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Eating sugar free Sweets

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I am struggling not eating sweets which I did before I was diagnosed. I have brought some sugar free ones that I am having 2/3 sweets a night. I would like to know whether this is ok.
 
Two or three sweets a night doesn’t sound excessive. I often have a couple of sugar-free mints @Jean Pollard

What sweets are you eating?
 
Jean Pollard said:
I am struggling not eating sweets which I did before I was diagnosed. I have brought some sugar free ones that I am having 2/3 sweets a night. I would like to know whether this is ok.
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Do be warned, eating sugar free sweets still have carbs in them and also a sweetener which will give you the runs for your money 😱
 
Are you getting any wind or digestive upheaval @Jean Pollard ?

Those sugar free things (sold as ‘diabetic chocolate’ when I was first diagnosed, which they aren’t allowed to be any more) were always a bit of a poisoned chalice for me, and I quickly learned that the bloating and wind that accompanied even moderate intake less appealing (and they actually weren’t that nice).

Is it particularly sweets you are drawn to? Lots of members here find a few squares of 75%+ chocolate melted on the tongue, give a lasting, sustained chocolate ‘hit’, with fairly few carbs, and fewer chemical replacements than sugar-free sweets?
 
Thank you all for your advice. The sweets I have got are in tins. They are made by Simpkins and have been around for years I have had them before.
I am going to only have 2or3 at night because that is when I used to eat a lot of other sweets. I haven’t had any for over 2 weeks now but have little blips where I could suck one so that is why I brought the sugar free ones.I don’t bother in the day it’s just night time.
 
Jean Pollard said:
Thank you all for your advice. The sweets I have got are in tins. They are made by Simpkins and have been around for years I have had them before.
I am going to only have 2or3 at night because that is when I used to eat a lot of other sweets. I haven’t had any for over 2 weeks now but have little blips where I could suck one so that is why I brought the sugar free ones.I don’t bother in the day it’s just night time.
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Sounds very sensible @Jean Pollard
 
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