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It is surprising to find how many foods have added sugar. When
you read the label and the second or third ingredient is sugar or
high fructose corn syrup, you know you are in trouble. So while you
don’t have to go on the old-fashioned kind of diets they used to
insist upon for people with diabetes, it good to substitute sugar
free recipes for diabetics to free up a little space on your
menu-planning sheet.
With today’s approach to eating for people with diabetes, the
diabetic food pyramid is the key to meal planning. The base of the
pyramid is grains, breads and other starches. Fruits and vegetables
are next; meat and dairy make up the final two groups. There is a
more final section at the very peak of the pyramid; it is the fats
and sweets section. These do not have a daily recommended serving
size, they are really not recommended at all and actually people
with diabetes are discouraged from eating from this section.
However, by using sugar substitutes for sugar in your recipes, you
can continue enjoying the foods you’re used to eating. You can use
food exchanges to eat enjoy cookies or ice cream occasionally. You
can eat foods with sugar as long as you still eat according to your
meal plan as you would any other food with carbohydrates.
Finding sugar free recipes for diabetics is easy to do, there are
plenty of cookbooks to choose from on your library shelves and
websites dedicated to recipes for diabetics: sugar free, fat free
and more. The sugar free recipes are made with a variety of sugar
substitutes: xylitol, maltitol, aspartame and others. You can use
your own favorite recipes and use the boxed sugar substitutes you’ll
find in the baking aisle. The substitution guidelines are printed
right on the box.
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