Oldvatr
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You're welcome. It will always be a personal plan since we are not all the same size. Hope it helps. Sorry it is pdf, but that is more shareable than Word or Excel.
You're welcome. It will always be a personal plan since we are not all the same size. Hope it helps. Sorry it is pdf, but that is more shareable than Word or Excel.Your list has a similar format to the one handed out by my surgery and I have often thought of making my own version. Your one doesn't quite fit my non spiking food but it is not far off so I have stolen a copy and will modify it. Thanks.
Personally I have found keeping cabs under 100 g most days by eating very little bread, pasta, potatoes and rice. I have not totally cut them out but keep a close eye on my BS levels. How many carbs usually depends on how active I have been that day. after a while you get a good idea of the likely reaction to various foods.Your blood sugars are high. The first thing I would do in your situation is limit my carbs per meal to about 20g. this should start to bring your blood sugars down to single figures. If they are not lower after maybe 5 days (usually they will improve immediately) reduce it to 15g etc. you can play with these numbers to your hearts content until you hit a number that your blood sugar and your personal food preference can tolerate as a sustainable ongoing diet. No need to panic, plan each meal ahead and ensure the food is nice and tasty. The fat content is what will ensure you don't get to hungry so fry your food in good quality oils or butter adding full fat mayo or olive oils to salads. Completely avoid any low fat products as they are high in added sugars. When counting carbs just go for the total amount you can always get more detailed as you become confident in what your eating. you may find you cannot eat pasta, bread, rice and potatoes on a regular basis especially until your numbers come down. good luck with whatever you choose to do.
Hi Ive found since diagnosis ive mode off gliclazide and only on metformin with a massive increases in exercise going to the gym 4 times a week has helped massively get it under control as far as carbs go is a hard one as for me personally bread and potatoes send it over if I'm not exersiseing so i avoid it like crazy on non gym days but ive only been dealing with it for 2 months and have been keeping note of what i eat and my starting and bed time results if its to high I look for patterns in that day like did i eat something new ect... I find that rice and pasta dont bother me to much but one of my friends at the clinic cant eat pasta as it causes problems i think where all unique and have to do a lot of trial and error dont give upI'm have posted once before as I have only been diagnosed a couple of months. I am confused about the advise given by the nurse and wonder if anyone can help me clarify it. She said anything under 5gs of sugar per 100gs would be the best thing to look at as far as diet goes. So am I looking at grams of carbs, or grams of carbs that are sugars? If it's the second one then pasta, bread and crisps seem to be OK, but this can't be surely?! Can anyone help, as I have been healthy eating, lost half a stone in the last month but bs seems to not move from between 13 to 16. Help please x
I think your nurse was talking about sugar. One teaspoon of sugar weighs 5g.I'm have posted once before as I have only been diagnosed a couple of months. I am confused about the advise given by the nurse and wonder if anyone can help me clarify it. She said anything under 5gs of sugar per 100gs would be the best thing to look at as far as diet goes. So am I looking at grams of carbs, or grams of carbs that are sugars? If it's the second one then pasta, bread and crisps seem to be OK, but this can't be surely?! Can anyone help, as I have been healthy eating, lost half a stone in the last month but bs seems to not move from between 13 to 16. Help please x
Presumably 'of which sugar' is useful as that will go straight into your blood stream, whereas othet carb can be more gradual.Use the total carbohydrate figure since they all affect your blood sugar. The line about "Of which sugar" can be disregarded since that figure is included in the Carbohydrate figure. I am not sure what use it is quoting the sugar content separately.
At all costs avoid looking at the traffic light label which is usually on the front of the package. This lists only the sugar and not the total carbohydrate. I checked a loaf in a supermarket on which the traffic light label said it had 2% sugar. The big label on the back said it had 44.6% carbohydrate and that is the important information for a diabetic.
Bread has a higher glycemic index than table sugar since flour consists largely of long chain polymers of glucose. I think that not to include this is a serious omission.Presumably 'of which sugar' is useful as that will go straight into your blood stream, whereas othet carb can be more gradual.
I have produced my own crib sheet that I use as an Aide Memoire. Its stuck on our larder door as a family reminder of my personal set of rules.
I recently shared a copy with my T1D buddy who has been having real swings and roundabouts on his pump, and he is reporting much more stable bgl's and has cut down on his insulin. We gigged together just last week, and he did not hypo at all, which is an improvement
I have also given a copy to my GP and my DCN. I now share it with you all. It is not a full list, but it works for me,
Trouble with table sugar half of its fructose, is it not?Bread has a higher glycemic index than table sugar since flour consists largely of long chain polymers of glucose. I think that not to include this is a serious omission.
https://www.sugar.org/sugar-your-diet/family-health/glycemic-index/
I think your nurse was talking about sugar. One teaspoon of sugar weighs 5g.
You're unlikely to find many foods containing less than 5g of total carbs per 100g. It's a good start to avoid sugar as much as possible, as it goes straight into your blood stream. 'Carbs' are more complex molecules that take longer to be broken down into simple sugars, and some carbs are present as fibre, which won't get digested. Of course, it's also good to avoid carbs of any kind as far as possible. If you can limit total carbs to 130g a day you're doing well!
Yes it is 50% fructose and 50% glucose.Trouble with table sugar half of its fructose, is it not?
The bread I use is much lower than sugar, and has a minor effect in my bgl, thank you.Bread has a higher glycemic index than table sugar since flour consists largely of long chain polymers of glucose. I think that not to include this is a serious omission.
https://www.sugar.org/sugar-your-diet/family-health/glycemic-index/
Yes it is possible to buy lower carb bread but the loaf I referred to in post #10 was a bog standard Hovis loaf sold in Tesco. To remind readers of that post I wrote of a loaf that had 2% sugar on the traffic light label but 44.6% total carbs on the full label on the back.The bread I use is much lower than sugar, and has a minor effect in my bgl, thank you.
I am not sure what you are trying to say here since I was referring to the sugar listed on the traffic light label and not the "of which sugar" on the other label.Presumably 'of which sugar' is useful as that will go straight into your blood stream, whereas othet carb can be more gradual.
I agree that the traffic light system is inadequate for those of us carb counting, but I was not aware that the one for sugars was ever supposed to indicate anything other than sugar content. I was not aware of any attempt to show a GI value for any foodstuff.Yes it is possible to buy lower carb bread but the loaf I referred to in post #10 was a bog standard Hovis loaf sold in Tesco. To remind readers of that post I wrote of a loaf that had 2% sugar on the traffic light label but 44.6% total carbs on the full label on the back.
The reason why the traffic light label does not mention the total carbs is still unclear to me.
To satisfy all readers I just got a Burgen loaf out of the freezer. The traffic light label says 2% sugar and the total carbs on the other label says 25%. This may well be kinder on your blood sugars but the numbers are still different and one of them is useless as far as diabetics are concerned.
I have to point out that absolutely nothing in my plan came recommended by any of the dieticians I was referred to. All they offered was Eatwell# 1 (version 2 came later that year)thank you for sharing, that would be a good idea for everyone newly diagnosed to make such a plan and also know the arguments behing each chosen meal type..
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