If you have a sweet tooth and you are diabetic, you’re certainly up against a challenge. However, with careful planning, you can still have some of the sweets you love and maintain a healthy lifestyle with your diabetes.
While the American Diabetes Association used to show every concern with table sugar, they have now come to explain that it’s the total amount of carbohydrates in the foods that you eat that raises the blood glucose levels.
This means, as Cinergy Health explains, that you need to look at portion sizes and carbohydrate counting. With the right planning and calculations, you can still have some of those sweets that you enjoy. Certainly, however, you don’t want to go crazy and you may want to meet with a nutritionist to figure out exactly how to plan out the meals for each day.
Enjoy your favorite foods so that you don’t end up feeling deprived – but do so in moderation. Consider, as well, using artificial sweeteners more often than sugars for those moments when you want a sugar fix.
