“What can be used instead of sugar for diabetes?”

The best recommendation that I can give is to do not use any sweets. Traditionally aspartame has been the option in the market but all this artificial sugars have other chemicals related to cause other health problems.

Any of the artificial sweeteners are OK. you will see a lot of derogatory comment about artificial sweeteners but most of this is urban myth or propaganda from the sugar industry. The latest myth is that they will stimulate appetite & cause you to eat more & become fat. There are no good well controlled studies to back up such a claim. It makes about as much sense as the claim a few yrs. ago that Gulf War disease was caused by our soldiers drinking artificially sweetened soda-pop in the desert. Well here are the facts-soldiers in battle don't drink any kind of soda. With or without sugar or artificial sweetener, drinks that get hot in the desert taste awful so no one would drink them. Also the Army provides water trucks for the soldiers to use to fill canteens so there is no need to drink soda whether it contains sugar or AS. There are several kinds of AS on the market now & all are safe. Try them & see which ones you like best & stick to it or them.

Stevia is a good natural alternative to sugar. Look for a brand that is 100% stevia such as SweetLeaf. Also, please take the time to figure out how you came to develop type 2 diabetes and work at controlling or even reversing this disease. Wish you the best.

I like xylitol. It tastes the same as real sugar.