How to navigate high-carb Christmas hurdles

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Christmas is among the most difficult periods for people with diabetes to control their blood sugar levels. Temptation is everywhere. Thankfully our Christmas guide has all the tips you need to eat scrumptious, blood-sugar friendly food, as well as avoiding cravings.

The DCUK Christmas guide

Christmas cookbook treats

With treats such as Low Carb Christmas Cake and Low Carb Spicy Christmas Pudding, download your free Christmas Cookbook 2016 for more than 40 delicious, healthy recipes that the whole family can enjoy.

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Cater to children

When families have a child and/or parent with diabetes it can be harder to cater to everyone’s food requirements. We’ve put together some tips that help your child feel like they’re not missing out on anything this Christmas.

Get everyone involved

Snacktastic ideas

Snacking can be one of the highlights of Christmas, but only if it doesn’t adversely affect your blood glucose levels. Healthy fats are a particularly beneficial ingredient that can substitute for less healthy fats in snacks.

Healthy snacks

‘Grandma’s invitation’

“Jonathan, your last new wife was an idiot.” – check out the hilarious Christmas dinner invitation sent to Diabetes Forum user Pura Vida by a grandma who’s sick of having the big day ruined.

‘Dinner is 2. Not 2:15’

Take a look at some of today's top threads:

02  Excellent low carb diet explanation in plain english
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07  Hypos and Degludec
08  Obstinate Type 1 son
09 Missed miscarriage :(
10 Such a thing as low carb bread or snack bars?
11 I did wonder where my T2 came from....

There are 1,241,340 posts from 225,582 members in the forum right now.

Did you know: that 96% of questions get their first response in 4 minutes! Login to join the conversation or sign-up and start a thread here.

What we're eating

Steve Sheppard

Diabetes type: Type 2

“I had been type 2 for 12/13 years and when I went onto insulin I knew I had to make a change. I went onto the Diabetes Forum and I thought the Low Carb Program looked really good, so I gave it a go! Doing the program helped me achieve stable blood glucose levels, plus I probably lost about a kilo. I didn’t find it difficult to give up carbs - there are loads of things I can have instead. I still have some carbs, but much lower than what I used to. It’s about having a balance and sticking to something you can live by.”

What we're reading

Tribute to teenager

A fundraising drive has been launched by the friends and family of a teenager with type 1 diabetes, who died in October, to send her remains back to her native South Africa.

Fundraising drive

Stress and diabetes

Stress can play havoc with people’s lives around Christmas time. Just try to make sure your stress is manageable and doesn’t cause any problems with your diabetes management.

How to combat stress

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Have a great day,

PS. “Glucose in my urine” - anyone got any advice for this forum member?

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