If you like your drinks sweet and you don't mind artificial sweeteners, I recommend the old-fashioned saccharine.
I would go for a black americano or small cappucino with the cinammon sprinkles should not spike you(Costa or Starbucks do these). Full fat is fine in my book! If others are nibbling you can at least get some nuts if you did fancy something. Saw a useful video on DietDoctor on the topic of what to eat/drink when out in major high st. chains and it started in Starbucks so maybe worth a visit!no cakes or nibbles for me. I need to find a drink I can have without being odd or awkward , something just to keep everyone company and not spike my blood sugars.
Bluetit, that's very interesting. Being new to artificial sweeteners, I chose to try saccharine first because it's cheap and I knew that it is definitely completely carb free (recommended by Dr B so it must be OK!) I thought I would dislike the taste and move on to something more modern, but quite honestly I couldn't have told the taste from sugar. (Maybe that's because I never consumed sugar even before.) I don't need it for tea or coffee, but to me herbal teas do require sweetening. It gives me an alternative in cafés if double cream is not available.I have used saccharine tablets in my drinks for the past 35 years. If I am forced into having another sort it spoils my drink. I keep a tub of them in every bag I have. Some of the sweeteners in cafes have aspartame in them, or even some sugar. They are not all carb free.
It all depends on one's budget. If one has less than 20g carbs for a whole day, then even half a gram is a serious outlay.2g carbs which is quite manageable I think, even on a very low carb diet.
Surely these days almost everyone is on some diet or other, even if they don't have a diagnosed health problem. They will be slimming, avoiding gluten, going back to their supposed caveman roots etc etc.You're no more the odd one out than anyone else.
That's just what non-diabetic so-called friends say to diabetics trying to keep to their diets.Wow, just do it! Life is too short to put this much time and effort into this. So you go over your carb count. Ease up, enjoy.
If you wish to obsess about having a coffee with cream, that's your prerogative. I'm just saying that, personally, it's not worth staying home and missing out on life because you're worried about your carb count. Sometimes, being diabetic becomes all-consuming and you need to take a step back. That's all.That's just what non-diabetic so-called friends say to diabetics trying to keep to their diets.
That's just what non-diabetic so-called friends say to diabetics trying to keep to their diets.
A not posh place. Ok. I think Starbucks has the "Americano", that is drip coffee. I have tried once in France and is ok.We will probably end up in a costa or star bucks I hope I find something I enjoy. I haven't liked being a hermit since I was diagnosed.
Exactly. From my experience if you in a coffe order a coffee and sparkling water the bartender is ok, it' better if you ask aslso for a cheese and sausage selction or the like, and nobody is really interested in the exact menu choiches.As other posters have pointed out, it is not a stark choice between accepting milk in coffee and staying in. Lots of other possibilities. The OP, and the rest of us, can take our choice.
Here in the UK nowadays, any old black coffee is called "Americano". I suppose it is to make it sound more exciting. I am getting the impression that coffee in Italy is in a totally different league from coffee here. A culture shock for Italians visiting the UK, no doubt. But nothing to the horror they will have experienced back at the start of the 50s, before real coffee arrived here and what was served as coffee was actually a sort of brown sludge. No wonder we Brits were then a nation of tea drinkers!A not posh place. Ok. I think Starbucks has the "Americano", that is drip coffee. I have tried once in France and is ok.
In Italy, even in Turin thre are a lot of coffee, actually there are a lot of coffee factories like Lavazza, Vergnano, Malabar, San Francisco and some coffe houses that are making their own. Starbucks will find difficult to enter tjhe market.
And we have a local lookalike too: https://www.busterscoffee.it/home-eng
I am still diabetic. Haven't manage to go below 51 HBA1C in 2 years. I have a sweet tooth and am scared I will slip and fall into the bad habits again. But you are right I need to find a balance. Take a step back and enjoy.If you wish to obsess about having a coffee with cream, that your prerogative. I'm just saying that, personally, it's not worth staying home and missing out on life because you're worried about your carb count. Sometimes, being diabetic becomes all-consuming and you need to take a step back. That's all.
If you are worried about being tempted with the sweets on offer, bake some almond flour cookies and take a stash with you. No one will bat an eyelid.I am still diabetic. Haven't manage to go below 51 HBA1C in 2 years. I have a sweet tooth and am scared I will slip and fall into the bad habits again. But you are right I need to find a balance. Take a step back and enjoy.
Hba1c of 51...about 7% ..thats not too bad...my last one was 37...5.5%...my consultant was worried i was getting obsessed with low bg and told me to ease up a little...wants to see my hba1c a little higher next time !!I am still diabetic. Haven't manage to go below 51 HBA1C in 2 years. I have a sweet tooth and am scared I will slip and fall into the bad habits again. But you are right I need to find a balance. Take a step back and enjoy.
Your consultant is a criminal!!! Seriously, I'd ask to be referred to someone else.Hba1c of 51...about 7% ..thats not too bad...my last one was 37...5.5%...my consultant was worried i was getting obsessed with low bg and told me to ease up a little...wants to see my hba1c a little higher next time !!
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