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Permalink Reply by Jason on March 25, 2009 at 12:59am

I just eat the real thing and bolus/exercise to compensate. But honestly, 14 years of Type 1 has more or less killed my appetite for sweet things.

The one exception is frozen yogurt. Where I live, there has in recent months been an explosion of self-serve frozen yogurt places popping up in every strip mall. The sugar-free flavors are limited to just one or two, but they taste the same as the sugar-sweetened varieties. Of course, the toppings are another matter. I just put a bunch of different fruit on it, then a small squirt of (real) chocolate syrup. With 120mcg of Symlin beforehand, a good size serving only requires 1-2 units of insulin, and less if I exercise after.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on March 25, 2009 at 5:32pm

I learn to make the break from sugar to sugar-free when I was first diagnosed by eating sugar-free choc pudding with sugar-free cool whip. I still make this when I get those sugar cravings. From parties, holidays, I make a "no sugar added" banana pudding using sugar-free cool whip, bananas, sugar-free cookies, sugar-free pudding, and a splenda/butter/powder milk mixture I use to subsitute for condensed milk. This dessert is extremely rich but it does not affect bs and nobody really knows it is sugar-free. The kids love it.

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Permalink Reply by odie on March 28, 2009 at 8:32am

I just found some very nice so called sugar free choc syrup for ice cream etc ,No Ice cream for me but just a taste on a spoon was great!!!
and we went to the Vermont Country store coming back from seeing my Mom,and we /(I) got some SF Vt maple syrup !!! OMG.................I grew up on a farm and we had a maple sugar shack and produced the great taste of VT!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Maarit on March 28, 2009 at 9:13am

no, NO and no...
Sugarfree choklad is bad tasting...etc.and those sugarfree products often has same carbohydrates than originals.
Our doctor says that same, "don´t buy sugarfree ´cos it´s not nesessary"
Those are more expensive also...

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Permalink Reply by Maarit on March 28, 2009 at 9:16am

Diabetic diet is somehow weird sometimes, "diabetic diet is same thing that all people must use in their living ´cos it´s the healthy food what must be eating all the time" =) ...and that´s why I don`t agree those "diets" or sugarfree stuff.

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Permalink Reply by Maarit on March 29, 2009 at 12:56pm

Diabetic diet is somehow weird sometimes, "diabetic diet is same thing that all people must use in their living ´cos it´s the healthy food what must be eating all the time" =) ...and that´s why I don`t agree those "diets" or sugarfree stuff.
Healthy food is that right way to talk about...

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Permalink Reply by Adriana on March 29, 2009 at 1:02pm

My mom makes me a home-made jello out of milk and sugar free sugar =)
i love it!!!
i could eventually eat the whole thing by myself in one day.
Also i love my mom's sugar free cheesecake and strawberries and cream cake =)

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Permalink Reply by Adriana on March 29, 2009 at 1:28pm

=) thanks! and she is kinda lucky of having me cause no one in the family likes the cheesecake only me =) hehehe

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Permalink Reply by Rachelle on March 30, 2009 at 3:04pm

I'm a huge sugar free jello and sugar free popsicle girl! Recently I found these little apple sauce cups that are sweetened with Splenda and have only 6g of carbs per cup! As for the sorbitol and sugar alcohol stuff - I am not a fan of the poop problems that come with it - NOT WORTH IT!

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Permalink Reply by Glucoholic on March 30, 2009 at 6:45pm

Most of these sugar free snacks reviews are positive. Many have sugar alcohols, but if you're careful and don't over-consume they should be fine. The ones I give rave reviews to are the ones you can find in my pantry today! I would say the Sugar Free Jell-O pudding packs are the biggest staple for me. And peanuts.

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Permalink Reply by Shell on April 1, 2009 at 8:40pm

I'd give the SF Werthers a try :)

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Permalink Reply by Sylvia on April 1, 2009 at 11:36pm

I've been makeing my own sugar free pudding pops. Yummy.

Got a popcicle maker thingy off of ebay and the small package of pudding fills the set of 6 right up. Since I get my pudding for 25 cents a box... that's what with the milk? about 10 cents a piece? :o)

I'll be trying gelatin and crystal light soon..

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