beetroot

[stuartbilbey]

hi is beetroot a good veg for people with type 2
metforman 4x500mg
simvastat 1x40mg
ramipril 1x10mg
aspirin 1x.75mg
bisoprolol 1x2.5mg
dosulepin 1x.75mg

 

[chris lowe]

Boiled 8.6 g carbs pickled 5.6g, so depends how much you eat really 100g of beetroot is rather a lot. Best thing to do is try it and test your bg after two hours and see if it spikes.

 

[Anonymous]

I put a bit in salads and it seems fine.

 

[badcat]

I add 60g to salads and it seems ok but not if I add much other stuff - hummus is ok but other pre-prepared dips dont seem to mix well so guess theres just too many carbs in the combination

 

[borofergie]

Just remember, if you eat a lot of it, red soaked toilet pan the next day doesn't necessarily mean you have internal bleeding.

Seriously. It's caught me out a few times.

 

[Anonymous]

Someone always has to lower the tone.

 

[Jackie123]

I find beetroot lowers my bg's. Just a couple of slices lowers bg the following day.

 

[carty]

I take B vits in quite a high dosage and combined with beetroot gives the nurse testing the urine sample quite q scare :lol:
CAROL

 

[phoenix]

Seriously. It's caught me out a few times

I've read about it but it's never happened to me.
Why /why not?
as always I like to find things out :lol:
Apparently it's to do with the ph of your stomach and the speed of gastric emptying plus type of beetroot, how much and how prepared. (higher ph/faster emptying, visible red colour more likely) Some drugs also seem to make it more likely.

http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/ ... 124-7.html

 

[metalmagpie]

Of course pickled beetroot contains vinegar which is said to be good for assisting in blood sugar control.

 

[MaryJ]

beetroot put my BG up

was gutted cos it added a bit a variety to my salads

Mary x

 

[Maryannonsilk]

I like to grate it raw in a salad ... That way it hasn't had an effect on my bs ... Tastes good too