RosieLKH
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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- Tablets (oral)
Some advice needed please.
I bought avocados, because I'd read they were good on a low carb diet, but I haven't used them yet as when I put them into My Fitness Pal (MFP) they added such a lot to my carb count.
Reading this http://www.locarbdiner.com/article_avocados.html, it says they are low carb because the amount of dietry fibre offsets the carbs.
Exploring MFP I find that food items input by members vary greatly in their information. You have to take care and look at the nutritional info, as some people are only concerned with calories so put nothing else in, making some foods appear low carb when they're not. This is really confusing when you are trying to get to grips with what has high carbs and what doesn't (cheese was a big shock to me - in a good way!). I am having to double check stuff in my Carbs and Cals book while I learn what I can eat, that keeps me happy, stops cravings and gets by BS down.
Back to avocados. I can choose one entry for these which has carbs at 9g and 161 cals for half an avocado, or I can choose an entry which has 1g and similar cals for half. In my Carbs and Cals book half an avocado has 2g carbs and 153 cals.
So what do i do if I'm trying to keep my carbs as low as possible? Picking and choosing to suit what I want to see for my daily carbs seems pointless and I do want to get down to very low carbs to see how I get on in the hope that I will lose weight AND bring down my BS.
I bought avocados, because I'd read they were good on a low carb diet, but I haven't used them yet as when I put them into My Fitness Pal (MFP) they added such a lot to my carb count.
Reading this http://www.locarbdiner.com/article_avocados.html, it says they are low carb because the amount of dietry fibre offsets the carbs.
Exploring MFP I find that food items input by members vary greatly in their information. You have to take care and look at the nutritional info, as some people are only concerned with calories so put nothing else in, making some foods appear low carb when they're not. This is really confusing when you are trying to get to grips with what has high carbs and what doesn't (cheese was a big shock to me - in a good way!). I am having to double check stuff in my Carbs and Cals book while I learn what I can eat, that keeps me happy, stops cravings and gets by BS down.
Back to avocados. I can choose one entry for these which has carbs at 9g and 161 cals for half an avocado, or I can choose an entry which has 1g and similar cals for half. In my Carbs and Cals book half an avocado has 2g carbs and 153 cals.
So what do i do if I'm trying to keep my carbs as low as possible? Picking and choosing to suit what I want to see for my daily carbs seems pointless and I do want to get down to very low carbs to see how I get on in the hope that I will lose weight AND bring down my BS.