Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for December 07, 2014

Sergio needs those Milk Duds to keep his blood sugar in check.

Should switch to Raisinets.

Cartoon characters shouldn’t have health problems. That defeats the purpose of why they’re cartoons!

when your diabetic like me you lower your sugar level and than you have to eat sweets to bring it back up a never ending battle

Uh oh!

Very brave. Sitting outdoors and popping something that looks like it might be a Milk Dud into your mouth to find out what it is? Hmmmmm.

If only.

Husband and I are both Type II Diabetics. We both work very hard at keeping our blood glucose in line. Normally we are each 100 or less fasting, before and 2 hour after meals (mostly lower). So we are doing something right. I take a minimal amount of medication.

There is no problem working a LIMITED amount of sweet into one diet. One eliminates carbs from another source to have the treat. A box of Milk Duds (their serving size per online check) is 36 carbs. That is a big chunk of carbs, but certainly a quarter of a box – 9 carbs is manageable.

Husband and I have both found that there is no difference in how complex and simple carbs are absorbed for either of us. When the glycemic index was first introduced it was quite the opposite of how one is told to use it now. The biggest surprise from the studies that were done is that it was always ASSUMED that sugar was absorbed faster than fiber (for example). When actual studies were done for the glycemic iindex it was found that the difference in absorption rates was MINIMAL. For the first time they said that Diabetics could have limited amounts of sugar. (This is the mid 1990s). It was also said that the glycemic index SHOULD NOT

Husband and I are both Type II Diabetics. We both work very hard at keeping our blood glucose in line. Normally we are each 100 or less fasting, before and 2 hour after meals (mostly lower). So we are doing something right. I take a minimal amount of medication.

There is no problem working a LIMITED amount of sweet into one diet. One eliminates carbs from another source to have the treat. A box of Milk Duds (their serving size per online check) is 36 carbs. That is a big chunk of carbs, but certainly a quarter of a box – 9 carbs is manageable.

Husband and I have both found that there is no difference in how complex and simple carbs are absorbed for either of us. When the glycemic index was first introduced it was quite the opposite of how one is told to use it now. The biggest surprise from the studies that were done is that it was always ASSUMED that sugar was absorbed faster than fiber (for example). When actual studies were done for the glycemic iindex it was found that the difference in absorption rates was MINIMAL. For the first time they said that Diabetics could have limited amounts of sugar. (This is the mid 1990s). It was also said that the glycemic index SHOULD NOT

Husband and I are both Type II Diabetics. We both work very hard at keeping our blood glucose in line. Normally we are each 100 or less fasting, before and 2 hour after meals (mostly lower). So we are doing something right. I take a minimal amount of medication.

There is no problem working a LIMITED amount of sweet into one diet. One eliminates carbs from another source to have the treat. A box of Milk Duds (their serving size per online check) is 36 carbs. That is a big chunk of carbs, but certainly a quarter of a box – 9 carbs is manageable.

Husband and I have both found that there is no difference in how complex and simple carbs are absorbed for either of us. When the glycemic index was first introduced it was quite the opposite of how one is told to use it now. The biggest surprise from the studies that were done is that it was always ASSUMED that sugar was absorbed faster than fiber (for example). When actual studies were done for the glycemic iindex it was found that the difference in absorption rates was MINIMAL. For the first time they said that Diabetics could have limited amounts of sugar. (This is the mid 1990s). It was also said that the glycemic index SHOULD NOT

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used by Diabetics in selecting foods as the indexed ratings changed drastically when foods are not being eaten as the only food, but in a meal with other foods. For example, baked potato was found to have the highest glycemic index, but the same potato with butter or sour cream dropped all the way down the index. The index was therefore useless.

Now different foods do have different effects on different people. I can eat a serving of rice with no affect on my bg at the 2 hour reading. If husband has a couple of grains of rice his bg jumps.

So, Sergio can calculate his treat into his day.

Oh, and you do know that Dr. Oz is having legal problems over things he has recommended. Never liked him; he is too swarmy for me.