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sugarfreelife

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Good morning, this question has probably been asked many times before, so forgive me if it has. :oops:
I am type 2 newly diagnosed and wondered if I can take honey as I like it on toast sometimes, and I know they say a diabetic can have sugar but how much is a good amount to have, I am still trying to monitor what is good and bad :) if anyone can help at all I will be very grateful
 
hi
you could try testing it with your meter :D
JF
 
Actually for some of us the toast might be the problem, try testing toast and then toast with honey to see how they both afffect you.
 
The reason I ask about the sugar is that in many diabetic recipes it states a quantity of sugar and it seems to be that brown sugar is better, do you think this is good
 
Sorry, no sugar is good....

As a general rule of thumb brown is better than white, wholemeal bread, brown rice etc, but it doesn't mean that brown is necessarily good.

It is the total carbohydrate content you need to look at, not just the sugar, as all carbs convert to sugar in the body. Some quicker than others, and the more processed a carb is the quicker it dumps its load into your body.
 
Yes as is said all the time here - your meter is your friend. It is a matter test test test, to find out what suits your individual body.

We are all different, for instance some tolerate the burgen bread quite well other can't. I can tolerate a moderate amount of potato, but not anything with wheat in it.

I can tolerate pulses in reasonable quantities, although they are of course carbs........

As you get more aquainted with your body the need to test will drop off. I test now when anything changes - new food, new exercise (haha) new illness, as any infection can raise the BG. And every so often I do a day of testing to check out how things are going or maybe a night time and a next morning one.

And being a lady of 'a certain age' my hormones are playing havoc with my BG. But many of us do find that the female cycle affects our levels.

But you will learn about your own body as you test, I can see any way to have good control without it as our bodies are all so individual.


Good luck. xxx
 
As far as I know most brown sugar, unless specifically labelled otherwise, is just refined white sugar crystals dyed brown . . .

Or was that just a nasty rumour?

Viv :)
 
Honey, sugar, brown sugar...... are all simple sugars so all impact on the Bg levels.

Commercial brown sugar is generally dyed white sugar unless it specifically states a type of brown sugar such as Demerara etc.
 
Alot of brown sugars, as has already been stated, are white sugar which has been dyed, however the 'dye' used is simply mollasses, which is removed to refine white sugar.
 
I can tolerate a little of something that is sweet though, over a plate of carbs. It's something I hold on to when I need a treat :D
 
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