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<blockquote data-quote="Graham Devon" data-source="post: 2336902" data-attributes="member: 533345"><p>Also newly diagnosed just over a month ago type 1. </p><p></p><p>I have found that the stuff labelled diabetic such as the stute jams and marmalades, gullon brand sugar free biscuits etc are very carb heavy and require (for me) 1 unit of novorapid per 10 grams of carb. The penny dropped when someone gave me a packet of sugar free cola bottle sweets just after I got out of hospital and I naively ate the whole pack asuming sugar free would be ok. Bg reading of 14.4 and 1 ketone test to settle my concern showed me that stuff marked diabetic is not to be trusted.</p><p></p><p>What I have tried as a relatively naive diabetic is to reduce my carb intake and it seems to work, if I feel like a sweet treat I go for Hartleys sugar free jelly which is also virtually zero in carb, about 80p a pack from Lidl.</p><p></p><p>You'll get it sorted, I was all over the place with bg readings from 4 to the mid teens a month ago. Now waking about 5 and going no higher than 8.5 as a spike an hour after eating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Graham Devon, post: 2336902, member: 533345"] Also newly diagnosed just over a month ago type 1. I have found that the stuff labelled diabetic such as the stute jams and marmalades, gullon brand sugar free biscuits etc are very carb heavy and require (for me) 1 unit of novorapid per 10 grams of carb. The penny dropped when someone gave me a packet of sugar free cola bottle sweets just after I got out of hospital and I naively ate the whole pack asuming sugar free would be ok. Bg reading of 14.4 and 1 ketone test to settle my concern showed me that stuff marked diabetic is not to be trusted. What I have tried as a relatively naive diabetic is to reduce my carb intake and it seems to work, if I feel like a sweet treat I go for Hartleys sugar free jelly which is also virtually zero in carb, about 80p a pack from Lidl. You'll get it sorted, I was all over the place with bg readings from 4 to the mid teens a month ago. Now waking about 5 and going no higher than 8.5 as a spike an hour after eating. [/QUOTE]
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