For 59p for a litre, it's worth a go. You never know, you might like it. Another low gl product I've read about is coconut, and I know Tesco do coconut milk. Don't know the nutritional values of it, but it might be worth checking it out?I might give that a try. I haven't seen Fage that JennyD mentioned, I'm not sure about the alpro though, our supermarket had the alpro unsweetened almond milk so they might have other alpro products
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For 59p for a litre, it's worth a go. You never know, you might like it. Another low gl product I've read about is coconut, and I know Tesco do coconut milk. Don't know the nutritional values of it, but it might be worth checking it out?
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At the end of the day, only you know what's good for you, and although the nurses and doctors offer brilliant advice and are always there for you, they don't know how your body works like you do. If you found that coconut milk wasn't affecting your blood sugar, then use it. I'm going to send you a link to a brilliant website I use. It's American, but it is so useful for looking at nutritional values, and will tell you what the glycemic load is too. I find that low glycemic load foods do not affect me at all, and a lot of these foods are yummy, like whole Almonds.Coconut ah well. I love coconut, I was drinking coconut water before I was diabetic. When I found out I was diabetic, the two nurses at my GP and Diabetes UK, also Diabetes USA all said not to touch it. I can't understand their reasoning as if you look at the nutritional content it has a lot less carbs than milk, which they say is OK to drink! I even tested my sugar levels with it and it didn't increase them??
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At the end of the day, only you know what's good for you, and although the nurses and doctors offer brilliant advice and are always there for you, they don't know how your body works like you do. If you found that coconut milk wasn't affecting your blood sugar, then use it. I'm going to send you a link to a brilliant website I use. It's American, but it is so useful for looking at nutritional values, and will tell you what the glycemic load is too. I find that low glycemic load foods do not affect me at all, and a lot of these foods are yummy, like whole Almonds.
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http://nutritiondata.self.com/Thanks for that. I am eating Almonds, I'm in the middle of reading Patrick Holfords book "Say No To Diabetes" and he mentions that almonds are good
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Coconut milk is good. I drink the Alpro original one, less than 3g carbs/100ml. Keep an eye on the calories though if you drink pints of it. Coconut water is a good electrolyte replacer after exercise in hot weather.
grains? Don't think so.http://nutritiondata.self.com/
Give this site a go, I swear by it.
Most nuts seem to be low gl. And also seeds and grains. I add a lot of flaxseed meal to my foods. It adds bulk and keeps you fuller for longer.
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That's the problem with diabetic and low carb diets. We get so absorbed in carbohydrate content that sometimes forget about fat and calories. I recently bought a good digital food scales and weigh pretty much all my food to work out my calorie intake. For some reason, I love doing it too. Haha.Coconut milk is good. I drink the Alpro original one, less than 3g carbs/100ml. Keep an eye on the calories though if you drink pints of it. Coconut water is a good electrolyte replacer after exercise in hot weather.
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