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Corn from the cob

Antje77

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I just found out (after eating) that corn from the cob with butter and marmite (couldn't find salt) is not an 'above ground vegetable'. Tasted wonderful though and took a small amount of insulin after finding out Curious what my bloodsugar thinks about this, but very happy about my meal and tomorrow is a new day to get it right again!
 
Unfortunately, although often called a vegetable, corn is a grain, and so is very high in carbohydrate - some site suggest that it is about 20 percent - and others about 70. I certainly react as though it is 70 percent
 
Corn on the cob grows above the ground and has 22gms of carbohydrate per 100gms. I use the tinned stuff in a recipe for stew that doesn't move my BG in the slightest (so FS Libre says). I can see that it isn't recommended as a low carb vegetable but I wonder if absorption is altered by the fact that we don't digest it completely?
 

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Tinned corn, no way... If you can find a corn plant pick it and cook it in with ten minutes. It's so much better. mmmm mm.
 
I do not inject for corn as it transits through the body and comes out the same way it went in so even though it has Carbs in it, the body digests very little of it.
 
Nice on the BBQ, but sends me high so I avoid it!
 
Corn on the cob a large ear weights about 5.5 ounces and has around 28 grm carbs.I believe, whereas 1/2 cup of corn OFF the cob is about 15 grm carbs.
 
I read recently of someone who thought that they had worms - nope - just Chinese dinner with beansprouts.
It does seem to be a modern phenomenon to bite and swallow rather than to chew foods - possibly one reason for my sensitivity to carbs is that I chew and digest them, rather than allowing them to go through me unchanged.
 
I thought I was passing blood clots but it turned out to be blueberry skins! German/Austrian toilets are so much better than ours for going through the motions. D.
 
JohnEGreen said:
Corn on the cob a large ear weights about 5.5 ounces and has around 28 grm carbs.I believe, whereas 1/2 cup of corn OFF the cob is about 15 grm carbs.
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I see that is what the supermarket sites say but how can the corn on the cob have a higher carb content per 100 g than the tinned stuff?
Per 100g you throw away half of the cob but eat all of the 100g in the tin. Sounds dodgy...
Well Tesco has more carbs per 100g in the tinned than the cob but not significantly
Waitrose has less...
Sainsburys completely out of whack..
Thankfully I don't eat it anyway..
 
Got the info via CaloryKing cook book but think now that it is suspect best to just not eat it probably unless you test and have no problem.
 
JohnEGreen said:
May be my dentist did me a favour no bite and chew once the necessary equipment is removed .
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I am the same I have a top set of dentures.

I cut the corn of the cooked cob with a knife, as the teeth are good for show but plurry useless for biting chunks out of anything.

Alright for chewing tho'.
 
Tipetoo said:
I am the same I have a top set of dentures.
I cut the corn of the cooked cob with a knife, as the teeth are good for show but plurry useless for biting chunks out of anything.

Alright for chewing tho'.
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Trouble is dentures are very problematic for me as have MG this is why my previous dentist wanted to avoid extraction at all cost.
My last dentist never gave it a moments thought.

Myasthenia gravis causes weakness of the voluntary muscles -- muscles that are under your control. Autonomic muscles of the heart and digestive tract are usually not affected. The muscle weakness of myasthenia gravis worsens with activity and improves with rest.

This muscle weakness can lead to a variety of symptoms, including:

Breathing difficulty because of weakness of the chest wall muscles
Chewing or swallowing difficulty, causing frequent gagging, choking, or drooling
Difficulty climbing stairs, lifting objects, or rising from a seated position
Difficulty talking
Drooping head and eyelids
Facial paralysis or weakness of the facial muscles
Fatigue
Hoarseness or changing voice
Double vision
Difficulty maintaining steady gaze

Not always the same for all Myasthenics but I'm just plain lucky that way.
 
I love corn so much and from all the foods, the corn was probably what I missed the most when I went LCHF. Perhaps in time I will be comfortable eating them again, but for now I feel that they are a bit too risky. Should do some testing though.
 
I'm Pre Diabetes. I eat a whole corn on the cob. Most is not digested. What is digested is a mixture of carbs and fibre. Eat it with a high protein food like steak or Turkey and I find my BLG does not spike by mutch at all. But I do have a teaspoon of ACV beforehand.
 
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