Suggestion Box

[Perkup]

I've been checking through the offerings lately, and thus far there is nothing for those of us who can't deal with limitless sugar.  I've seen Cheryl's Cookies - they once offered sugar free treats, but not lately.  Why?   Juniors has offered sugar free individual cakes (18 pieces per box).  Where are they now? We ordered auto delivery but they don't come out again until January.  Where are  their holiday offerings?

I have no idea how many millions of Americans suffer from either Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes.  Why can't there be more offerings for us?  Even the grocery stores have a pathetic number of things with low or no sugar.  Sellers are missing out.  Are you listening QVC?

[Love my grandkids]

I'll bet if you do an internet search you'd find companies that could help you.

[Perkup]

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@Love my grandkids wrote:

I'll bet if you do an internet search you'd find companies that could help you.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I really appareciate it. No sarcasism here.  But I think QVC should offer more sugar free items. They do many food shows and it just seems to me that they should offer more sugar free items. Also that the few they do offer on auto delivery should come more frequently.  I don't like to order from too many different companies as I don't care to share my info with vast numbers of vendors.  Just wish I could get the things I want from QVC.

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[Q4u]

The problem with "sugar free" or "no added sugar" offerings is that there is still a ton of carbs in them, which are turned into sugar in our bodies.  I'm a type 2 diabetic and rarely eat sugar free items because of the reaction I get from them.  For me, my blood sugars can't handle 20 carbs for one cookie ....  

[Carmie]

My guess is that they no longer carry sugar free items is because those items didn’t sell well.  I am gluten free and they don’t have offerings for me either.

i have found that food on QVC is expensive and not all that tasty anyway.  If you want to be heathy, eat homemade items.  That is the only way you will know what is in them.

There are many low carb, no sugar cheesecake recipes out there.  You can make them in a cupcake paper individually and control the size of the serving.

[terriebear]

@Perkup

If you belong to Pinterest, you will find hundreds of recipes for Diabetics.  It is broken down into cookies, Holidays, low carb., and another dozen catagories.  It is worth looking into.  And yes, Cheryl's still does offer sugar free cookies.  Just go to her website at Cheryl's .com.  Juniors offers two sugar free cakes, again go to their website and order at juniorscheesecake .com.

[DeniseColo]

@Perkup - I just noticed David's Cookies has two NSA/SF offerings: 

M116494 -- David's Cookies No Sugar Added Marble Chocolate Truffle Cake

M116498 -- David's Cookies 1 lb Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

[SharkE]

I'm not a diabetic and don't want to be, so, I'm cutting way back on sugar because my sister is one.

My treat is fig newtons. LOL Low in fat and sugar both. Now, they have them in strawberry,blueberry as well as fig.

100 calories for 2 cookies

Moderation in every thing is my new motto.

[Moonchilde]

If the companies used to sell sugar-free items on QVC but no longer do, I would have to conclude that they didn’t sell in sufficient numbers for it to be worth the company’s effort to produce; if the sugar-free items had sold well, they would still be offering them. 

With all the discussions on the forums ad nauseum about any and all chemicals or not-completely-natural/organic foods being Certain Death when they pass your lips, most especially artificial sweeteners, I suspect that those who might be thinking of such things as a gift are paying attention to those who scream that artificial anything is killing you, and not buying. And then we have diabetics who decry the artificial sweeteners in sugar-free candy as keeping them occupado in the toidy, and people read that too. Never mind that for most people you’d have to eat maybe 6-8 pieces at once to get that effect.

If you’re not diabetic and don’t know much about the disease, the wives’ tales and misinformation are everywhere, and people probably feel ‘better safe than sorry’ and don’t buy.

As a diabetic, I’d much rather eat a smaller piece of something once every 1-2 weeks than eat a large piece of artificial-tasting whatever every other day; that’s just my tastebuds. Diabetics are not forbidden to eat sugar - they just need to not over-indulge and keep it real.

I think that some well-meaning friends/family think a box of sugar-free candy is a treat where the recipient should be able to eat the box at one sitting, guilt-free. Not going to happen. Diabetes is still diabetes.

[Kachina624]

I've noticed many sugar-free item in Wal-Mart's bakery.