Sally-A1 as you say it's personal choice I only answered a question. I personally don't use any sugar substitute as I very rarely eat anything that might need added sugar. Drinks I never add sugar, fortunately I don't have a sweet tooth. I prefer savoury, and my family are amazed that I can eat grapefruit and lemon flesh straight from the skin.
Watch what stevia you use as some brands contain dextrose or maltodextrin. Dextrose is glucose and malformation is starch, these ingredients add a small amount of carbs and calories, sugar alcohols may also slightly tip the carb count. If you use stevia now and then, it may not be enough to impact your sugars, if you use it throughout the day the carbs add up.
Kathy you are right xylitol is toxic to dogs. It causes hypotension, liver failure and fits can cause death....Chris

I don't eat candy at all, I find that best for me, for the simple fact I can't just have a few so instead of having a lot I don't have any

If I want ice cream I have Yoo-moo it's a frozen yogurt with no sugar or lactose. Comes in a variety of flavours. Yummy.

Check the carbs on no sugar candy, you will be surprised. I eat chocolate but watch the carb count.

@A DiabetesTeam Member I have to disagree with some of the things you said. First of all our bodies have not changed that much from caveman days. There have been some changes in our bodes in the last 10,000 years to adapt to the inclusion of agriculture in our diets, but the biggest, most radical changes in our diets have occurred in the last 300 years and there is no way that our bodies have evolved to adapt to those changes. Evolution doesn't work that quickly. With the increase in processed food and refined carbohydrates and all the junk food and fast food we eat we have seen an increase in the number of diabetics. Our bodies get so overloaded with sugar that the pancreas just can't keep up. A change in diet would definitely help to prevent Type 2 diabetes for a lot of people who might otherwise end up with the disease. It's foolish for people to think that what they put in their mouths doesn't have a direct effect on their bodies in many ways. I had a some health problems that I was able to clear up just by changing my diet ( I follow the Paleo diet) even though I was told by a few Doctors that I would have to suffer it for the rest of my life. I was also able to control my diabetes for quite a while just with diet and exercise, but unfortunately that's no longer the case. However I am sure that continuing to eat this way has a direct effect on my blood sugar and it is not as high as it would be if I was eating the SAD diet. Even the government is recognizing that a shift in diet is necessary with their changes to the Food Guide.

As for your comments about Drs and Endos etc. how can you be so naive?? Of course they are not going to tell us that changing our diets will make a huge difference. Drs are brainwashed by the Pharmaceutical companies. Diabetes is BIG business. The Pharmaceutical companies make billions from all the Diabetes meds and since they fund all the medical schools and write the books used in said medical schools Drs are taught that the only way to control Diabetes is with the meds provided by the Pharmaceutical companies. Drs today don't think for themselves or really pay attention to the patient and the symptoms and try to get to the bottom of the problem , they just write a prescription and slap a bandaid on the problem because that is what they're taught in medical school.

While once a diabetic always a diabetic might be true, completely removing processed foods, refined carbs and even dairy from your diet might just help you get off the extra med you're on, or reduce the dosage or even enable you to cut out meds entirely for as long as possible and that is a good thing considering the side effects of a lot of those meds. Before you knock the idea that a certain diet might make a huge difference you should try it. You might just get a huge surprise.

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