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Carb intake

Trickyswife

Trickyswife

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Tablets (oral)
Hi everyone, I'm trying to cut down my carb intake. I have no problems cutting out pasta, rice and potatoes. But when I'm looking at food labels, how many grams in 100g should I be looking for? Thank you.xx
 
It depends how much of it you are going to eat. In say a condiment that only requires a teaspoonful, the amount isn't really significant. If you are going to eat the whole packet, then it is very significant. Some people look for 10% or less, others look for 5% or less. Some foods also give the carbs per serving and state what the recommended serving is. There are no rules, it is up to you.
 
You also have to take into account the portion size. Colman's mustard is 13g per 100g but you are probably not going to eat a whole tube. What I do is set a maximum for the day, say 75g, then I have about 15g for breakfast, 10g for lunch and 25g for dinner, leaving me 25g for milk in my coffee, a beer in the evening or whatever.
 
I should have added that your maximum for the day will depend on what it takes to keep your BG under control.
 
Most people find they get the best result from cooking "real food" themselves rather than eating ready meals. (A streak from Aldi is as quick as a ready meal, as just as cheap as a ready meal from most other supermarkets.)
 
ringi said:
Most people find they get the best result from cooking "real food" themselves rather than eating ready meals. (A streak from Aldi is as quick as a ready meal, as just as cheap as a ready meal from most other supermarkets.)
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Oh I do eat "real food " I never eat ready meals. I was wondering about it for when it comes to things like cereal and ryvita. Things like that.x
 
Trickyswife said:
cereal and ryvita
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neither are really 'low carb". I try to not have anything greater than 5g of carbs per 100g as a general rule. That cuts out about 90% of the stuff in the supermarket. Meat , fish, green veg/salad eggs, butter, cream, cheese and of course bacon. Who needs more than that?
 
I do like a wee bowl of cereal every now and then. But I was looking at my shreddies this morning and they are 76g per 100g I'll not be having them again lol
 
Trickyswife said:
I do like a wee bowl of cereal every now and then. But I was looking at my shreddies this morning and they are 76g per 100g I'll not be having them again lol
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Nearly all "cereals" are pretty carb loaded rubbish to be honest and not great for Type 2's. You'd be a lot better off with eggs and bacon.
 
Total carbs per 100g for starters, then consider how many carbs might be in the portion size I'm aiming for. But I also watch the number of carbs I'll need per day to keep my glucose levels where I want them so this overall total gets taken into account as well.

Robbity
 
Trickyswife said:
It's such a bit being diabetic lol
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It's.. a learning experience. And lots of useful info and advice to be found here. Best bit for me was eating to the meter. So if you have a glucose meter, use that to see how you respond to different foods.. Which can be different for different people. I seem pretty ok with a modest amount of spud, but not bread.

Then it's finding alternatives to high carb fillers like bread, rice, pasta, potatoes.. So eating more leafy veg instead. And being low carb, that will probably mean a nice, sustainable bit of weight reduction.

And if you don't have a meter, nag your GP for one!
 
first14808 said:
It's.. a learning experience. And lots of useful info and advice to be found here. Best bit for me was eating to the meter. So if you have a glucose meter, use that to see how you respond to different foods.. Which can be different for different people. I seem pretty ok with a modest amount of spud, but not bread.

Then it's finding alternatives to high carb fillers like bread, rice, pasta, potatoes.. So eating more leafy veg instead. And being low carb, that will probably mean a nice, sustainable bit of weight reduction.

And if you don't have a meter, nag your GP for one!
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Thank you
 
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