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does it mean no cake EVER??

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Just been diagnosed with type 2, and people keep asking me "does that mean no cake EVER?" and I've got no idea. I have a shed load of blood tests next week and a dietician appointment the week after, but I was thinking you lovely people may have an answer for me. :confused:
 
Hi Witchhazel, welcome to the forum 🙂 NO, it does not mean an end to all cake! Good diabetes management is about discovering what carbohydrates (not just sugar) you can tolerate well, and in what quantities. Peopl can vary, so there are unfortunately no hard and fast rules. But everything is OK in moderation. A piece of cake consumed with a main meal will digest more slowly than on its own, so may not make the impact on blood sugar levels you might expect. To fnd this out properly, you will need a testing meter and blood glucose test strips - do you have them? If not, ask your nurse or doctor for them. Have a look around, you may find our Useful Links thread a good place to start:

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=10406

Also,Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker is highly recommended as a good book on what it all means and how to get to grips with it.

Please feel free to ask any questions, nothing is considered 'silly'! Good luck with your tests and appointments, I look forward to hearing more from you. 🙂
 
Welcome Whichazel.
In haste, as this is a flying visit to the board. But basically, not "no more cake ever", more "everything carbohydrate related in moderation", and "test you own blood sugar before and 1 or 2 hours after eating to learn how certain foods affect you".
Others will provide more details.
 
Hello Witchazel and welcome to the forum. I'm sorry that you have had to join this ever growing 'club', but I promise you have found a good place here for advice and support. As has already been said, it does not mean you can't have anything ever again. It means you have to be careful and balanced with what you eat from now on. Everything in moderation. Good luck with your appointments. It will all be a bit overwhelming to start with so keep in touch and ask away. We've all been where you are now and know what you're going through. Take care. XXXXX
 
Hi Witchazel,

You may be interested in the Easter Egg thread. 🙂 (That last phrase is a link which you can left-click -- links aren't always obvious on this board.)
 
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As others have said yes you can have cake 🙂 It's a case of all things in moderation.
Also another way of making sure cakes etc do not have such an impact on blood sugars is to adapt recipes to suit. IE, cut back on the sugar in them and replace with sweetener and also replace some of the flour with ground almonds.
 
Something I would add to this is that, a few months after diagnosis, I started to lose my 'sweet tooth' and no longer craved things like cakes and chocolates quite so much - nowadays I will have something like yoghurt or a kit kat or something similar and that is sufficient. Some types of cake are actually not too bad for your blood sugars although they may be bad in other ways e.g. chocolate eclairs/profiteroles contain relatively small amounts of carbohydrate but are high calorie and quite fatty because of the pastry and cream - these latter elements actually help reduce the impact on your blood sugar levels by slowing digestion.

That doesn't mean you can happily live off a diet of eclairs though - everything in moderation! 😉
 
Since diagnosis in March Ive ate two slices of cake immediately after a meal.

That book is very good that Northener recommended. I am reading it.
 
Diabetes doesn't mean no cake ever, it wouldn't do to eat it everyday but a small piece as a treat or on special occasions is the most sensible approach to eating foods high in sugar.
 
Not at all.

Much better if you eat cake with copious quantities of clotted cream :D

...that way the fat in the cream will slow down the absorption of the fast carbs and reduce the impact on blood glucose levels (I'm only half joking) 🙂
 
I thought if you and a friend ate cake at the same time it cancelled out the carbs, or is that mars bars?😛
 
And then of course there are the two entirely carb-free days a year we all have anyway, that's what I think it was Jenny Ruhl wasn't it? reckoned anyway.

One is always December 25th and the other is your birthday .......

However no point whatever eating carbs for the sake of it and even less point in eating anything if it makes you feel orrible. I mean I'm lucky cos I can correct with insulin to some degree - but if you have to go for a 5k run to delete the effects of a modest slice of swiss roll, there's little point is there? (unless of course you were planning on doing the run anyway!)
 
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