Diabetic area of health care? Is there a way for diabetics to be given sugar free foods like granola bars?

WTF my wife is diabetic, same thing,she does none of that.keeps a couple candy bars in her purse if he blood suger gets low, she has been dealing with it for decades.never had a problem

Eating sugar is not a problem for a person with type 1 diabetes.

We count carbs- not sugar .

She can eat a granola bar and then take insulin to cover those carbs .

Since she doesn't know how to do this, she needs training from her diabetes health care team .

"sugar" free anything is a myth!! the other ingredients like oats etc are not "sugar" free. Read the line in the nutrient panel that says "total carbohydrates". This is the sugar your friend needs to avoid or not.

My problem isn't to find totally sugar free or carbohydrate free, but to find a balanced bar! 1/3 fat, 1/3 protein, and 1/3 carbohydrate! I am not sure there is any such thing outside my kitchen. The bars I made were delicious, but extremely crumbly!! I dipped them in dark chocolate and they were better, but still quite crumbly.

Peanuts are sugar free. Most vegetables are low- or no- sugar; but that is not the point. Most foods have to be converted to glucose for the body to use them. Potatoes have no sugar, but if you eat too many, you could push your blood sugar reading too high. Some time back I read that a good snack for your girlfriend's situation is a bag of M&M peanuts. Some sugar, and some protein.

Sadly, my friend, what you are proposing is exactly the WRONG thing to do.

The most likely reason for your girlfriend to collapse somewhere is if her blood sugar (glucose) level is low, due to the effects of either her oral medication(s) or insulin that she's taken. It is precisely at these times that she NEEDS something with sugar in it. (Sugar is very quickly absorbed into her bloodstream, where it can be utilised [utilized, if you are, in fact, one of my American cousins] by the insulin that's present to be 'transported' into her body's cells where it can be used to create the energy that she needs to help her recover.

I agree wholeheartedly with amy lynn who offers extremely good advice about not requiring a "special diet". ALL carbohydrates break down to release glucose, which is a simple sugar, and the body's natural choice of 'fuel'.

I really encourage you to get help from a dietitian that specializes in diabetic care.

YOU DO NOT have to go on some special diet. It is all about balancing the carbohydrates for the day and not overloading on the wrong carbohydrates. There are many choices out there without spending a fortune and without making everything at home.

My husband is a type 2 diabetic. He has good control of his sugar levels and eats anything that the rest of the family eats. He just watches his portion size of the things that would be "bad" or "harmful" to his sugar levels and fills up on the foods that are lower in carbs.

Remember, sugar isn't the only harmful thing to a type 2 diabetic. It is all about the carbohydrates.