Maybe this site will help. Here is a link that might be useful: Diabetes Diet for Children

Powdered Sugar Replacement 2 cups nonfat milk powder (500mL) 2 cups cornstarch (500mL) 1 cup granulated sugar replacement ((250mL) Combine all ingredients in food processor or blender. Whip until well blended and powdered. YIELD: 4 cups (100mL) Exchange 1/4 cup (60mL)= 1 bread OR 1/2 nonfat milk & 1/2 bread. Calories 1/4 cup (60mL)- 81 LINK: this site is great for finding recipes or asking for any kind of help. Here is a link that might be useful: Diabetic Recipe Swap

My Dad has the same problems as your Dad. You should make your own bread. Bread has lots of sodium and you can make it sodium free. Milk has lots of sodium. You can buy soy or other grain milks but they have lots of sodium also. But, you can make rice milk real easy and not add salt and either drink or use it in your receipes and it is sodium free. If a salad dressing calls for oil, use water and thicken with cornstarch or arrowroot. I use Fetherweight Baking powder (no sodium), EnerG egg replacer (0 fat, 0 cholesterol, 5 mg. sodium), EnerG baking soda (no sodium). I create my own receipes for my Dad. I gave him a low sodium cookbook (uses less than 500 mg. sodium in a days meals). I cannot remember the name of it. E-mail me and I will let you know.

My FIL is a diabetic also. What the dietican told him was to watch his carbohydrates, drink diet soda. He can eat just about anything as long as he watches the proportions. The only ice cream he can really have is the Eskimo Pie stick which has Nutrasweet, and it is only 13 carbohydrates. You might want to go to the following website, www.cooksrecipes.com. Click on diabetic recipes. There a about 4 or 5 categories to pick from. Also, I have used Sweet & Low for a couple of deserts. They too have a website. How about giving him sugar-free jello and pudding as a change. Hope this helps.