chocoholicnomore
Well-Known Member
Hi
I'm fairly new to diabetes and forums but was just looking for a wee bit of advice. I was diagnosed last week and have drastically changed my diet-cut out all chocolate and sugar things-which was alot and is really hard to do as I am addicted to chocolate.
However, when going food shopping I am a bit confused with what to look for. Most people in the forum seem to be counting carbs. When checking labels some products say for example carbs 25g of which sugar 1.6g and other things read carbs 25g of which sugars 24g. As some items have same amount of carbs but less "of sugars" I am unsure which to judge it by. I thought being diabetic meant having to watch the sugar content so I assume best to buy the lower "of sugar" product or does it not matter. Is it the total carbs that count? Hope this makes sense and can be understood.
I am overweight and need to lose weight as well as control diabets.
Look forward to receiving any advice.
I'm fairly new to diabetes and forums but was just looking for a wee bit of advice. I was diagnosed last week and have drastically changed my diet-cut out all chocolate and sugar things-which was alot and is really hard to do as I am addicted to chocolate.
However, when going food shopping I am a bit confused with what to look for. Most people in the forum seem to be counting carbs. When checking labels some products say for example carbs 25g of which sugar 1.6g and other things read carbs 25g of which sugars 24g. As some items have same amount of carbs but less "of sugars" I am unsure which to judge it by. I thought being diabetic meant having to watch the sugar content so I assume best to buy the lower "of sugar" product or does it not matter. Is it the total carbs that count? Hope this makes sense and can be understood.
I am overweight and need to lose weight as well as control diabets.
Look forward to receiving any advice.