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- Type of diabetes
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Simple question - I'm generally pretty good at sticking to a low carb diet, but sometimes I find myself confronted with foods I really love and cannot stop myself from eating. Recent examples include some wonderful pasta that came unexpectedly as a side with a chicken dish I ordered at a restaurant last weekend, and yesterday some utterly divine baklava (two pieces) that someone offered me. A friend has recently suggested we go and try this new ice cream parlour and again I am sorely tempted go and have something. Is it ok to 'cheat' once in a while or is doing things like this a shortcut to blindness and losing toes? Despite my semi regular cheats I have managed to get my fasting blood sugar down to 5.7 from 11 a while ago, although I've not actually measured my glucose after one of these sessions but I presume my blood sugar goes high for a while when I do this.