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Want a small cupcake with dinner? Mayo Clinic suggests trading it for what?

The potato or other carbs in the meal.

  1. Your vegetables
  2. The potato or other carbs ✔
  3. Your glass of water

Why: Sweets count as carbs. Mayo suggests swapping a meal's potato for a low-carb vegetable like broccoli so a small cupcake fits. Dessert can still have a seat at the table.

Huh, didn't know that: Mayo says you can eat sweets once in a while without feeling guilty or significantly interfering with blood sugar control.

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What did the cupcake say to the frosting? I'd be muffin without you.
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Sources

  1. Diabetes nutrition: Including sweets in your meal plan (Mayo Clinic) https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/in-depth/diabetes-nutrition/art-20047654
  2. Healthy Eating and the Holidays (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/healthy-eating/5-healthy-eating-tips-holidays.html

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