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Hot days and Lollies

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SusieGriff

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I was out and about today in the sunshine, walking the dog and my OH says oh it would be nice to have an ice cream.. but you can't now..... I don't miss it at all ....YET, but hot hot weather ... mmmm ?
I was wondering if anyone here with all your wonderful ideas, had any for frozen lollies or ice cream that is diabetic friendly.. I was looking somewhere and someone was talking about frozen sugar-free jelly....???:confused: anyone tried it??

Or is just the 'odd' lolly or ice cream acceptabe? I don't want to fall into bad habits !!
 
Hi Susie.

I would imagine that walking around, you'd be ok with a fairly plain lolly. They tend to be faily watery and probably dont contain more than sugar free flavouring. If they do contain sugar, I doubt they'd have a lot in. Ice cream is ok if you're dong a fair bit of walking but you may need to inject for it.

Rob
 
Id just make my own using sugar free juice, then you know whats gone in them, you can get lolly pop makers thingys in wilkinsons for under a pound they make a set of 4 lollies.lime cordial is nice 😉
 
Steffie said:
Id just make my own using sugar free juice, then you know whats gone in them, you can get lolly pop makers thingys in wilkinsons for under a pound they make a set of 4 lollies.lime cordial is nice 😉
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I Love lime, Do you know I've looked on every shelf for sugar free juice, and all I see is 'no added sugar' thats not the same is it?
 
Not exactly - but if you check the back you'll see 'no added sugar' is usually 0% sugar anyway. I always drink no added sugar - most brands like Robinsons, supermarket own brands etc are free of sugar. If you're worried, have a look on the nutritional information and it will soon tell you if it's carb free or not 🙂
 
Thanks for that!! Being new to label scrutinization, I thought no added sugar was not sugar free.... I WILL look next time 🙂) (There's so much to look for and learn....arrggghh)
 
Hehe yep, most of the time it is basically sugar free, but I'm guessing there's some law somewhere that makes them differentiate 🙂

I can tell you now for example that Asda's Double Strength Pear & Blackberry No Added Sugar is 0.2g per 100g - so basically sugar free! 🙂
 
graham usually having pastilles icelolly , are14 grammes of sugars
 
Thanks MeanMom!! I'll add this to my lists of carbs !!
 
BUt they are sugar - in liquid - it's not really the same as eating something wholemeal with 15 g carbs is it? That sugar will be in your blood very quickly.

In 40 years as a diabetic I've only had an ice lolly once, when my blood sugar was very low. Ice cream is ok as it has fat as well. Particularly if you are, for instance, taking a walk along the sea front! It covers a walk very well! but you have to be careful, different ice creams have very different carb values.
 
In the past, I've bolused and waited for ages (basically until I was down in the 4/5s) and then had ice lollies (Fruit Pastilles lolly was always my fave). I'm not advocating it as obviously I'm basically just preventing a hypo (if you see what I mean) but it worked okay.
 
I'm really not promoting it or advertising it. It's just the way I found it best. Obv I'd never let myself drop into a hypo, I just waited until I could tell the insulin was right into my system before I had the sugar filled ice lolly.
 
Ice cream isn't too high in carbohydrate. Due to yesterday's sunshine (and a good run in the morning) I went to supermarket to buy ice cream and came away with 2 tubs of Carte D'or (half price on offer) - 2 scoops are less than 20g, and, yes, I can limit myslef to 2 scoops.

An other option is to freeze fromage frais or yogurt tubes, sold for children's lunch boxes - tubes usually contain around 6g CHO.
 
Having type 1 diabetes has never stopped me from enjoying the occasional ice cream or ice lolly when out and about, exercise as in walking always helps balance things out bg wise if it is under 20g of carbs.
 
Same here, ice cream has never been much of an issue, especially with a smaller child. E won't eat that much ice cream at once, only about 10-15 carbs worth.
Ice lollies are a problem, the shop bought ones are pure syrup, great for hypos, though 🙂
Copepod's suggestion of frozen fromage frais is good, too. You can stick an ice cream stick straight through the lid and pop them in the freezer for a few hours, they taste really nice. Don't leave them in the freezer overnight, though, otherwise they go rock solid.
Another thing you can do is blend berries and/or bananas, smoothie style, and make your own ice lollies. They taste gorgeous, surprisingly creamy with the banana, too.
 
On River Cottage the other night HughFW made strawberry lollies using 1kg of pureed strawberries to 100g of icing sugar, whizzed together and frozen in lolly moulds. He said it made 16 small lollies so they'd be about 8-9 carbs in each lolly. I suppose you could substitute sweetener for the sugar, though you'd need to be careful about quantities.
I have to say, I've used a walk/cycle ride in the summer heat as a means of lowering my levels enough to be able to have a guilt free icecream sundae midway🙂
 
ice lollies

If you're on an insulin pump, like me, you can have a lolly whenever you want and just bolus straight away.

However, if you're Coeliac, like me, you have to be careful that you eat a lolly or ice-cream that is gluten-free. Did you know that type 1 diabetics should get tested for COELIAC DISEASE annualy as it's another auto-immune disease. My HbA1C is much better since I was diagnosed and have cut out gluten.
 
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