“Hey, let’s stop for coffee” I proclaimed during a brief, but not unusual,\u00a0road trip.<\/p>\n
“Yah, let’s.\u00a0 And I’ll get one of my favorite teas,” my friend replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Do you want me to drive through or would you like to go inside, then sit on the patio and people watch?” I asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Let’s people watch,” she said.\u00a0 “We”ll sit outside and make up people stories as folks come and go.”<\/p>\n
Simple fun between two adults.\u00a0 Nothing unusual these days.\u00a0 Coffee and tea service has positively roared in this young century.\u00a0 Popularized with fast-food convenience, grande lattes and iced frappes, to name only two choices, are easy to come by.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My favorite is a grande latte, sugar-free hazelnut with soy.\u00a0 Mm, mm, mm.\u00a0 However, such a treat was changed, had to be, due to consequential high blood sugars.\u00a0 I was astoundingly quizzical until… Taking for granted that the “sugar-free” flavoring was harmless, I did not realize that another favored and popular ingredient – soy milk – was not.<\/p>\n
This came to my abrupt attention when watching my grande latte being made.\u00a0 I happened to notice that the carton of soymilk being used had read: “Vanilla.”\u00a0 OMG!\u00a0 Already knowing that flavored soymilk\u00a0has sugar as an ingredient, I asked the latte creator if there was sugar in the soy.\u00a0 “Hmm, let me look,” she said.\u00a0 “Yep, 13 grams of sugar.”\u00a0 Much to my chagrin, I told her that I could not drink that.\u00a0 “I am diabetic;\u00a0 now I know why it tasted too good to be true.”\u00a0\u00a0Not only did\u00a0my blood sugar soar after such minute enjoyment,\u00a0but I quickly became slow-paced, on the road to lethargism.\u00a0 These are my body signs proving what\u00a0sugar does to me – makes me sick and tired.<\/p>\n
After too many years of sparse enjoyment, now I understand.\u00a0 Since then, I have not stopped visiting coffee houses, but I surely\u00a0changed my drink of choice: “Cafe Latte, Sugar-free Hazelnut (or Vanilla) with Sugar-free Soy, if available.\u00a0 Otherwise, non-fat milk.”<\/p>\n
Once again, change brings chaos and chaos brings change!\u00a0 Buyers beware, ESPECIALLY if you are diabetic or diet restricted!<\/p>\n
Enjoy!\u00a0 A. K. Buckroth, www.mydiabeticsoul.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Hey, let’s stop for coffee” I proclaimed during a brief, but not unusual,\u00a0road trip. “Yah, let’s.\u00a0 And I’ll get one of my favorite teas,” my friend replied.\u00a0 “Do you want me to drive through or would you like to go … Continue reading