Robbity
Expert
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Nobody can tell you what you have to eat, but if you choose to manage your diabetes with a low carb diet, then you do need to follow a low carb (or at least a lower carb) way of eating. And that does mean there are certain things that it's definitely advisable not to eat - but it's entirely your own choice whether or not you heed this.
But you also should remember two things:
But you also should remember two things:
- a minor dietary blip in the form of a piece of coffee cake or a pasty is simply tripping over a minor dietary molehill and not falling off the top of a high carb mountain, so just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and remind yourself that tomorrow is a new day to Carry On Low Carbing...
- The other thing is that if you're a resourceful low carber you can often have your treats without them being unfriendly to your glucose levels. Look at low carb baking recipes which use healthy alternatives such as ground almonds or other nuts, as well as other good low carb foods such as butter and eggs, and you can make and enjoy your own delicious coffee cake. (Try our own Ewelina's Diabetic Good Baking site!)