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Items Labelled "Diabetic"

MikeTurin said:
They are actually useful for the diabetic foot in case of neuropathy to avoid irritations. They are made without stitches and the tissue used isn't rough internally.
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Just to be a pedant, but what happens if the sock is put on inside out? My normal socks don't have stitches either.
 
Oldvatr said:
Just to be a pedant, but what happens if the sock is put on inside out? My normal socks don't have stitches either.
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I think you'll risk some foot skin irritation.
The problem is that if one puts socks in reverse and doesn't care abouut daily foot check cleansing and check routine, a small irritation could cause bigger problems.

A page describing socks for diabetics, from the site http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetic-socks.html
 
This alwahs makes me laugh.....in the waiting area in diabetes centre a screen with advice says ...do not buy foods labelled for diabetics. .....yet in my job I've delivered hundreds of cases of ice cream tubs to the same hospital....labelled diabetic ice cream !!
 
It's a joke that's for sure
 
Sean-W said:
It's a joke that's for sure
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Bureaucracy at its finest, same thing.
Maybe sugar free ice cream was on the bid.
The boxes if the ice cream are labelled for diabetics by the marketing dept of the ice cream makers.
Meanwhile the doctor are following the guidelines
 
The thing is why aren't the government doing anything about it and more importantly why don't the BMA speak up on the issue
 

Might not be relevant (only diagnosed a month a go and still getting the hang of it) but before I was diagnosed I was dairy free and after my diagnosis, I was reading the relevant nutritional info and actually the dairy free ice cream had less carbs than the "diabetic" ice cream, and no doubt tastes a hell of a lot better...
 
mist said:
Most things labeld as diabetic friendly or simply "diabetic" are usually direct from satans butthole and best avoided!

They are usually far more expensive too.
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He does have all the best tunes....

Nobody ever said he was ***** Cradock.

 
I enjoy a sugar free sweet now and then and whenever a friend comes over from the US she brings me a selection. We used to see the odd mint over here but now nix. I am told Werthers have introduced something but the choice in the US is huge.
 
I think all foods currently labelled specifically as Diabetic should be removed from the market. I was told to avoid them by my DN years ago as they either contain loads of poor bulking agents or are simply labelled because no extra sugar is added though in the case of jams very ripe fruit used has high sugar levels, cooking it up releases the sugar.
Personally I use very little of any fruit preserve so use high quality jam but sparingly, the good jams are packed with flavour anyway
 
Contralto said:
for a serving size of 40 grams, there are 12 grams of carbs in the 99% Lindt, as per their website and even their 90% is hard to stomach
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Montezuma's 100% cocoa mass chocolate. No sugar or sweeteners. 8g carbs in a 100g bar. £2.50 a bar at Sainsburys.
 
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