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"Sugar-free ladies, are you out there? I know you are, and you&amp;#39;re probably feeling a teensy bit left out on Valentine&amp;#39;s Day as the chocolate hearts flow &amp;#39;round the office like water. But I have a fun fact for you to love so much, you&amp;#39;ll start calling it your Valentine.\nPinterestFacebookMy darling friend (and stellar jewelry designer!) Alecia Wesner, who has Type 1 Diabetes, and has raised thousands of dollars for diabetes research for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund, shared this link this morning. Check this out:\nAccording to Diabetes 24-7, chocolate didn&amp;#39;t become a thing for Valentine&amp;#39;s Day until 1861, when Richard Cadbury (does Cadbury Chocolates ring a bell?) &amp;quot;created the first ever heart-shaped box for Valentine&amp;#39;s Day.&amp;quot;\nIn other words, dude&amp;#39;s a marketing genius, and St. Valentine hasn&amp;#39;t secretly been plotting against you since the 5th Century. Brilliant news, I&amp;#39;d say! And smile-inducing at that!\nSo, if you&amp;#39;re having a sugar-free V-Day, know that lots of others are celebrating sans the sweet stuff, too! Who&amp;#39;s going without candy today, whether you can&amp;#39;t have it or you&amp;#39;re avoiding it for other reasons?\nSince we&amp;#39;re talking about sugar-free V-Day gifts, try these ideas:\nWe Made You a Valentine&amp;#39;s Day Mixtape!\n5 Valentine&amp;#39;s Day eCards For (Really) Every Situation\n3 Naughty, No-Cost Valentine&amp;#39;s Day Gifts He Really Wants\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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