Diabetes diet: Sugary foods like chocolate can be eaten as a treat
Diabetes diet: Eating too much sugar can be dangerous for diabetes sufferers
Diabetes sufferers will probably be wondering whether they can safely consume sugary foods in the upcoming months, particularly with Halloween and Christmas on the horizon - and the answer is they can in moderation.
Those with type 1 and type 2 forms of the condition are often told they need to be careful of the amount of sugar they consume.
This is because sufferers’s bodies cannot properly deal with glucose - or sugar - in their blood, causing levels to rise too high.
In healthy people, glucose enters the body’s cells to be used as fuel, whereas for diabetes sufferers it simply accumulates in the bloodstream.
Eating sugary foods in abundance can can cause blood glucose levels to rise dangerously high.