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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alisonjane10" data-source="post: 943088" data-attributes="member: 160262">Your frustration is coming across hun. I can understand why. Many people, unless they are diabetic or have some sort of human biology/nutrition education, know very little about how the body uses carbs. They think diabetics can eat anything apart from sugary foods like sweets, cakes & biscuits. I don't know how many times I've seen people say something like, "oh, such & such can't have cake because they're a diabetic...as they then pass them a huge hotdog in a big white bread bun with a fruit scone to follow (no jam coz they're diabetic!!) It's pointless trying to educate others if all it does is make you frustrated because they just can't grasp what you're trying to tell them. Your mum & dad are probably a bit like mine...they were brought up in the days when tea (not dinner) was usually meat, potatoes & a couple of vegetables mopping up the gravy with bread & butter. Probably followed by tinned fruit with evaporated milk or some other sugar laden pudding. That's just how it was. Perhaps the easiest thing to do to help your parents understand is to make a list of the foods you can freely eat, what you can eat a little of & what you're avoiding. You don't need to give a reason why, just make the list for them. Let's face it, your explanations haven't worked so far. It's not easy for others to understand why it's ok to eat the butter, but not the bread. It goes against everything they've been brought up to believe after all. Why don't you take a look at the food & nutrition forum to see what others are eating, and write down some meal suggestions when you make your "ok to eat" list. You could even do a posh printed list on the computer, with pictures if you want, perhaps in a Green, Amber, Red set-up, so the visual cues are there. There's always a solution to a problem. Sometimes, it just takes a bit of help to reach that solution. Good luck. I wish you well. </blockquote>

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