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Sweets?

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daniel warren

daniel warren

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Hi guys, I know this is probably the worst thing to ask about but iv recently been diagnosed with type one and I feel pretty well informed on carb counting and what to avoid but I do have a pretty big sweet tooth, and haven’t eaten sweets since being diagnosed and it’s starting to get pretty hard to resist I was just wondering if there are any kind of sweets out there that are low in sugar and won’t have to inject for or only have to inject a small amount for
 
Do you like dark chocolate? Many of us eat it, the higher the cacao content the lower the carbs and sugar, off the top of my head I know a square of Lindt 90% has 1.4g carb, a 25g bar of moser roth 85% available from Aldi has 4.6g carb and Lidl 81% is 3g carb per square x
 
Kaylz said:
Do you like dark chocolate? Many of us eat it, the higher the cacao content the lower the carbs and sugar, off the top of my head I know a square of Lindt 90% has 1.4g carb, a 25g bar of moser roth 85% available from Aldi has 4.6g carb and Lidl 81% is 3g carb per square x
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Iv never really tried dark chocolate to be honest, i was wondering if it’s high in cocoa does it taste sweeter or is it bitter, I’ll get some and try it. Thankyou kaylz
 
The higher the cocoa content the more bitter it is, it can be an acquired taste but you can also train yourself to like it x
 
daniel warren said:
Iv never really tried dark chocolate to be honest, i was wondering if it’s high in cocoa does it taste sweeter or is it bitter, I’ll get some and try it. Thankyou kaylz
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Another vote for dark chocolate 🙂 It's probably a good idea to acquire the taste gradually, starting with some 70% cocoa and going up from there. My limit is 85%, beyond that I find it too bitter, but find anything sweeter than 85% now to be far too sweet! 😱 You'll be surprised at how quickly your tastes can adapt - I was the same with milk years ago, started drinking semi-skilled and now only really like skimmed! 🙂

I also have sugar-free polo mints occasionally, just one or two a day though. It's worth also bearing in mind that something sweet eaten with a meal will not impact your levels as much as when eaten on its own, as the other food should slow the digestion 🙂 If you fancy a real treat then a chocolate eclair or choux bun is relatively low in sugar and the fat in the cream will slow the impact 🙂

The thing I miss most is being able to just sit down and eat a whole battenburg in one go, as I occasionally did in my pre-diabetes days! 😱
 
I eat dark chocolate too - Green & Black's 85% cocoa for me. Tic Tacs are so tiny they're virtually carb-less, but just having something sweet like that can stop the cravings for bigger and carbier sweets. I also eat Panda licorice, the original plain ones which are already cut into small pieces. One piece is about 3g carbs, if I remember rightly - fine if you can limit yourself to one a day!
 
Take a look at Venchi online, they do pick & mix chocolates, they do dark ones and chocolight etc, I worked out the carbs in some of them this morning and there are some as low as less than 1g carb, the ones I like the look of the maximum carbs were just over 5g x
 
I really don't like dark, but as I've always tended to be a savoury person more than a sweet, I can happily go without chocolate for a while. When I do have anything now, I grab a lindor - it's about 5g for one, but that's enough for me.
 
Beck S said:
I really don't like dark, but as I've always tended to be a savoury person more than a sweet, I can happily go without chocolate for a while. When I do have anything now, I grab a lindor - it's about 5g for one, but that's enough for me.
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You can eat just ONE? 😱 🙂 They are one of the things I find irresistible so rarely have them in the house 😱
 
Kaylz said:
Take a look at Venchi online, they do pick & mix chocolates, they do dark ones and chocolight etc, I worked out the carbs in some of them this morning and there are some as low as less than 1g carb, the ones I like the look of the maximum carbs were just over 5g x
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See also Novi and ICAM Italian brands. I like the ICAM dark sugar free http://www.chocoutlet.it/125-linea-c and 70% Peru http://www.chocoutlet.it/home/276-fondente-bio-100-gr.html - I like also the Novi 88% http://elah-dufour.it/it/prodotti/neronero/neronero-88-
 
Northerner said:
You can eat just ONE? 😱 🙂 They are one of the things I find irresistible so rarely have them in the house 😱
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I didn't think I could, but I utterly surprised myself.

I think if you put a pork pie in front of me, I wouldn't have such willpower.
 
you can get sugerfree big stewbery sweets from sweet shops and online however aviod the marks and spencer suger free mints as dropped my blood suger really low
 
To be honest I'd avoid sugar free sweets at all costs, I was told by my DSN that it was better to just have the real deal in moderation than to go near sugar free things as the side effects can be unbearable LOL x
 
Sugar free Polos and Sugar free Werthers. But sparingly.

I've not tried these dark chocolate suggestions yet but will do at Christmas.
 
I eat Sula sugar free humbugs, butterscotch, rhubarb & custard and strawberries & cream with no ill effects. Not cheap though.
 
Jamiesamp said:
you can get sugerfree big stewbery sweets from sweet shops and online however aviod the marks and spencer suger free mints as dropped my blood suger really low
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I’m not sure that’s possible is it?
 
daniel warren said:
Hi guys, I know this is probably the worst thing to ask about but iv recently been diagnosed with type one and I feel pretty well informed on carb counting and what to avoid but I do have a pretty big sweet tooth, and haven’t eaten sweets since being diagnosed and it’s starting to get pretty hard to resist I was just wondering if there are any kind of sweets out there that are low in sugar and won’t have to inject for or only have to inject a small amount for
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You could make your own. Gummy bears are just gelatine, flavouring and sweetener. Peppermint creams with peppermint extract, d cream and coconut oil melted and set between some melted chocolate.
 
My favourite home made sweets are peanut butter cups and chocolate Brazils, but both rely on using dark chocolate to be low carb.
 
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