I decided a while back to limit my daytime sweet-snacking to a particular flavor of hard candy. I tell myself I can have two a day and am able to stick to that maybe 28 days out of the month -- on a very stressful day I may eat five or six, but considering they are only about 20 calories each and last a long time (being hard candy), they do a pretty good job of satisfying the sugar urge. And because they're always the same flavor they become really boring after the first two, which deters me from eating more.
The different sugars, IIRC, are metabolized somewhat differently, and -- what is probably more important to a diabetic -- have different effects on blood sugar and on the insulin level. The diabetic diet strongly favors slow-release carbs, and tracks blood sugar and insuln levels very carefully, but I disremember all the details since it's not me who's diabetic (it was my Dad). I also learned from him that the more closely a diabetic regulates their blood sugar, the fewer side effects they have later on -- a counter-example being a dear friend who had a wild and careless youth and died of kidney failure in his 50s.
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The different sugars, IIRC, are metabolized somewhat differently, and -- what is probably more important to a diabetic -- have different effects on blood sugar and on the insulin level. The diabetic diet strongly favors slow-release carbs, and tracks blood sugar and insuln levels very carefully, but I disremember all the details since it's not me who's diabetic (it was my Dad). I also learned from him that the more closely a diabetic regulates their blood sugar, the fewer side effects they have later on -- a counter-example being a dear friend who had a wild and careless youth and died of kidney failure in his 50s.