Very recently Type 2 diabetes, and I was wondering how to order at fish and chips to make it more diabetes friendly, scrape a bit off batter off?, pie instead of fish? Any help would be greatly appreciated
I need to ask, I as newly diagnosed, I’m really struggling where to draw the line between health and treating myself, I sometimes have some batter, or have some chips and feel generally ok, but some people swear it off like the plague, I really don’t know where the line to draw isWhat I do - order a large cod, remove all the batter, chuck it away - sacrilege I know - and not order chips...as my BG would beat SpaceX into orbit. Some chippies near us, also grill and poach the fish to order too.
On the pies, I'd suggest the crust is likely to be knee deep in carbs. Maybe a non battered sausage might work as a treat?
Here on the forum, there's fantastic ideas on replacements for chips which are lower carb and tasty using celeriac.
There's also a school of thought on here which suggests a little of what you fancy from time to time would sate the pangs - as managing diabetes is a marathon not a sprint...
I believe @Goonergal @MrsA2 @KK123 may have some far more lateral thoughts too.
All the best!
I need to ask, I as newly diagnosed, I’m really struggling where to draw the line between health and treating myself, I sometimes have some batter, or have some chips and feel generally ok, but some people swear it off like the plague, I really don’t know where the line to draw is
Do you have a meter? Most of us test before and after a suspect meal and find out for sure how bad it is. Then make a decision if it’s something we want to repeat or not.I need to ask, I as newly diagnosed, I’m really struggling where to draw the line between health and treating myself, I sometimes have some batter, or have some chips and feel generally ok, but some people swear it off like the plague, I really don’t know where the line to draw is
I need to ask, I as newly diagnosed, I’m really struggling where to draw the line between health and treating myself, I sometimes have some batter, or have some chips and feel generally ok, but some people swear it off like the plague, I really don’t know where the line to draw is
Use meter to test but chips and pie and battered fish will likely spike you, also the problem I find with such high carbs from the fish shop is that the blood levels remaining high for a lot longer than you would expect.Very recently Type 2 diabetes, and I was wondering how to order at fish and chips to make it more diabetes friendly, scrape a bit off batter off?, pie instead of fish? Any help would be greatly appreciated
I need to ask, I as newly diagnosed, I’m really struggling where to draw the line between health and treating myself, I sometimes have some batter, or have some chips and feel generally ok, but some people swear it off like the plague, I really don’t know where the line to draw is
It seems that some people can genuinely tolerate more carbs than others. There are folk on here taking les than 20g of carbs a day, others can get by on 100g or more. The meter will tell you what your individual limits are.
Thank you Mrs T, and thank you all guys so much, really struggling to come to grips and understand the science behind controlling blood sugarI very occasionally (a couple of times a year) have chippie fish & chips (usually if we have a day out at the seaside) but not a huge fish supper like I had before the big D - maybe just a smallish piece of fish which I scrape maybe half the batter off and a handful of chips. The only way is for you to test and then decide what you want to do - for me personally I am happy enough with a couple of times a year rather than not at all - and probably the days before and after I would be really really good. I have been known to "steal" (it was the smell me Lord) an end of someone in the houses fish if they have take-away here but for me a little is better than not at all. Once you start testing you will see what you can/can not get away with and weigh up yourself if you think it is really worth it or not. Again I am ok with a slice or two of pizza but no more.
between health and treating myself,