But this old tradition can be quite a challenge for families living with diabetes. Here are some tips and tricks for handling the sweet treats that your brood gathers up in their costumed trip to neighbors, school or a community party. With the exception of comments about carb counts and blood sugar monitoring, these same techniques are also workable for the kids in the family who do not have diabetes.
Sweets can be a healthy part of anyone's overall diet.
They are things everyone can enjoy in modest amounts. No guilt necessary. The biggest challenge regarding sweets is that eating them can displace more healthful foods from the diet. This is true at all ages, but is a special concern for younger kids. So while eating sweets is entirely fine, it's up to the adults in the house to make sure that sweets complement, not displace, more nutritionally valuable foods.