Diabetes

[ponytug]

for quality calories!

I keep trying to have too much ginger in gingerbread. I'm still working on it. I think having a bit of both fresh and candied helps the flavor.

Much as I love baking a wide variety of Christmas cookies, now I bake for other folks and their kids, and try to get the cookies out of the house ASAP.

All the best, Peter

 

[QRTRHRS]

I just took eight cases of black berry and black raspberry jelly, both sugar "blast" and reduced sugar to our church to share. Now I am working on low glycemic jellies. I don't like the Monkfruit, comes out to waxy. Allulose has 0% added sugar but comes out a bit runny. It's not quite okay for a diabetic if I add just a bit of Organic sugar (16% sugar) or Aguave syrup (32% sugar) but OK for those watching their sugar like me.

 

[daugen]

I went back to plain white sugar after finding out my favorite stevia product was
hyped with erythrytol. It seems that artificial sweeteners are usually not all that healthy.
would love to know what to use, besides honey. I also have some date sugar I use for cooking.
I've seen agave syrup on shelf.
some of that stuff is mighty expensive vs plain old white sugar
if they have the turbinado sugar in restaurants, I'll use that, just have to stir longer in my coffee.

have my own personal rule that one teaspoon of sugar ok in first cup of coffee, but that's it.
then it only gets a little milk

 

[pmsmechanic]

I would rather use sugar than any artificial sweetener. They all give varying degrees of head aches. Just use less sugar as most stuff is over sweet anyways. You can easily drop 25% of the sugar in a cookie recipe and no one notices.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Do a search on Monkfruit and Allulose. I never have used any artificial sweetener so I cannot compare but they claim to have no aftertaste nor can I detect any. Monkfruit is easier to find on the store shelf than Allulose in my area. Allulose is 0% fat, 0% cholesterol, 0% sodium, 0% sugar, 1% to 3% carbs on the brands that I have used. Aquave is 32% sugar, organic cane sugar is 16% sugar and is about the least expensive.

Sugar free coffee? That's the way I go. I started not using sugar or cream while in the Army because out in the field, that was pretty much it.

 

[ponytug]

Ummm...That 16% number is 16% of the recommended daily allowance of sugar for a healthy individual. Cane sugar is 100% sugar. Allulose is not fully metabolized, and doesn't usually affect individual blood sugar levels.

Personally, I think that monk fruit has a pronounced taste, but I know many folks who don't notice or care.

All the best,

Peter

 

[NorTracNY]

I have found several of the artificial sweeteners give me gas. So far monk fruit and allulose appear to be the natural winners. I buy the allulose through Amazon. It definitely is the best sweetener for ice cream! My wife agrees with me that allulose ice cream is even creamier than with granular sugar.

 

[daugen]

I ordered some allulose to try it, thanks
Allulose is a sugar found naturally in raisins, figs, maple syrup, molasses and wheat. Allulose is commercially produced by heating the sugar molecule fructose and changing its chemical form. The resulting sweetener is available granulated like sugar or in liquid form.

 

[QRTRHRS]

The Walmart's that are close by do not stock Allulose but Kroger does but it's pricey at 5.49 for 12oz, Simple Truth brand. That's fine for spoonful for your coffee but not for cooking or baking purposes. I need to look at the on-line prices I guess.

 

[t1kilo]

I want to say thank you to all of you that have posted to this thread. My doctor told me I had diabetes a couple of years ago and wanted to put me on metformin. After reading the scare sheet on that, I decided there was no way that was going to happen. That’s about the time I ran across this thread and I read every last page. Lots of good info here.

So 2-1/2 years ago, A1C was 7.7and I weighed 210-215. Eric, I believe it was you who posted a lot of info about a low carb, high fat diet. I decided to give it a shot. I started walking a couple miles 3-4 times per week. Results a year later were A1C down to 6.0 and weight down to 170-175. As of yesterday, down to 5.8 A1C and 174 lbs.

God is good!

Edit: one thing I failed to mention is that I’m a cardio patient. As of spring of 2025, I was able to get off of my blood pressure meds, which I was told would never happen due to having had a double bypass 13 years ago. I’m still on a statin drug (simvastatin), which I am convinced is the cause of my diabetes. My doctor told me yesterday that there is evidence of that very thing. There are different types of statin drugs apparently, and we will be discussing changes when I see him again in 6 months.