[GoofyLuvr]

Howdy y'all! Yup yup yup, type 2 for me. Was diagnosed 2 years ago, day after my birthday, and turned out to be one of the best things that could have happened to me!I didn't realize this at first, of course, but looking back.....

I've never eaten much, so when they put me on a 1200 calorie diet, I knew I had a lot more eating to do. LOL. But the hardest part was no sugar anymore. Not that I ever ate a lot of sugar. Never drank much soda or sweet tea or anything. Mainly just in my coffee. The problem, though, is that I'm terribly allergic to all sweeteners. They give me instant migraines. So I had a real quandry. Luckily I found something I could use that tastes exactly like sugar, is actually a bit sweeter if you can imagine, and isn't processed by the pancreas, so it doesn't affect the blood sugar. Fructose. Not to be confused with high fructose corn syrup. Just plain old fructose. I'm careful in my use of it, as it can increase your triglycerides, but it allows me to still enjoy my morning cup of coffee. It's hard to find. Basically, you have to go to the "Now Food Ind" website and search stores that carry their products to see if they carry the fructose, too. It can be used for all kinds of cooking and baking. The only thing it doesn't do like sugar does is re-crystalize after being melted. So no making candy with it. But cakes, and stuff? It's fine. Just use less than what the recipe calls for as fructose is literally way sweeter than cane sugar. It's all natural though. So, thought someone might have the same problems I do and might be able to use this info. Of course, talk to your doctor if you have any questions. I'm definitely not a doc! But, my A1C stays in the 4.9 to 5.3 range, and I've been backed down to just my metformin, 800 mg twice/day, so.... Works for me! I am keeping an eye on my triglycerides, though. We'll see what happens with them.

Good luck everyone!