Mrs Webmuppet Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Help oh wise Omleteers. Mr W has been diagnosed with type2 diabetes. Now he loves his puds, I can't get away with giving him a pot of yoghurt or a piece of fruit for pudding (this would lead to major sulks and as he has depression too that's not good). So how do I sneakily adapt his fav puds to meet the requirements of a diabetics diet? I have already said he needs to have a spoonful of ice cream not the whole tub( he eats a whole tub of ice cream when I'm not looking) and to cut out eating bags of sweeties His favourite puds are: Apple crumble and ice cream Steamed apple and mincemeat pud (the only sugar in this comes from the mincemeat) Low fat cheesecake ( with light sweetened condensed milk and light cream cheese) Steamed jam sponge pud with ice cream (homemade jam) Trifle (I use no sugar jelly and low fat custard and small dollops of cream) Any tips would be welcome.......I have to use stealth methods so he doesn't know that he is getting low fat dinners as it is (hurrah for the Hairy Dieters books). I realise I'm probably worrying but I like to keep the peace chez Webmuppet! I realise portion control will also come into play..... Not his forte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I'm diabetic and the one thing I would say is it's not necessarily about sugar, it's about total carbs..... So if you reduce other carbs like bread, rice, potatoes, pasta etc you have the option of using a carb elsewhere. However, and this is a big caveat.... Processed carbs are much higher in GI so will cause blood sugars to spike, so this is things like white bread, sugar, dried pasta, white rice etc Fat lowers GI, so many diabetics (myself included) operate a lower carb but higher fat approach.... So pastries aren't too bad due to the fat content. As for balancing the sugars in desserts, normal sugar isn't fantastic as I guess you know..... Great alternatives are coconut nectar (looks like a brown sugar) or fructose (fruit sugar) although both of these are uncooked carbs so should be kept to moderation..... For sweeteners, Splenda (Sucrolose) and Stevia are the best as they are both natural.... Avoid aspartame like the plague! One of the best things your husband could do is go a whole week without anything sweet.... This will lower his tolerance to sugar and so things need to be less sweet afterwards to be enjoyable. I find I'm ok with plain berries with a bit of cream as a dessert. Sainsburys do the best sugar free things as all their own brand only use the natural sweeteners mentioned above. He's probably already been told to avoid diabetic branded items like the plague as they have other additives which still raise blood sugar levels. I still make pancakes with a fruit filling (sweetened with stevia) and still have the occasional dessert when we eat out, although I don't bake like I used to. Diabetes is best managed in my experience by watching total carb intake and exercise. Upping exercise really reduces and stabilises blood sugar. Any other questions (as this as turned into war and peace now ) feel free to PM me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Thank you. It's kind of what I gleaned from colleagues who are diabetic but confirms what they said. I shall be watching the carbs and filling him up with veggies. He needs to lose some weight so it won't do him any harm to cut down the carbs. He has started eating more fruit and less sweeties. I'm hoping that this will be a wake up call for him to get more exercise and stop eating the bad things when I'm not around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
