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Please clarify whether Honey and jaggery / jaggery items can be eaten by the diabetic patients.
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take rarely or avoided
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No. These things should be avoided.
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Honey and jaggery should ideally be avoided by diabetic patients. However, as in some vegetable or dal preparations, if it has to be used, it is better to use these instead of sugar. Sweets made of jaggery or honey should be avoided.
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