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Big mistake. Ate some chocolate. Not at all well.

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I have been type 2 for over five years and at the moment I'm running at around 6.0 but tonight I fell from grace when I succumbed to the offer of half a large Easter egg. Half an hour later I started to have painful wind stomach pains and had to go to the toilet several times. After a while I thought it worthwhile to check my blood sugar levels and found they were 3.3 which meant I had to eat some bread and after 30 minutes they started to rise. Obviously my fault but I thought it worth sharing this experience with you as a warning.
 
Was it 'diabetic' or sugar free chocolate? If yes, that would account for your symptoms as the sorbitol/maltitol does have that effect.
 
It was ordiary chocolate and this morning my blood sugar levels are 8.3 but I'm off chocolate for ever.
 
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