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Jelly Beans for Type-2 diabetes

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JoeM1959

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Tablets (oral)
Hi

I have type-2 diabetes and was wondering whether I can eat Jelly Beans - sugar-free or not?

JM
 
Normal jelly beans are definitely not good for you. Whether sugar free ones would be ok depends on the carb count, and how many you would eat.
 
JoeM1959 said:
Hi

I have type-2 diabetes and was wondering whether I can eat Jelly Beans - sugar-free or not?

JM
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Hi JoeM1959 and wecome to the forums.

I'd echo the above opinion - normal jelly beans are just sugar, basically, and carbs and sugar are what T2s can't handle. You can eat them but they will probably raise your blood glucose to unacceptable levels - they would definitely do that to me. Ultimately you can eat some and test before and after, so see just how big the impact is.

I don't know about sugar-free jellybeans - it all depends on what they put in them. Quite often when food manufacturers take sugar out they replace it with a variety of artificial sweetners and other substances. Some people are OK with sweetners, others aren't.

I got caught myself recently with a drink clearly labelled "zero sugar" - which turned out to have maltodextrin as an ingredient and was therefore not zero carb. "No added sugar" items can also have a fair amount of sugar - they just haven't added any during manufacture.
 
KennyA said:
Hi JoeM1959 and wecome to the forums.

I'd echo the above opinion - normal jelly beans are just sugar, basically, and carbs and sugar are what T2s can't handle. You can eat them but they will probably raise your blood glucose to unacceptable levels - they would definitely do that to me. Ultimately you can eat some and test before and after, so see just how big the impact is.

I don't know about sugar-free jellybeans - it all depends on what they put in them. Quite often when food manufacturers take sugar out they replace it with a variety of artificial sweetners and other substances. Some people are OK with sweetners, others aren't.

I got caught myself recently with a drink clearly labelled "zero sugar" - which turned out to have maltodextrin as an ingredient and was therefore not zero carb. "No added sugar" items can also have a fair amount of sugar - they just haven't added any during manufacture.
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and to add to that, many of the sugar alcohol sweeteners can cause "digestive distress" if you want a good laugh look at the reviews of sugar free Haribo on Amazon
 
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