Diabetes and Honey...?

SoopraBint
SoopraBint Posts: 66
in Food and Nutrition
I'm diabetic and currently use sweeteners in my tea and coffee as I can't have sugar (obviously)

I want to stop using sweeteners as they are so chemical.

I know honey is pretty much pure sugar but I wondered how much it would affect my control if I used it in say 3 or 4 drinks a day.

I'm type 2 controlled by diet, exercise and Januvia (Sitalglyptin)

Hoping there's some diabetics out there who can offer advice please....

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  • kmorganlfc
    kmorganlfc Posts: 115 Member
    I'm type 2 diabetes and have been for over 2 years. The advice we are given in UK is that sugar isnt the evil it was once believed to be. It simply gets turned into glucose the same as other carbohydrates do, and it is glucose which is related to the problem. As long as I stay within the limits of a healthy calorie intake and do some regular exercise I'm fine. I have medication (sitagliptin and glimerpride) although these days I rarely need to take it. I measure my glucose regularly, and even 2 hours after my main meal and without medication all day my glucose levels are fine. If I stopped exercising, the condition would probably worsen again. This is all down to regular exercise which reduces insulin resistance, and it doesnt have to be intense exercise by the way, just regular. However, diabetes is such a complicated condition with many potential hazards, it may be best to talk to a diabetes specialist because what may be working ok for me, may not for someone else. There aren't many calories in either sugar or honey with the amount added to coffee or tea, but the glucose spike will have an effect depending on your particular condition and how insulin performs for you. Still, my advice to anone with type 2 diabetes is: exercise. In only a matter of a few weeks I started to see enormous benefits, where now it's 'almost' as if I no longer have it.

    One thing that did happen when I started to get fitter was I began to get hypos - which arent nice at all. This was due to the medication becoming too strong alongside the exercise and diet. Now the doses have been reduced and the reduction in actually using it now means I have that under control.
  • LPCoder
    LPCoder Posts: 404 Member
    Why not use Stevia?
  • SoopraBint
    SoopraBint Posts: 66
    Why not use Stevia?

    thanks, will give that a try :)

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