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Type 2 Carbs and Cals book - question please?

Hampshire_Lad

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Hi,
I was diagnosed as type 2 back in September last year, and this forum has been a godsend for help and information since.

I was just browsing through one of the food threads and it recommended buying the carbs and Cals book by Chris Cheyette
I went on Amazon and clicked on the 'look inside' area.

In the introduction it advises to choose whole grain carbs as they are a good source of vitamin B and fibre. Examples he quotes are porridge, whole wheat pasta, wholegrain bread and brown rice.
Now i know if I were to eat any of the above my BS levels would rocket.

The thread I read said the book was aimed at diabetics, but is the advice to eat bread/pasta etc sound as it goes against most of the advice I've been given so far?
 
Hi @Hampshire_Lad
The main point of Carbs and Cals is not dietary advice, but to get an idea of what carbohydrates are actually in the food you are eating. It is particularly helpful because it has pictures of different portion sizes, for a huge number of different foods, which is probably easier for a lot of people to work with than actual weights, particularly when out and about.
 
I certainly could not eat those foods - but they were recommended by the diabetes 'education' people.
Of course Type ones can eat that sort of food - so perhaps the book is simply not being specifically targeted at diet controlled type twos.
 
Ah, thankyou both for replying.The book as you point out is more of a reference than an expert guide

I will buy it now as it will come in very handy when planning my shopping list
 
I use the Carbs & Cals app and find it very good , I log all my food every day with it and it keeps track of my carbs.

There’s a section you can add other foods that aren’t included in the database, and where you can save ‘my meals’ if for instance you have the same breakfast every day.
 
Resurgam said:
I certainly could not eat those foods - but they were recommended by the diabetes 'education' people.
Of course Type ones can eat that sort of food - so perhaps the book is simply not being specifically targeted at diet controlled type twos.
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Perhaps the targeting of diabetics generally was more of an afterthought to help sell it - as a Type 1, I certainly could not eat any of those foods without an impressive spike that would take forever and a day to come back down.
 
The introduction for the book is actually by Diabetes UK they follow for the most part the NHS healthy eating guidelines so I skimmed through that and took no notice of dietary advice given as I know better.

But the main part of the book which gives detailed nutritional facts together with pictorial representation of portion sizes I found and still find very use full in enabling me make my own mind up about what to eat and what not to eat they are not recommendations just information on the nutritional content of many different foods.
 
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