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Originally Posted by Kizzy

Fruit is sugar the only benefits are the fibre, potassium and such so you would be cutting off your nose to spite your face to give those up entirely whereas all other sweeties and sugar laden snacks have nothing to offer.



You wouldn't sit and eat a whole bunch of bananas would you? Earlier you suggested yoghurt as part of your diet plan, to me this isn't really beneficial unless containing live culture it's just more sugar and more of a snack than part of a meal.



When considering fruit and yoghurt there are other benefits to offset the sugar, and if not snacking or drinking sugar pre diabetics can justify the trade. For me this is the perfect substitute , you're less likely to feel you're denied everything if things like the occasional piece of fruit or yoghurt is tolerated rather than go cold turkey.

Hmm. To be fair when it comes to not being denied things I'm more a fan of the 6/1 or 5/2 rule (aka eat what you want at the weekend even if it's a full domino's pizza and a family size bar of chocolate) BUT that's obviously not for people with diabetes or pre-diabetes, just as a general rule... So not so relevant in this thread, I suppose. I think it works well for people who generally want to eat healthily but still not feel frustrated with denial - the temptation to be unhealthy isn't so difficult to power through if it's just a case of "NO! You can have that on Saturday..."