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markmorris182

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I have been looking through the recipes on this site and Ive noticed things like honey etc included in ingredients, I have type 2 Diabetes and I am to build myself a recipe book but im unsure what to include, I have researched issue like this and some advise no others say its ok, can someone please give me some advice?

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Mark Morris
 
If you have doubts about any ingredients in a new recipe, the first thing to do is check online to see what the sugar/carbohydrate levels are in that particular food, then if you think they are/may be acceptable, use a glucose meter to test your reactions to it. We're all different so what is OK for one may not be OK for another.

A lot of people seem to think that anything that isn't refined white sugar doesn't count and is OK to eat, but personally although I love honey, I don't eat it. And be aware that with bees, they can be fed on ordinary sugar to replace the honey that is taken from their hives - I discovered this fact years ago that when sugar was rationed, beekeepers were actually given a sugar ration for their bees. So sugar is sugar is sugar...:eek::eek:

Robbity
 
Robbity said:
If you have doubts about any ingredients in a new recipe, the first thing to do is check online to see what the sugar/carbohydrate levels are in that particular food, then if you think they are/may be acceptable, use a glucose meter to test your reactions to it. We're all different so what is OK for one may not be OK for another.

A lot of people seem to think that anything that isn't refined white sugar doesn't count and is OK to eat, but personally although I love honey, I don't eat it. And be aware that with bees, they can be fed on ordinary sugar to replace the honey that is taken from their hives - I discovered this fact years ago that when sugar was rationed, beekeepers were actually given a sugar ration for their bees. So sugar is sugar is sugar...:eek::eek:

Robbity
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Thank you for your reply Robbity, I may start teststing and use trial and error to determine whats good and not good for my blood sugar, it does amaze me though there is so much information that seems to conflict, but like you said we are all different so maybe thats the best way to go
 
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