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Default Diabetes friendly dessert?

Nancy Young wrote:
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> My brother's birthday is tomorrow and I'd like to bring
> him something. He can't have dairy. Any ideas? He loves
> oranges, so I'll pick up some nice ones for him but I'd like
> to make him something to cheer him up.


Oranges contain a heckuva a lot of sugar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_juice

The reason they don't seem that sugary
is that they also have tart and acid
components, which mask the sweetness.