I get a regular email from my supermarket (dot) com which gives information of the best supermarket offers. Where I live, close by there is an Asda, and Sainsbury's then a little further away a Morrisons. I always shop in Sainsbury's apart from meat, fruit and veg. My meat comes from either a local butcher, or like my fresh produce from an organic farm that delivers (If anyone would like the URL to the company, PM me and I will send it to you. They only have four farms in the country, and the produce is second to none). I also am fortunate that I have a local greengrocer who supplies local organic fruit and veg.
Anyway, my point! This email arrived, I looked at it, firstly, not a single organic item on the list... Second, the fruit was all things I and most diet or Metfomin and diet T2's couldn't tolerate, melons, peaches, plums, and of course potato's. Next was dairy, so yes there were some cheeses and cooked meats, if a lot of the ham choices were breaded. I tend to avoid processed ham and cooked meats anyway, but lets not look a gift horse in the mouth, there was cheese.
Next was spreads, yogurt etc, I only eat full fat Fage total Greek yogurt, and wouldn't give artificial butter house room, so they were out as well. Again a small oasis, there was some chorizo sausage, and in amongst the breaded scampi etc, a bag of prawns - yeah us! Then we had all the baked goods, followed by cereal. Depression had set in by this point! It hit harder when next was chocolate and all the snack foods, twiglets, crisps, sweets and sugary drinks. There was some Coca Cola zero, but I don't ever drink soda, I loathe the taste and always have, but for a general diabetic list, it was there.
Then it was personal care and home cleaning items, which of course we all use. But food wise for diabetics, it was actually really quite pitiful to see. I even looked for things I perhaps wouldn't eat, and yet it was glaringly obvious healthy eating certainly isn't big business and so BOGOF's are going to be a rare find in a diabetic shopping cart.
Anyway, my point! This email arrived, I looked at it, firstly, not a single organic item on the list... Second, the fruit was all things I and most diet or Metfomin and diet T2's couldn't tolerate, melons, peaches, plums, and of course potato's. Next was dairy, so yes there were some cheeses and cooked meats, if a lot of the ham choices were breaded. I tend to avoid processed ham and cooked meats anyway, but lets not look a gift horse in the mouth, there was cheese.
Next was spreads, yogurt etc, I only eat full fat Fage total Greek yogurt, and wouldn't give artificial butter house room, so they were out as well. Again a small oasis, there was some chorizo sausage, and in amongst the breaded scampi etc, a bag of prawns - yeah us! Then we had all the baked goods, followed by cereal. Depression had set in by this point! It hit harder when next was chocolate and all the snack foods, twiglets, crisps, sweets and sugary drinks. There was some Coca Cola zero, but I don't ever drink soda, I loathe the taste and always have, but for a general diabetic list, it was there.
Then it was personal care and home cleaning items, which of course we all use. But food wise for diabetics, it was actually really quite pitiful to see. I even looked for things I perhaps wouldn't eat, and yet it was glaringly obvious healthy eating certainly isn't big business and so BOGOF's are going to be a rare find in a diabetic shopping cart.
Still to this day I miss crumpets, but when I see others struggling missing many foods I feel guilty for whining about just one lamented friend.
