Hello folks, this is my first post to the forums, I'm usually just a watcher not a contributor but I have found something that I think is definitely worth passing on - I hope you may find it useful. I have been diagnosed T2 for over ten years
One of the staple foods is bread, I have tried almost everything I could find and found that I could eat only small quantities of even the best wholemeal breads. They all raised my levels by uncomfortable amounts and to compensate I would cut back elsewhere. A few weeks ago my wife came home from shopping at Lidl (she goes there about once every 6 weeks) and had found they do a small round loaf which is baked in store and they simply describe it as " Low GI " . Well I tried a couple of slices with a cheese and ham salad, after two hours I found my level had actually dropped by 0.8mm. For me this was a first as previously every other supposedly good bread would actually raise it more than I would like. The bonus is it actually tastes good, has a nice texture being dark brown and has whole grains in it, It keeps well in the freezer, current price is £1.19 a loaf.
I hope you find this useful and if you have found specific food products that work for you that you will pass it on. Shopping for Diabetic friendly foods in supermarkets is a nightmare especially having to carefully read every minuscule nutritional label on each product, often finding that it does not live up to its promise. Perhaps we need to make the supermarkets realise that there is a sizeable market out there to be had and encourage them to cater for us diabetics properly.
One of the staple foods is bread, I have tried almost everything I could find and found that I could eat only small quantities of even the best wholemeal breads. They all raised my levels by uncomfortable amounts and to compensate I would cut back elsewhere. A few weeks ago my wife came home from shopping at Lidl (she goes there about once every 6 weeks) and had found they do a small round loaf which is baked in store and they simply describe it as " Low GI " . Well I tried a couple of slices with a cheese and ham salad, after two hours I found my level had actually dropped by 0.8mm. For me this was a first as previously every other supposedly good bread would actually raise it more than I would like. The bonus is it actually tastes good, has a nice texture being dark brown and has whole grains in it, It keeps well in the freezer, current price is £1.19 a loaf.
I hope you find this useful and if you have found specific food products that work for you that you will pass it on. Shopping for Diabetic friendly foods in supermarkets is a nightmare especially having to carefully read every minuscule nutritional label on each product, often finding that it does not live up to its promise. Perhaps we need to make the supermarkets realise that there is a sizeable market out there to be had and encourage them to cater for us diabetics properly.
