Chocolate as a gift or biscuits?

In my opinion, biscuits are equally unhealthy. Dark chocolates is still deemed as healthy if one take in moderation. How about considering granola bars? cereals? There are healthy ones.

When my GrandMother was alive she always received boxes of chocolate candy for Christmas. She had 10 children and raised a grandson like her own and 32 grandchildren. So, it was difficult to find something to give her.

Most diabetics are allowed to have chocolate that has a high cocoa but low sugar index. I think they can have dark chocolate which has about a 70% cocoa ratio. Check with your doctor, but dark chocolate is good for you and can help reduce your arterial blood pressure.

I am hypoglycaemic, my sugar drops if I don't get enough protein or if I eat too many sweets I get really sick. If I eat something sweet, like chocolate, or decide to have a drink, I make certain I eat extra well the rest of the day. However, one of the local churches makes really great sugar free pies. I mention that because it may be something you want to think about getting. The homemade sugar free pies are divine.

Yes you are right about chocolates but as far as the biscuits are concerned there are soem specally designed for sugar patients. When I was on a diet I used to buy bran biscuits which was low in fat and tasty too. When I start taking them with tea everyday , my other colleages also joined so you should look around for wheat biscuits and that would be better for all.

well the way they put it everything seems to be bad so not to worry just enjoy all in moderation.

i actually prefer cheese myself.sometimes i'll buy people those sausage/jelly/cheese gift packages instead of chocolate..they seem to go over well. i don't think i know anybody offhand that is lactose intolerant..

I would say that anything that they claim not to have sugar but tastes sweet contains more harmful 'fake sugar'. Sometimes those things that don't have sugar have saccharine. which is a preservative. I suppose reduced sugar is good, but not the same level of sweetness without using real sugar.

Hello jugsjugs, I prefer chocolate as a gift. I think it is one of the favorite choices available. I don't really think of the health aspect whenever I buy gift until I read your discussion. I seldom choose biscuits unless I am going to give a hamper.

Hi Jugs. A little special chocolate for diabetics will not hurt them, and sugar free jello adds sweetness to cheesecakes without the sugar. Another treat is yummy fresh fruit mixed with sugar free whipped topping such as cool whip, which has no artificial sweeteners. They do have many recipes online, too, for diabetics. Karen

If from the point of the gift receiver, I bet chocolate is better than biscuits. and I don't think there is any nutrient in biscuit, either.

My daughter's babysitter before she started school is a diabetic, so when I was giving gifts to her I was always really careful. I would give her lots of different sugar free candies when Kathryn wanted to give her candy. However, I think above the issues with diabetic adults, the problem really comes into play with children that are diabetic. One of my close friend's 10 year old son is diabetic and has been since he was five years old. It is really difficult for him in that everywhere you turn around in a child's life there is candy. I know that when it comes to Easter or Christmas where kids usually get candy his parents will buy it from him.

We do sometimes buy chocolate packs and make them as gifts to a family. It is cheaper this way, than wrapping up a present for every member of the family. I think the message is that, they are still worth the thought of giving a gift, and that they don't have to worry about giving something in return because it's just a chocolate pack.

choclate is a special gift for girl and second one is for boys.

You would be surprized at what a diabetic can not eat. My own cousin told me she cant even have macaroni. Thats a bummer. If your concerned about what to give a person can eat sugar...just give a gift thats not eatable.

Hi there Jugs. Well i usually buy chocolate for people that i know not to be diabetics. My parents friends have a son that has diabetics and they buy for him both biscuits and chocolate, but only the diabetics sugar free kind. There are also some kind of waffles for diabetics here as well. I haven't heard him complain about diarrhea after eating the sugar free chocolate, perhaps the one we have in my country doesn't have that problem.

I don’t have any friends or family members who are diabetic so I guess I have not given this matter a great deal of thought. If I buy a small gift for a couple or a family I will generally give a nice box of fine biscuits or cupcakes unless they are both chocoholics then it’s chockies all round! Some of my chocolate loving girlfriends will receive only the best from Switzerland or Belgium! Kids are partial to chocolate Santas and the like.

my father in law is diabetic and he is allowed to eat 2 small squares of normal chocolate a day,but he's not allowed to buy biscuits,and yes the diabetic chocolate is just as bad as normal chocolate,and it tastes bad aswell

Both are as long as it's delicious and heathy.

Well my grand mama is also suffering from and you know she likes sweet a lot just to make her happy and fulfill her wish i made chocolate cake for her with sugar free tablets , it tasted same like sugar but was not sugar so if you have to gift i will suggest gift chocolate cake or something else which is cooked or baked by you but remember use sugar free tablets instead of sugar. If you can do this then it's alright else gift them dark chocolate as dark chocolate has less sugar . Thanks and bbye