[Margaret Pilkington]

my Ma has diabetes......and this means that I am at more risk of developing this as I get older.
I am trying to avoid this fate by eating less...and certainly eating less sweet stuff.
I just can't drink unsweetened tea.......my Ma cannot drink unsweetened coffee......so she uses Stevia.....which does not influence her blood sugar levels.

For quite a few years her diabetes was very 'brittle'.......she would frequently drop her blood sugar alarmingly with a blood sugar level of 1.1(normal is 3.3 -6.6).
It was not very good being as she lives alone.
She is much more stable now......I don't put this down to Stevia...but to vigilance over what she has in the way of reduced sugar foods...and with careful monitoring of the sweeteners that are in these foods.