Sugar free sweets are they bad for you?

[Purple_Panda]

I don't know why but recently I've been scoffing on these sugar free sweets and especially those that give you the laxative effectives like Guylian no added sugar chocolate and Fruitella wine gums. I chocolate moves the BG levels up and down. No idea what the fruit gums are doing.

Would I just be better off cutting them out completely from my diet?

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Would I just be better off cutting them out completely from my diet?

I ditched the sugar free sweets and ‘diabetic chocolate’ (that you can’t even sell any more!) early on in my diabetes career.

The awful wind, substandard taste, and gastric upheaval really lut me off.

I would suggest you are better off without myself. 🙂

 

[Purple_Panda]

the danger here is that I wonder if it's making me "hooked" on sugar again.

 

[Piglet]

I would second this. I gave up `Suitable for diabetic'food stuffs 30= years ago just eat normal sweets/chocolate in smaller quantities. the back of the packet gives you the carb value and portion size i.e. 3 squares =12g cho and stick to this. it takes the craving away and leaves no windy after effects.

 

[trophywench]

Hear hear Piglet !

 

[Drummer]

Sugar free might not be carb free - check the small print.