Sugar Free Sweets

Having a sweet tooth, I have found a online shop selling sugar free sweets. They advertise as suitable for diabetics but i'm a bit confused. Looking at the nutritional information, they still have a pretty high carb content per 100g (the 'of which is sugars' bit is low though). Which figure is it that i look at for working out insulin needs? And if its the first high number, is it worth buying sugar free? I hope someone understands what i'm trying to say because i think i've even confused myself!!!!

Angela

Carb content comes first. I buy "sugar free" sweets which contain 0.0 carbs & 0.1 sugars. If the sweets you're looking at as you say have high carb contents, I personally don't think it's worth it Angela.
Another thought is; When injecting for sweets, does the sugar "fix" stay in your system very long & would your BG go low after a short time? This happens to me when I have the odd chocolate treat.

Thats what I thought to be honest. Think I will just stick with my Toffee Crisp!!

I believe if its says sugar free there should be no sugar, but sometimes this means no additional sugar to whats there already in the form or carbohydrate...........

its all about the carb content...............

Hi I have recently joined the dafneonline site so have just read the posts on sugar free sweets. I believe the carbohydrates listed on the sugar free sweets will be sugar substitutes called polyols, they shouldn't increase your blood glucose levels. See the section on sugar sustitutes in the DAFNE handbook. But beware more than 20g of polyols in a day can have a dramatic laxative effect. Having a sweet tooth myself it is nice to have the odd treat of a boiled sweet, some shops sell a small range of sweets so i would be interested to have a link for the online shop.
SueA

The beauty with DAFNE is, and well, modern diabetes management of Type 1, is that you can have all the sweets and cakes you like, just match up your insulin and off you go..........

Obviously the same issues are present when eating these foods with us diabetics as there is with normal functioning individuals........like getting fat.............

Remember that Sugar is just one of the forms of carbohydrate. 'Sugar Free' is obviously a good selling point - not only from a diabetic perspective, but also a Dental perspective. It's the Carb content of the sweets you should be counting.