Not trying too make every restaurant cater only to diabetics-just perhaps just add simple things like sugar free ice cream if have 20 flavers.
I am not trying to change the restaurant industry. I am total free market individual. I go to as healthy restaurants as I can find. One I go to specializes in salads. They also have over 20 flavers of ice cream. I would only like to see them offer a sugar free version. When I ask them if they may have sugar free flavors coming I get that deer in the headlights look. It is amazing how many places to eat do not offer sugar free or low carb deserts, etc. That is all I was getting at. We are a huge force that many restaurants do not realize. That is only point I was trying to make. Not forcing anything on anybody. Do it if only a win win situation.
Respectfully,
mistercondo in Orlando
Respectfully,
mistercondo in Orlando
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by MyBustedPancreas on -
But "sugar free" isn't nececessarily diabetes friendly. For me as a T1, something is "diabetes friendly" when it is clearly marked with the number of carbs a serving has, and is then dished out in equal serving amounts. I can eat things with sugar, I just have to know how many carbs and fat is in something so that I know exactly how much insulin to bolus and what kind of bolus to use.
Many restaurants now have nutritional information available online, and for me, that makes a restaurant diabetes friendly! I recently had to go to an iHOP (it was the only restaurant where we were) and I whipped out my iPhone and was so pleased to find that they had all their nutritional info online!! I ordered a garden vegetable crepe, bolused the appropriate amount of insulin, and my BG held steady the rest of the day. So, for me, iHOP is definitely diabetes friendly, regardless of whether they carry something that is sugar-free.
Also, sugar-free foods have tons of additives and unhealthy things that can wack out BGs even more than sugar sometimes. Maybe this is different for T2s, but for T1s, it's not as simple as just making something "sugar free." It is way more complicated than that. Which is why having complete nutritional info available online (as iHOP does) is far more important for me.
-
Permalink Reply by Frances on -
It's not really that different for T2s. Thinking that "sugar free" means somehow diabetic-friendly is just a species of laziness; what are more important are carb counts and correct nutritional information, just like for a T1.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: if you want ice cream, see if you can handle a 1/2 cup of regular ice cream. If you can, don't bother with the "sugar free" stuff!
- ‹ Previous
- 1
- 2
- Next ›
Advertisement
REsources
Groups
From the Diabetes Hands Foundation blog...
How do you measure the work of volunteers?
329,040 minutes, 329,040 moments so dear. 329,040 minutes — How do you measure, measure volunteers? In smileys, in tears shed, in counsel, in cups of coffee. In units, in carb counts, in laughter, in strife. In 329,040 minutes – how …Continue Reading
DHF Expands Board of Advisors
Diabetes Hands Foundation has always relied on partners and advisors to increase its understanding of the diabetes space, in order to better serve people touched by diabetes. Today this is as true as ever, as we proudly announce the expansion …Continue Reading
TuDiabetes Team
DHF STAFF
 Manny Hernandez(Co-Founder, Editor, has LADA)
|
DHF VOLUNTEERS
Lead Administrator
 Bradford (has type 1) |
Administrators
 Lorraine (mother of type 1) |
 Marie B (has type 1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIKE us on Facebook
Spread the word
This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here.
© 2013 A community of people touched by diabetes, run by the Diabetes Hands Foundation.
