The options may not be numerous, but as awareness grows, low-sugar sweets are emerging

If you are diabetic, perhaps the main lifestyle adjustment you’ve had to make is the restrictions placed on the type of food you eat. With sugar and fat to be minimised or even eliminated, you may feel like sweet treats of any kind are no longer within reach. But with India having the highest incidence of diabetes in the world (according to the International Diabetic Federation, 50.8 million Indians were diabetic in 2009), the market for health foods (even desserts) is now opening up.

In this article, we round up the sweet options suitable for diabetics. But not all products labelled ‘sugar-free’ are healthy, so we also tell you how to distinguish a good product from an unwholesome one.