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Sugar in tea and coffee

[email protected] said:
TGC
T2 form 2001; HbA1C 49; On Metformin & Sitagliptin; age:67 years
I look at 24 hour carb intake & calorie intake than just one item. Then I look for each item Glycaemic index (how quickly and how high blood sugar goes up) and Glycaemic load (how much carb in it). Each spoon of sugar (I believe) has 4 Grams of Carb and so 4x4= 16 calories.
I cut down from 6 to 8 coffees a day to 4 each with 2 spoons of sugar. Also I drink coffee "in between" not following meal to avoid intake of large amount of carb. in one go.
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I would change that name if I was you.
 
Nico1920 said:
May I ask about black coffee without sugar? Everything I've read is somewhat unclear (even in diabetes.co.uk).
I'm fine with the idea of having to give up all the food I loved, but coffee has always been my dearest thing. I drink quite a lot (4 to 6 cups a day). I think I don't think I'm able to give up smoking plus bread plus coffee all at once. Any ideas here? Is coffee bad for diabetes?
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If you give up smoking and bread, that is fine, don't worry about coffee.
 
I use to have two sugars in my coffee and have as bout eight cups a day but since being diabetic I switched to sweetners, but after abit I seemed to go off coffee because it was tasteing vile without the suger and lately drink more tea with one sweetner in it and the only way I can drink coffee is with one sweetner and half a spoon of sugar but I'll keep on trying
 
Decided to get my act together regarding my weight when I was 19, I was 15 stone (am 6 foot all) used to have around 8 teas and coffees a day, each with 2 sugars, I cut down to 1, then to just a sweetener and then down to none at all. I worked really hard at the gym and ate very healthily and lost 3 stone in 3 months, then a further 1 and 1/2 stone over next 3-by which time I was underweight and put a bit back on. Was only diagnosed with Type 1 last year and am now 11 stone (still lower than I should be)

but the point is I lost weight as I was cutting out 16 teaspoons of sugar a day, this was 9 years before I was diagnosed with diabetes, I know its difficult but just do it gradually, I am now at the stage where I cannot drink a cup of tea/coffee at work if my colleague makes his drink first (with sugar) as I can taste it and it makes me feel ill
 
baz2107 said:
Decided to get my act together regarding my weight when I was 19, I was 15 stone (am 6 foot all) used to have around 8 teas and coffees a day, each with 2 sugars, I cut down to 1, then to just a sweetener and then down to none at all. I worked really hard at the gym and ate very healthily and lost 3 stone in 3 months, then a further 1 and 1/2 stone over next 3-by which time I was underweight and put a bit back on. Was only diagnosed with Type 1 last year and am now 11 stone (still lower than I should be)

but the point is I lost weight as I was cutting out 16 teaspoons of sugar a day, this was 9 years before I was diagnosed with diabetes, I know its difficult but just do it gradually, I am now at the stage where I cannot drink a cup of tea/coffee at work if my colleague makes his drink first (with sugar) as I can taste it and it makes me feel ill
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How can you taste the sugar from his drink?
 
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