1 x Steak & Kidney Pud...

It's a Pudding ........33.6g carbs per Pudding. Add that to the carbs in the spuds, tinned peas and carrots, the bread you ate and that is a meal containing well over 60g of carbs.......... :shock:

That's why your Bg level was high........that's almost twice what I eat in a day and a meal would have no more than 20g - 30g carbs for a 'blow out.' It was probably even higher later on !

Back to the drawing board Malc........

it'l be the disgusting kidney's!!!! the smell is enough for me, its about the only food that makes me s..., sorry just me, but agree with others, pastry and all that. did you have a jab of fast acting to counter?

Hi Malc!

I too have a weakness for steak & kidney pud . . . the Fray Bentos ones particularly.

In fact I had one on Sat 12th, (not FB) with fresh veg, on my special meal out with a friend. Research, you understand! BUT - I didn't have potatoes, I didn't have bread and butter, and I had rather more than two glasses of wine

I'm sorry to have to tell you that my bg was 6.6 2 hours afterwards, which I though wasn't at all bad, considering!

There is also the possibility that mine might have had less crust than yours, being hand-made in the restaurant. Incidentally, it's not the suet that gets your bg, it's the carbohydrate in the flour. The suet just does in your cholesterol levels! :lol:

So - maybe this time next year, who knows, I might have another one? But they definitely have to be on the 'treat' list, right up there next to fish and chips, and not on my everyday menus.

Sorry - it's a hard life! But it's better than being blind, footless and on dialysis - or even dead!

Keep smiling . Take your diabetes by the scruff of the neck and give it a good shake!

Viv

oh' your a wierd bunch ' s&k' at least us type 1's can just jab ourselves!! sorry

mm steak and kidney, I had a s & K pie last night, delicious. mm, ewan, lovely kidneys, yum yum. :twisted:
Depending on how they make it, often there's flour in the gravy/filling as well as the crust.

Partial to a steak & kidney pudding myself, I'll have to buy the ingredients and tell the wife to get her pinny on!

Nigel

Malc. said:

I had one of these:

(Google Tesco Steak and Kidney Pudding)

along with 4 x new potatoes + a few tinned peas/carrots + fresh spinach + 2 x slices of wholemeal bread + a glass of red wine, at home last night and 2+ hours later my bg reading was 12.2 :shock:

My fasting test this morning was back down to 6.6

So, I'm puzzled about my occasional higher readings...Could it have been the suet? :?

Malc.

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Hi malc I am the same just been diagnosed type 2 and big diet changes. But still readings all over the place but fingers crossed they are coming down. I would say it was the suet. I bought cards and cars book it is really good. Have a look. Anne

Belle859 said:

Hi malc I am the same just been diagnosed type 2 and big diet changes. But still readings all over the place but fingers crossed they are coming down. I would say it was the suet. I bought cards and cars book it is really good. Have a look. Anne

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Highly unlikely to be a fat causing elevated glucose levels - carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars and end up in the bloodstream and in storage around the waistline of a typical type 2.
Humans do need fat, and also proteins to survive.
On low fat the repair work on our nervous system is impeded, hormones and other essentials are in short supply which can be a sad case for men in particular.