Sugar is a carbohydrate, last I checked... Furthermore, beware of the commercially prepared sugar-free products. Most of them contain Sorbitol which is sugar alcohol (but doesn't contain alcohol). It is a carb and a different kind of sugar but still, it is sugar. Everything that ends with -ol is sugar alcohol and a big no-no for the diabetics. Another thing is, lactose-free milk. This thing is good for the lactose-intolerant folks. The process of getting rid of lactose is adding a special enzyme to the regular milk, so that the lactose (milk sugar) is converted into 2 simple sugars, one of them is glucose. Meaning that it's best for the diabetics to avoid lactose-free milk altogether. Someone has posted about a diet with 250 carbs a day for the diabetic; to me it sounds a bit extreme. My carbs a day are as follows: up to 4 carbs a meal and up to 2 carbs a snack. 3 meals and 3 snacks = 18 carbs, give or take. I was told I can have an occasional candy. So far so good.

BIG twins.....and a mixed pair! Congratulations. Indulge the new mommas now that the diabetes isn't a problem. Is she breast feeding?...keep that in mind when you cook....cabbaggey things, chocolate and other things often disagree with baby. But they will tell you....just don't make too much of any one thing until you know.

Wow Lucille! Are you sure your reading was 35? At that level, I'd think you'd be passing out. I have been diabetic type 2 for 20 years and I get fuzzy headed if my glucose reading falls to 60. Usually, I become aware of a low glucose condition at 90 and below. I watch for signs of low glucose when driving. Its very important to correct low glucose if driving. One should not let it fall below 90 and 100 is a better low mark when driving. I keep a tube of 10 glucose tablets in my auto's console and carry 5 hard candies in my back pocket. Reasonable cost glucose tablets are available from Walmart. They have tubes of 10 tabs and jars with 100 tabs. The tabs are lower cost in the 100 tab jar. I keep my empty 10 tab tubes and refill those from the larger jar.

Here's a link to the original recipe: The Best Keto Cheesecake I made this again for a birthday at work today and everyone raved about it even though I overbaked it a little :-) If you don't want to make one large enough to feed a battalion you can cut the recipe down- I usually do. For an 8" springform pan, use The whole base recipe (I actually omit the cinnamon as I used it the first time and we've decided we prefer it without) 2 8oz packages cream cheese 2/3 cup powdered sweetener (I use Equal as that's what we have here and Splenda upsets my innards) 2 large eggs (today's cake I used duck eggs as that's what I had) 2 1/2 oz sour cream (I do this by weight as she doesn't say "fluid ounces") 1/2 tablespoon vanilla Bake time is shorter, I check after 20 minutes. I usually top this with strawberries or frozen (fresh cost an arm and a leg here) raspberries in a thin layer of sugar free strawberry or raspberry jello. Enjoy!