What are you favorite "slow" carbs?

[cz_dave]

While on a low-carb diet, you still need to eat some carbs. If you inject insulin, you also need to count carbs and if possible eat carbs that do not cause huge spikes (that in any case). My favorite is avocado. It raises my BG only very slowly.

What are your favorite foods with "slow" carbs?

 

[Larissima]

I don't inject insulin, but I am following a very low carb diet. My favourite carbs are veggies! Avocado is definitely one of my favourites!

Artichokes - cooked from fresh, dipped into mayo vinaigrette - yum and super healthy for the liver too.

Asparagus - I have it a couple of times per week, usually chopped and sauteed with bacon bits, then break a couple of eggs on top. Also love the spears grilled with olive oil, or wrapped in prosciutto and baked.

Cavolo Nero, or any type of kale - sauteed in butter so some bits get crispy, with coarse sea salt on top.

Kohlrabi - only raw, like beetroot (very rarely) and Mooli radishes; they all have some sweetness but don't spike me

Mushrooms of every type, in every incarnation (sauteed in bacon grease, grilled with butter, in soup, added to meat, sauces...)

Peppers, courgettes, aubergines - love them grilled or roasted with lots of garlic (peppers raw as well)

OK, I could continue listing loads of vegetables I enjoy, but the gist seems to be - as long as they are eaten with fat (butter, vinaigrette, oil, cream) or contain fat (like avocado), the impact of the carbs on BG is slowed down.

 

[cz_dave]

I found that even a small amount of crispbread can be ok if I eat it with nut butter.

 

[Robbity]

I found that even a small amount of crispbread can be ok if I eat it with nut butter.

OK, but be aware that most type 2s on low carb higher fat diets don't have the option of insulin so may get different results where some higher carb foods are concerned. However I can eat a very small amount of rye cripbread as long as I spread it with plenty of fats - e.g. butter, cheese, pâté, and not see too bad a spike.

As @Larissima has said, for us it's the fats that will be the "controlling" factor...


Robbity

 

[cz_dave]

Exactly. However, I sometimes see a bit of a rise 4 hours after eating a fatty food. I suppose it can be due to the delay in carb digestion due to the fats and/or because my bolus ceases its effect then.

 

[Chook]

I don't inject insulin, but I am following a very low carb diet. My favourite carbs are veggies! Avocado is definitely one of my favourites!

Artichokes - cooked from fresh, dipped into mayo vinaigrette - yum and super healthy for the liver too.

Asparagus - I have it a couple of times per week, usually chopped and sauteed with bacon bits, then break a couple of eggs on top. Also love the spears grilled with olive oil, or wrapped in prosciutto and baked.

Cavolo Nero, or any type of kale - sauteed in butter so some bits get crispy, with coarse sea salt on top.

Kohlrabi - only raw, like beetroot (very rarely) and Mooli radishes; they all have some sweetness but don't spike me

Mushrooms of every type, in every incarnation (sauteed in bacon grease, grilled with butter, in soup, added to meat, sauces...)

Peppers, courgettes, aubergines - love them grilled or roasted with lots of garlic (peppers raw as well)

OK, I could continue listing loads of vegetables I enjoy, but the gist seems to be - as long as they are eaten with fat (butter, vinaigrette, oil, cream) or contain fat (like avocado), the impact of the carbs on BG is slowed down.

Lovely list! Cauliflower features fairly prominently on the Chook diet, too.

 

[Robbity]

Another cauliflower eater here too! I too eat a lot of (low carb) veggies too , but I've never considered them as "slow release" - I don't have any problems with them as for the most part they have so very few carbs for my body to have to deal with, and don't really cause any spikes. I eat them (a) because they contain vitamins and minerals and (b) because I enjoy them. On my LCHF diet I don't actually need them for any other reasons.

Robbity