Battling Diabetes

Elaine and Suz were the only commenters on the Healthy Carb Diabetes Cookbook contest, so they will be receiving a new cookbook each! I still have one up for grabs, so sometime this month I will be giving it to a random commenter/reader. How is that for cool?

Elaine and Suz, please email me with your address so I can ship out your books! Don’t forget to share your thoughts on the recipes and let me know what you or your family likes the best!

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No Sugar Is Best?

For nearly all of the 20th century most people believed that to control their diabetes they had to avoid sugar completely. Sugar free candy, cookies, cakes, and other foods became the staple treat for diabetics all over the world. If you wanted to buy your sweetheart something for Valentine’s Day (or any holiday) you just looked for sugar-free chocolate.

The only problem with this is that diabetics were still having problems controlling their blood glucose levels. Even without their dreaded arch-nemesis, sugar, diabetics were (and still are) having high and low swings. Many were and are not able to figure it out. What were/are they doing wrong?

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