<p>My mother-in-law will be visiting tomorrow. She is 75 and has diabetes and has lost a lot of weight. She’s a size two! She always wants to eat a piece of fruit for a snack, and I’ve heard from other diabetics that fruit should not be eaten without some protein. Can anyone give insight? She’s also in the very early stages of dimentia, so sometimes she forgets that she’s just recently had a snack. Her sugar has been all over the map from 130 to 170 in the past two weeks.</p>
<p>blueberries either fresh or frozen.
peanuts
jerky that has been thru a chopper (bullet)
protein bars either homemade of store.
kashi (mix of grains, molassas, dried fruit pieces)
Use Splenda for added sweetness.
High fiber foods, and breads.</p>
<p>Low fat string cheese, ww toast with peanut butter, skim milk. A little tuna salad with low fat mayo and WW crackers. You can use higher fat version of foods if the weight loss is an issue. But in general not recommended, due to the increased risk of cardiovascular disease.</p>
<p>If she’s keeping blood sugars in that close a range, she’s not doing too badly.</p>
<p>Thanks so much Long Prime and great lakes mom. I have most of those things in the pantry already! I appreciate your advice.</p>
<p>"Her sugar has been all over the map from 130 to 170 in the past two weeks. " Wow, I wish I had such good control! 40 points is probably within the range of the meter.</p>
<p>Low/no salt dry roasted almonds
Monitor the daily portions of fruit-some are very high in natural sugars like pears,watermelon,strawberries,grapes,oranges,bananas,nectarines
Read the labels-some bread and crackers may have a lot of sugar per portion
Put measured portions of a snacks in a zip lock bags and mark the day on the bag so she can keep track whether she had a snack or not for that day. You will have to ration her snacks for her
Sugarless hard candies are good if she has a sweet tooth</p>
<p>I agree - 130 to 170 is actually very good.</p>
<p>You might want tp try low carb yogurt or dark chocolate; those individually wrapped Dove chocolates are excellent.</p>
<p>My husband and son don’t like sugary snacks; they eat a lot of beef jerky.</p>
<p>^ I calculate that the length of beef jerky also takes a corresponding length of dental floss. :)</p>
<p>tree nuts, peanuts, edame, cucumber slices, lowfat/reduced calorie yogurt, olives (not canned)</p>
<p>I find I can count on two things not to raise my blood sugar- air and un-flavored water.</p>
<p>^^^^ I agree, Curmudgeon. It’s so frustrating!</p>
<p>The only two things that don’t raise my sugar are: exercise and starvation.</p>
<p>Here’s what I find frustrating: I can’t really “count” on anything! Sometimes it seems as if I can eat something for months with no adverse effect on my blood sugar - and then I eat it ONE MORE TIME and it skyrockets. What’s up with that?</p>
<p>My brother also has diabetes, so I know I am high risk. Trying to lose weight this year. It’s such a horrible disease. My brother doesn’t work very hard at managing it, so I knew I couldn’t get good advice from him. But thanks so much for your comments. I’m especially interested that you all don’t seem to think 130 to 170 is a bad swing. That made me feel a lot better.</p>
<p>Every one is a bit different. At 130 I begin to feel the affects of carbs. At 170 I am definitely flushed. At 200, I am nearly bouncing off the walls and looking for a pee.</p>