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Hi I’m julieclarke I’ve joined to find out more about T2 diabetes

Rosie9876 said:
I didn't know Lindt did 95% - at least not in UK. They do 85%, which I'll buy at a pinch, and I recall 100% - but not recently. Their 90% has considerably lower carb/sugar than say Waitrose own brand 90% and I find it quite tasty. Pricy these days, but not compared with Hotel Chocolat.
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They used to, they don’t anymore, I got mine from outside the UK
 
You can't sell diabetic chocolate in the UK as it is against the food labelling regulations. I think they banned it being called diabetic choclate about 10 years ago.

For some reason I can eat milk chocolate and it doesn't seem to affect me much, I don't ever have it though.
 
It must have been at least 9/10 years ago. They banned it as it was misleading if I remember correctly. My father in law was a type 1 and he used to go on about them as he considered it dangerous as no doubt people were thinking that they could just eat a lot of it with no ill affects for diabetes.
 
peterb999 said:
It must have been at least 9/10 years ago. They banned it as it was misleading if I remember correctly. My father in law was a type 1 and he used to go on about them as he considered it dangerous as no doubt people were thinking that they could just eat a lot of it with no ill affects for diabetes.
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I was a child then so could be 40-50 years ago!!
 
That is quite a while ago. I got bought some sugar free chocolate last christmas from a family member. It was so kind of them to help but I didn't have the heart to tell them that it was actually high in carbs. I gave it to my daughter instead and she enjoyed them. I really appreciated the thought though as I bet it took her a while to find sugar free ones.
 
AllieRainbow said:
I was a child then so could be 40-50 years ago!!
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There was a “special” section in the small local chemist when I was a kid for diabetics. Around that era.
Which also included fruit squash? The only place you could get it.

There was sugar free TAB & Fresca in some corner shops..
 
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