"happycabbage" wrote in message
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I am considering making my Grandparents some sort of chocolate-y desert
for
Christmas this year. And my Granddad is a diabetic. And me, being
hypoglycemic, know nothing about it! I am pretty good at making recipes
more
to my liking and figure I can get away, somehow, with using a sugar
substitute. But what kind should I look for? I see all kinds of
substitues,
but dont know which I can use safely. I know that I need to use
unsweetened
chocolate as well. So is there anything else I need to know or look out
for?
Or is it JUST sugar I need to avoid?

There is no one diet that we diabetics follow. So the first thing you need
to know is what kind of diet your Granddad is on. He might not eat desserts
of any kind. I usually don't.

Most diabetics watch their carb intake. So that means anything with sugar
or flour is probably not a good idea unless it is eaten in very small
portions. Some of us watch our fat intake. I have a recipe for chocolate
cream cheese fudge that uses artificial sweetener, but because of the cream
cheese and nuts it contains, it is high in fat. It also has some carbs.

Meringue cookies are another option, using Splenda instead of sugar. I
don't have a recipe offhand since I don't care for them. Or you could do a
sugar free pudding if he can handle the carbs.

If you have hypoglycemia, you should get to know more about diabetes because
it is thought to be a precursor to type 2. I had hypoglycemia for most of
my life prior to diabetes. And the way a hypoglycemic should eat is much
the same as a diabetic should eat. Although I found that prior to diabetes,
I could eat more carbs than I can now.

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