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Collins gem carb counter

jocat44

jocat44

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Hi
Have brought the above little book because I realise even though I don't want to low carb I need to monitor how much carb am having. It makes sense that carb broken into sugars and so need to keep an eye on. The problem is looking through the book I don't know the bad values from the ok or good ones. Has anyone got any advice please. I am T2 , diagnosed end fo July on metfomin which today was increased up to 1000mg daily.
Thanks
Jo
 
Personally I look at the carb values and tend to steer clear of anything above 10gm per 100 but.....that is my personal level.
Look at the carb value and decide what sort of level you want to stick to. If you decide on a daily level of total carbs you can then work out the amount you want in a meal.

On packaging, look at the total amount of carbs in the product , not just the sugars.

Obviously the higher the carb value per 100 gms the more carb that food contains.
 
I agree with Sue, but factor in the size of the portion too.
For example, Today was the birthday of one of my gym classand in traditional style, she brought a birthday cake for coffee break time. I had a bit the size of a walnut. I felt I'd joined in, but not done any harm.
Hana
Ps remember yourMaths
A Mars bar is about 70% carb, a desset apple about 12% carb. A 140g apple has about 15 carb. 20g of Mars bar has as much( If I've got my sums right :oops:
Hana
 
On packaging, look at the total amount of carbs in the product , not just the sugars.
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Where does net carb come into it please? And if the answer is that fibre prevents absorption of some of the carb, a) can we ignore some of the carb count, and b) would it be okay if we ate fibre at the same time but from another source?
Sorry if that seems simple but I keep wondering.
DG
 
Forget about net carbs, that is what the US uses we only work with total carbs.

a. Answer NO.

b. What sort of fibre were you thinking of having anyway ?

Net carbs is total carbs minus the fibre content.
 
Well it doesn't matter mostly, but over the benecol issue it has troubled me. One drink = 4.2 carbs, most of which is sugar. I've now separated it from the meal by one hour and am eating 4 almonds with it (fibre?) and it is no longer bothering my bg nor that of the meal. I thought this might explain it. And - I would be able to eat more veg if I could offset it with fibre - but you say NO to this point, so okay that's not the answer then! I just wondered. So what *is* the point of Collins' "net carb" listing?
DG
 
Hi
Thanks for the replies. I will have a go at it but maths is not my strong point so it could be interesting!!
Thanks
Jo
 
Hi Jocat, All

I have just come home with the Collins gem Carb Counter book. What a con. They could have provided GI ratings in their colums. As it is I have also come home with Collins gem GI (how to succeed using a glycaemic index diet). Thus spending £3.99 x 2.
On first look at GI gem, it seems to have good info on nature of carbs on bs. And good info explaining: complex and simple carbs, how to use carbs to regulate bs levels, a two hour graph showing effects of hi and low gi foods, formula to calculate GI load, one page general index of glycaemic values, a history of how GI values understood. And more I have yet to read. A bad point on the many food lists, is that the GI load rating is given by a red, amber and green labels. Green being low but, actually with a value of 50, with high, being pure glucose at 100. Thus not possible to calculate GI load! No info between 0 and 50 a poor effort.

Is there a book that is more comprehensive so one can use the GI index properly?

Hope this is of some use. Stewart
 
I just use the CLG Calorie counter. It's got enough information. GI tables are available on-line. you can download.
Fibre slows carb absorption, It doesn't prevent it. Fats do the same.
I have totally falle in love with the Finn Crisp crispbread, It's SO crunchy, But each one is 4.2 carbs and they are small. so now for breakfast,I have 2 Finn Crisps with cheese or salami ( or both) It's more carb than Bernstein's 6:12: 12 plan, but The fat in the cheese and salami slow the carb and I don't get spiking
Hana
 
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