best to be as well educated not only about your disease, but also about how your body in particular reacts to different foods. I believe we are the best doctors of our own bodies.

I totally agree with you.
Actually, that’s why I posted and will post other questions here because I am sure that nobody understands me or the disease then a person involved.
I try to learn as much as it is to learn, experience every way, keep the goods, and drop the others.

[DeusXM]

Diet Coke, Coke Light and Coke Zero are sugar-free. The colouring you're thinking of in Coke is called 'Caramel' or E150d (Sulphite Ammonia Caramel). Whilst it is derived from sugar, it has either no carb value or is present in such tiny quantities that it doesn't affect your blood sugar. It is perfectly safe to drink 'diet' soft drinks with diabetes without suffering adverse effects on your blood sugar.

[Stuboy]

UGH! you have an hbA1C already?! i want one!!!!!!

I was also discovered late july 2006 and i have no idea what my hbA1c is!

Dont take (you can have any sugar) too much to heart, while i was in canada a couple of weeks ago, i had lots of things like pancakes with syrup, funnel cakes and all sorts, if you're an active person you will burn the sugar off quickly so it wont effect you so badly.

Have you been told to eat lots of carbs? Just comparing you're ways over there to england as when i was diagnosed i was told to eat plenty of carbs... but the peeps on here tend to stay away from carbs, or stay low carb.

[anmi]

Originally Posted by DeusXM

Diet Coke, Coke Light and Coke Zero are sugar-free. The colouring you're thinking of in Coke is called 'Caramel' or E150d (Sulphite Ammonia Caramel). Whilst it is derived from sugar, it has either no carb value or is present in such tiny quantities that it doesn't affect your blood sugar. It is perfectly safe to drink 'diet' soft drinks with diabetes without suffering adverse effects on your blood sugar.

E150d (Sulphite Ammonia Caramel) ... wow ... this got me down

Ok, got it.
Anyway, it does not have the same taste as the normal coke and this one I really miss it...

But I can live with Coke Light

Also, I found many other drinks light... Ofcourse, I find them now because I didn't have eyes for them before... There are some which really have hcs... around 10 per 100ml... This is actually what I take between meals because I got borred with eating...

[anmi]

Originally Posted by Stuboy

UGH! you have an hbA1C already?! i want one!!!!!!
I was also discovered late july 2006 and i have no idea what my hbA1c is!

What??? It was the first thing they told me... I mean when I got to hospital they took all the blood they could take and made all the analyses. And now on the 15th of September I will go to take the second one, to see the evolution. And they told me that I have to come to take it every three months. Very odd... they didn't tell you...

Dont take (you can have any sugar) too much to heart, while i was in canada a couple of weeks ago, i had lots of things like pancakes with syrup, funnel cakes and all sorts, if you're an active person you will burn the sugar off quickly so it wont effect you so badly.

Well... I do not exaggerate... I am still in the honeymoon so I can still afford but something like one cake in a week or a piece of pie... I had some days when suddendly I had a high bg (something around 270) without eating anything wrong... or very slow (even reached 35) and because I want just to keep them stabilized I try not to cheat...

Have you been told to eat lots of carbs? Just comparing you're ways over there to england as when i was diagnosed i was told to eat plenty of carbs... but the peeps on here tend to stay away from carbs, or stay low carb.

Yes... a lot ... 200 per day. And for me, it is very much to eat. I even got weight, around 8 kg... Now, after 2 month I stopped getting 1kg per week and even lost 500g. That's why sometimes, in order to skip a meal, I want to eat something sweet and cover the necessary hc.

[Hillhuck430]

I eat whatever I want too, however much i want to...

I just bolus for all of it