Fruits

Oranges, pears and plums. Tasty treats. I might get some set Greek style yoghurt and have a sliced orange with my cereal in the morning.

Fruit is healthier than fruit juice because instead of giving your body a quick hit of sugar (fructose), it takes longer to absorb if you have the fibres of the fruit to digest to release the sweetness. I learnt to my cost when I was younger. I was drinking a lot of fruit smoothies every day. Very nice, but it affected my health after a couple of years of drinking them. It really is a case of everything in moderation.

We are lucky to have fresh fruit here, but not everyone can afford it. It’s cheaper to buy sweets or food with too much sugar added. A poor diet really is bad for you, but if you are poor it’s not easy to be healthy.

Non diabetic food?

What part of this food is safe to eat if you are diabetic?

A large size pizza ( carbs)

Two packets of mini butter stollen cakes (dusted with icing sugar)

Four large potato’s (carbs)

Three tubs of butter

Cheese

A box of mini blueberry muffins,

Two large tubs of fruit flavoured kefir fermented yoghurt,

Two bottles of mayonnaise (garlic and chilli flavours)

Two cheesecakes (one strawberry, the other lemon and marscepone)

A packet of rich tea biscuits.

A box of eggs

Shampoo with honey added!

Why?

The only vegetables were a jar of gherkins….

I don’t normally ask him to go shopping!