I have seen too many people who are diagnosed with DM, get a scrip for a
pill and rudimentary instructions for testing maybe once a day and a
printed ADA exchange diet that they can't comprehend, but their doctor
warns them to "eat sugar" After all they have "sugar Diabetes"!

Believe me folks, I've known people with sky-high numbers who never went
near a grain of sugar but hadn't a clue that the potatoes and rice in
their dinner was just as bad as table sugar.

What most of these patients are not told is that a single slice of
Wonder Bread is the equivalent of a tablespoon of sugar in carbohydrates.

There is no reason a DM cannot have sugar as long as that sugar is
factored into the allotted amount of carbohydrates that keep the meter
smiling. If it's your birthday, forgo any other carbs at dinner. Just
eat some meat or fish and a *little* piece of cake for dessert.

People wind up going off their meal plans because they feel deprived and
have a need to cheat. Then they really get into high-number trouble.

Count the carbs and make portion adjustments for how your body handles
them and enjoy your life.

JMTCW
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Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life