If type 2 diabetic, is it okay to eat a sugary "cheat-meal" once a week (i.e. McDonald's McFlurry)?

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  • RollTideHusker
    RollTideHusker Posts: 231 Member
    Only your doctor and you know what’s going to work for you.

    I have been Type 2 for around 25 years. I don’t take any medications for it. I haven’t always taken the best care of myself but I have learned where my limits are. I still eat “bad” foods. Personally, I’d have the ice cream. I’d stay away from the sugary soda (I just don’t like full sugar pop). I think occasional treats are good.
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 347 Member
    Talk to you doc about getting a referral to a registered dietician for diabetes education. In diabetes education, they teach you how to work in an occasional sugary dessert.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Maybe Canadian nurses are tougher. We were taught No Exceptions. My theory is that nurses spend more time than doctors cleaning up the effects of diabetic neuropathy.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    Maybe Canadian nurses are tougher. We were taught No Exceptions. My theory is that nurses spend more time than doctors cleaning up the effects of diabetic neuropathy.

    Our nutrition class emphasized the max carbs per meal, then suggested net carbs on some situations, then said not to worry about the carbs in protein or veggies.

    Even the glucose monitoring was only about what to do when you are dangerously high or low, rather than how to use the information in between.
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