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Lower Carb 30-day Meal Plan

patricklt

patricklt

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Morden, London
Type of diabetes
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Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
I downloaded this earlier yesterday and was somewhat amused to read in the introduction that "We have spent the last 3 months cooking, taking photos and confirming each recipe is delicious".

At the end there's a Disclaimer that, according to a solicitor friend of mine, attempts to excuse Diabetes UK for any error and pointedly emphasises that use of this recipe book is "solely at your own risk". Never mind any duty of care to even vaguely get all these recipes right, especially given the aforementioned 3 months.

I'm a great fan of Diabetes UK and rely largely on them for reliable advice and information that then helps me manage my diabetes better.

I'm going to list some of the spectacular errors so you get my drift. Have fun discovering your own!
  • Peperonta (for 2) includes a total of 16 peppers and 4 x 400g tins of tomatoes.
  • Chicken Korma (for 2) requires 8 chicken breasts.
  • Chicken with Asparagus (for 1) - 450g of asparagus and 800g chicken breast (that's about 4).
  • Breakfast scrambled eggs on rye bread - apparently requires 4 eggs. Per person.
  • The Fish Pie includes 600g chopped tomatoes, 550g of fish and 1.2kg of celeriac and carrots ... for 2.
  • Meanwhile Thai Green Curry requires 4 chicken breasts and a 600ml tin of coconut milk (they don't actually come in this size - 400ml is standard - and why not low-fat?)
  • Chicken and Mushroom kebab (for 2) needs 750g chicken breast and 600g mushrooms. Have you any idea how many mushrooms that is?
  • 6 salmon steaks for the Smoked Salmon Salad ... per portion.
  • Carbonara made with double cream but no egg. Aside from being wholly unauthentic, a little of the pasta cooking water is far better than using double cream, especially if you add a beaten egg.
I'm sorry but this 30-day plan is an embarrassment and it would appear that someone has taken some recipes and failed to convert them properly (they'd also need re-testing) for the actual numbers of cooked portions stated. I'd strongly recommend its withdrawal and amendment by a competent chef/nutritionist before its re-issue. I hate to think how much was spent on this (a team for 3 months?) but as someone who's unemployed but who has run a number of restaurants including an award-winning chef's training enterprise do ask me next time; not only will I get it right but I promise to do it as a volunteer!
 
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Look DCUK you get free Quality Assurance from your dedicated user base. And free consultancy!

Take the offer up @Giverny?
 
  • "Carbonara made with double cream but no egg. Aside from being wholly unauthentic, a little of the pasta cooking water is far better than using double cream, especially if you add a beaten egg."


Is the nothing else wrong with this pasta recipe for diabetics? :facepalm:
 
I have tried a number of recipes from the various cookbooks over the last couoke of years. All of them have been awful and tasteless and made me wonder just what the cook book eriters and testers were doing. I gave up on them some time ago.
 
Avocado Sevenfold said:
  • "Carbonara made with double cream but no egg. Aside from being wholly unauthentic, a little of the pasta cooking water is far better than using double cream, especially if you add a beaten egg."

Is the nothing else wrong with this pasta recipe for diabetics? :facepalm:
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The quantities with this recipe are actually correct - but it's not Carbonara; perhaps "spaghetti with cream and cheese". More to the point, many people with Type II Diabetes are obese (I am) - so we have the twin nightmare of needing both to manage our carbs and reduce our fat intake (aside from reducing our portion sizes). So a recipe that could taste better and be more healthy by substituting whole egg for this cream makes sense to me - and I'd expect Diabetes.Co. UK to choose this rather than what they've presented here

Edited by Moderator from DUK to DCUK. Different organisations.
 
patricklt said:
The quantities with this recipe are actually correct - but it's not Carbonara; perhaps "spaghetti with cream and cheese". More to the point, many people with Type II Diabetes are obese (I am) - so we have the twin nightmare of needing both to manage our carbs and reduce our fat intake (aside from reducing our portion sizes). So a recipe that could taste better and be more healthy by substituting whole egg for this cream makes sense to me - and I'd expect Diabetes.Co. UK to choose this rather than what they've presented here

Edited by Moderator from DUK to DCUK. Different organisations.
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it may end in tears trying to do low carb and low fat
“Dr Eric C. Westman, MD and president elect of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, has 15 years of experience helping patients lose weight and improve their health using low carb. He has also helped do several high-quality scientific studies on low carb.”
" Don't do low carb and low fat " @4.00 minutes in to video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NImxgj2I4_M&feature=player_embedded

a long page and a few good video’s
http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/firstweek.htm
 
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