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Diabetes Management as a Carer

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ev123spr

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Hello everyone,

I have had a particularly hard day as a carer for someone with Diabetes.
I wasn't aware that there was such a big jump in carbs between uncooked and cooked pasta.
Please could everyone advise other foods that i need to be aware of that are different in carbs when cooked?

Thank you :)
 
Pasta is one of my pet-peeves - or rather how all the info for them on the sides of packets is based on cooked weight - well I'd like to know how I'm supposed to weight the lasagne (pasta) once its cooked ........
Anyways, they do normally say how much uncooked pasta turned into when cooked - though you do need a calculator to work it out cos they normally do not use useful amounts.

I don't think there are too many things that differ that much (I cant think of any offhand), but its good to check on the nutritional info whether it states the amounts for uncooked or cooked - if there a big difference it should give some clue as to how to convert (though you may need a maths degree to work it out)
 
Rokaab said:
I don't think there are too many things that differ that much (I cant think of any offhand), but its good to check on the nutritional info whether it states the amounts for uncooked or cooked - if there a big difference it should give some clue as to how to convert (though you may need a maths degree to work it out)
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Rice and dried beans both absorb a lot of liquid when you cook them, so you need to be careful to calculate based on the correct carb per100g, whether that is cooked or uncooked...

Basically, you'll need to be careful with any dried carby foods...
 
Rokaab said:
Pasta is one of my pet-peeves - or rather how all the info for them on the sides of packets is based on cooked weight - well I'd like to know how I'm supposed to weight the lasagne (pasta) once its cooked ........
Anyways, they do normally say how much uncooked pasta turned into when cooked - though you do need a calculator to work it out cos they normally do not use useful amounts.

I don't think there are too many things that differ that much (I cant think of any offhand), but its good to check on the nutritional info whether it states the amounts for uncooked or cooked - if there a big difference it should give some clue as to how to convert (though you may need a maths degree to work it out)
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I'm glad i'm not the only one.
Thank you so much - i massively appreciate your words of advice!
 
EllieM said:
Rice and dried beans both absorb a lot of liquid when you cook them, so you need to be careful to calculate based on the correct carb per100g, whether that is cooked or uncooked...

Basically, you'll need to be careful with any dried carby foods...
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Okay that makes sense, thank you. I will definitely keep that in mind.
Thank you so much!
 
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