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Type 2 Rice cakes

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Beemerman

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I’m still waiting to see my dietician. So eating stuff in moderation, yes I’ve least weight but my question is are rice cakes ok to eat, I have 3 a day as a snack at work, I used to have monkey nuts but because they are very high in calories thought the cakes would be better as I’m trying to lose weight
 
Look at the carbs on the packet. How much per cake. I don't count calories, only count carbs.
 
It is the carbohydrates in the foods that we eat that is the problem, irrespective of calories, we cannot metabolise them efficiently.

Rice cakes are highly processed and very high in carbohydrates apart from being quite low in nutrition values.
 
Assuming you are type two then the calories are nothing to worry about. The carbs from rice cakes, spaced out, may fit your routine but it depends how your team wish you to balance your control and what, if at all, carb intake they want you to have. As a snack, rice cakes tend to have lower carbs than many but, check your variables.
 
endocrinegremlin said:
Assuming you are type two then the calories are nothing to worry about. The carbs from rice cakes, spaced out, may fit your routine but it depends how your team wish you to balance your control and what, if at all, carb intake they want you to have. As a snack, rice cakes tend to have lower carbs than many but, check your variables.
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"Team"? I have T2 and have no team. My GP is uninterested and I have never seen a DSN let alone an endocrinologist. I am certainly not alone in my experience. This can be the same, at times, for some T2s on insulin therapy. Generally speaking we are are given the EatWell Plate spiel and left to our own devices.

Testing teaches us that foods higher in carbs (especially highly refined carbs) are a poor choice both for bg levels and for insulin resistance.
 
I tried them along time ago, was like eating styrofoam.

High in carbs, so I'd say no.

Cheese or pork rinds or some nuts or similar choices would be better imo.
 
Guzzler said:
"Team"? I have T2 and have no team. My GP is uninterested and I have never seen a DSN let alone an endocrinologist. I am certainly not alone in my experience. This can be the same, at times, for some T2s on insulin therapy. Generally speaking we are are given the EatWell Plate spiel and left to our own devices.

Testing teaches us that foods higher in carbs (especially highly refined carbs) are a poor choice both for bg levels and for insulin resistance.
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Well your GP needs reported for being a useless ect.

You do you.

I speak from my how rice cakes work well for my granddad when balancing his carb intake.

But each to their own.
 
endocrinegremlin said:
Well your GP needs reported for being a useless ect.

You do you.

I speak from my how rice cakes work well for my granddad when balancing his carb intake.

But each to their own.
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May I ask if your Grandfather has T1 or T2? Insulin resistance makes all the difference here. If one has T2 then it is highly likely that one also has hyperinsulinemia which means that lowering the frequency of insulin responses throughout the day would be a wise course of action.
 
endocrinegremlin said:
Well your GP needs reported for being a useless ect.

You do you.

I speak from my how rice cakes work well for my granddad when balancing his carb intake.

But each to their own.
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But you are type 1 and op is newly diagnosed type 2.... if this is the other way around you know what the reaction would be ..?
 
Guzzler said:
May I ask if your Grandfather has T1 or T2? Insulin resistance makes all the difference here. If one has T2 then it is highly likely that one also has hyperinsulinemia which means that lowering the frequency of insulin responses throughout the day would be a wise course of action.
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He is type two. Has been tested and does not have hyperinsulinemia.

Eats a set number of carbs at set number of intervals.
 
michita said:
But you are type 1 and op is newly diagnosed type 2.... if this is the other way around you know what the reaction would be ..?
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But I didn't talk about my t1 did I? I spoke about how the food MAY work for this type 2. It may not. It does for my granddad. ( he eats carbs at every meal and never rises above 5.5 because we control his carb intake and then the fat ect ) It might not for others. Every diabetic needs to find their own way,
 
OP, I think it'll be another trial and error because I don't know how carbs affect you, you could possibly spread out 10g of carbs throughout the day and see if your BG is okay. I know consuming large amounts of carbs in one go is unacceptable, even for my T1, it'll scream "tooo much sugar!" :hilarious:
 
bulkbiker said:
Does he inject insulin too?
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No. My grandfather's type 2 is controlled with set amounts of carbs at each meal .You and I have debated this before and agreed to disagree. I think we should do that here before we tumble into another disagreement.
 
Beemerman said:
I’m still waiting to see my dietician. So eating stuff in moderation, yes I’ve least weight but my question is are rice cakes ok to eat, I have 3 a day as a snack at work, I used to have monkey nuts but because they are very high in calories thought the cakes would be better as I’m trying to lose weight
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Assuming you are T2
Rice cakes vary between 60-80% carbohydrate.
A whole load of us have put our T2 into remission and lost a shedload of weight be reducing our carbohydrate intake.
I would heartily suggest that you do the same.
Restricting calories will work for a while but hunger is a nasty beast to try and conquer. Protein and fats provide satiety whereas carbohydrates usually trigger hunger. In your shoes I'd be trying to restrict my diet to foods containing 5% carbs or less.
For the first few months ignore calories (although keeping a food diary is a great idea) but don't build meals around limiting calories but try to keep carb consumption down as low as possible (the minimum being zero but that's quite hard!).
 
I do not understand. If Granddad has been tested for hyperinsulinemia (how was this done btw, clamp, assay or c-peptide?) and found not to be overproducing insulin then how come he has T2? Unless he has suffered beta cell dysfunction/death which would signal a lack of insulin production which would have become clear in the results. This is a genuine question. If he is not producing insulin enough to cover normal amounts of carbs then eventually he may need insulin as the aging process itself will play a part.
 
bulkbiker said:
So what medication is he on?
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I asked you to respect the fact that we will not agree. That was not an invitation to ask me about his treatment as you attacked me about that previously. Please drop it.
 
Guzzler said:
I do not understand. If Granddad has been tested for hyperinsulinemia (how was this done btw, clamp, assay or c-peptide?) and found not to be overproducing insulin then how come he has T2? Unless he has suffered beta cell dysfunction/death which would signal a lack of insulin production which would have become clear in the results. This is a genuine question. If he is not producing insulin enough to cover normal amounts of carbs then eventually he may need insulin as the aging process itself will play a part.
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We expect him to need insulin eventually.
 
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