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Type 2 Low carb sweets

Philb69

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Hiya all

Just received my packs of low carb sweets or so they are advertised as but looking on the pack they have 98g of carbs per 100g but none of which sugars. Have i been taken for a ride. I usually chobble on a few hard sweets to keep me a bit more awake while i am driving. If these are bad has anybody got any idea of a good sweet for a type 2.

Thanks all
 
Hi ickihun
I have just checked them out and they also have 96g carb per 100g. But still don't know how bad they will be for me.

Thanks again.
 
helensaramay said:
How about nuts instead of sweets?
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A sweet i can make last for 5-10 mins and I would probably have 3 in half hour which by that time I could have eaten more nuts than is good for me.

Will have to resort to that if can't find a truly good sweet.

Thanks
 
Philb69 said:
Hi ickihun
I have just checked them out and they also have 96g carb per 100g. But still don't know how bad they will be for me.

Thanks again.
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Nuts or high coco level dark chocolate. Lindt or tesco own 85%+ chocolate bar snapped into bits?
 
Philb69 said:
A sweet i can make last for 5-10 mins and I would probably have 3 in half hour which by that time I could have eaten more nuts than is good for me.

Will have to resort to that if can't find a truly good sweet.

Thanks
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None sugar free sweets must have your teeth ruined?
Well done for changing to something better.

I think a high coco chocolate brazil nut would be sucked for a while then crunched?
You can make your own.
I love making things with 90% lindt chocolate and solidify them on greaseproof paper on a grill tray. Fridged til ready to eat.
I know shop ones are covered in glaze to stop them melting but they can work better in the winter and not kept near a heater.
 
Other carb-free ideas while driving might be listening to music, singing along, sipping water, opening a window. I honestly wouldn't eat these sweets if I were not near/on a toilet.
 
As @Avocado Sevenfold says, polyols are classed as carbs, but they act differently in the body. They usually raise blood glucose less, or not at all.

However, it is worth bearing in mind that for some (many?) people, one of the ways that they can act differently is to cause explosive runs and a deep need for a nearby toilet. Other people are unaffected, so you may be one of the lucky ones. Until you know, I would take it slowly though...

this link gives a glimpse into the potential horror:
https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B008JELLCA
 
Oh my word @Brunneria I'm in a giggly mood this afternoon anyway (thanks to a pub lunch of chilli beef nachos without the nachos, washed down with two and a half pints - whoooooa Snapsy - of Diet Coke/Harvey's best bitter shandy) but that link has given me my biggest laugh of the day!

 
Sugar free sweets from Aldi are 89g per 100 g and two sweets have 5.7g
My T2 husband has about 3/4 packets a week and no tummy issues with them but some people do have problems with sweeteners
 
Update on the sweet situation. Had 2 earlier and am farting like a trooper. Haven't been to the toilet yet though.
 
I came a cropper in my early days - I was at guide camp, and for our midnight feast I'd been supplied with some awful 'sweets' from Boots. Not a happy night ensued...... We were, after all, camping.......!

 
How about sugar free gum to chew whilst driving? seems to work for me.
 
You may not get a blood glucose raise, but your insulin could be raised, until there is an easy insulin level test you won't know.
 
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