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Type 2 Rice cakes

My personal take on any grain is 'no thanks' - far better to have something with real nutritive value, vitamins and minerals - a slice of cheese and a tomato, with a green salad.
I just can't see how eating rice for no reason is a good thing. Type twos when unmedicated do not suffer hypos, we do not need carbs in our diet, it doesn't make sense to eat rice cakes.
 
bulkbiker said:
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!).
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Hi
Thanks for the advice to be honest when they found glucose in my pee in October I was 19 1/2 stone since then I’ve lost what I can I’m now 16 stone 12 and just had another round of bloods done last week,not had results back yet
I see the dietician in may,
I’m finding it difficult to know what to eat to lose weight and get my sugar levels down, at the same time.
I’ve totally cut all bread out apart from the odd slice of whole meal and that’s a biggy for me cuz I could eat 8 to 10 rounds a day, yes I love bread !!
 
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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I often have, and enjoy, rice cakes - Kalko make them in packs of 6 mini rice cakes covered in dark chocolate - 10g carbs per pack. I have tested them on a number of occasions so know that I am ok with them however others may find that they are too carby for them.
 
Daphne917 said:
I often have, and enjoy, rice cakes - Kalko make them in packs of 6 mini rice cakes covered in dark chocolate - 10g carbs per pack. I have tested them on a number of occasions so know that I am ok with them however others may find that they are too carby for them.
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Yes I’ve had them .
I need to start texting after meals but all is up in the air in December just gone I had two blood tests done the first was 54 the 2nd was 68 the doc never gave me these results told me to keep going with the weight loss as I was losing weight and didn’t need any meds so I went away thinking all is good and it was just a bit of a wake up call , saw a nurse in March who gave me those blood results and said I was type 2 I was gob smacked to say the least !! So for those 3 months I was eating anything that could lose me weight it’s only been these last 2 weeks where I am trying to cut carbs out .
 
I have eaten rice cakes, it has got me stuffed how they can class them as food. It does not matter what you spread on them they are still a tasteless piece of foam. :meh:

I give the rest of a packet to a friends dog who would eat anything, it took awhile before he become friendly again. :***:
 
Beemerman said:
I’m finding it difficult to know what to eat to lose weight and get my sugar levels down
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Meat, fish, green veg, eggs, butter, cream and cheese.
I was 23 stone on diagnosis now just under 15 stone. Still want to lose a bit more.
HbA1c all sub 30 for the past 2 1/2 years. Eating what's on that list mainly.
Give up bread it will not do you any favours.
 
Tipetoo said:
I have eaten rice cakes, it has got me stuffed how they can class them as food. It does not matter what you spread on them they are still a tasteless piece of foam. :meh:

I give the rest of a packet to a friends dog who would eat anything, it took awhile before he become friendly again. :***:
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They are disgusting. Arsenic has more appeal
 
Daphne917 said:
I often have, and enjoy, rice cakes - Kalko make them in packs of 6 mini rice cakes covered in dark chocolate - 10g carbs per pack. I have tested them on a number of occasions so know that I am ok with them however others may find that they are too carby for them.
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I eat them too as they are GF, the dark chocolate ones are nice and for me, as a type 1, a handy hypo treatment.
 
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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Ryvita do Rye cakes plain and salt and vinegar flavour they are puffed like rice cakes and are much more crispy than rice cakes may be a better option for you
 
Beemerman said:
Hi
Thanks for the advice to be honest when they found glucose in my pee in October I was 19 1/2 stone since then I’ve lost what I can I’m now 16 stone 12 and just had another round of bloods done last week,not had results back yet
I see the dietician in may,
I’m finding it difficult to know what to eat to lose weight and get my sugar levels down, at the same time.
I’ve totally cut all bread out apart from the odd slice of whole meal and that’s a biggy for me cuz I could eat 8 to 10 rounds a day, yes I love bread !!
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Bergen Soya and Linseed bread is a low carb one and many here have that it is available in most supermarkets
 
Pinkorchid said:
Ryvita do Rye cakes plain and salt and vinegar flavour they are puffed like rice cakes and are much more crispy than rice cakes may be a better option for you
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But they also are 66% carbs..so not great for a T2 diabetic to eat..
 
Beemerman said:
Thanks I shall have a look for those
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Made with popped wholegrain rye, our NEW multigrain Rye Cakes are naturally high in fibre and low in fat, making them a delicious and wholesome snack.
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NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION.
Typical Values Per 100g Per Portion
Carbohydrate 66.3g 4.3g
of which Sugars 1.3g 0.1g
Fibre 13.3g 0.9g
Protein 9.4g 0.6g


One is 4.3 carbs.
 
Robinredbreast said:
Made with popped wholegrain rye, our NEW multigrain Rye Cakes are naturally high in fibre and low in fat, making them a delicious and wholesome snack.
...
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION.
Typical Values Per 100g Per Portion
Carbohydrate 66.3g 4.3g
of which Sugars 1.3g 0.1g
Fibre 13.3g 0.9g
Protein 9.4g 0.6g


One is 4.3 carbs.
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Is that good 4.3 carbs ?
All I was told by the nurse bearing in mind she isn’t a dietician that as long as the sugars are green on the packet then it’s fine to eat and that’s what I’ve been doing until joining this site the other day and now looking st cutting carbs
 
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