Covering pulses with insulin

[Sanober]

Ah as my Diabetes progresses ever more, I'm finding my glucose rises significantly now when eating lentils. I never used to cover them but I do find I need to as I can go up 5 notches on my meter , 3 hours later even.

Can someone post a link here to a chart where I can get carbs per 100g pulses pre-cooked? It's so I can print and stick to my fridge door.

Many thanks

 

[Mileana]

http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/food/lentils/carbohydrate

This any help?

Otherwise stick them into myfitnesspal or a similar thing then take the data out to a word doc and make your own a bit more customized one.

http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/search.php?searchpro=lentil

Can try above link, which I believe runs off the US nutrition board database.

US system you have to subtract the fibre content from the total carb. In the normal UK system, fibres (indigestable) are labelled separately as their own entry and the carbohydrates of UK labels are the ones that your body will have access to.

 

[Elc1112]

I saw the title of this post and thought "why the hell would you want to cover pulses in insulin?!". Clearly been a long week!

 

[Sanober]

Thanks Mileana, I will just customize my own.

Do you cover all the carb content in lentils/beans etc with insulin? I'm sure I've read on the forum that we need to be careful because carb content of veg/pulses isn't the same in bread/potatoes. I've made and weighed out a big pot of Mung dahl tonight and worked out 45g carb per portion, covering 3 days, it's for my lunch and that's all I plan to eat for my lunch.

Elc112 :lol

 

[Mileana]

I think last time I checked with red lentils I did about half of what I would normally do for a similar amount of carbs from other stuff.

I think that I'd do split bolus if you're not sure - half of what you expect just before the meal (if anything) and then correct depending on the 1 hour figure if you know how you otherwise normally react.

Judging by your 5 mmol spike if you're anything like me and have a 2-3 mmol drop in blood glucose per unit, that would mean about 2 units.

So 1 unit, then repeat, I'd say. Just to be cautious.

-M

 

[Sanober]

Hi Mileana

thank you. Well, results just in, I covered the full 45g and tested each hour and I've concluded, for me, it's like covering any carb.. :crazy: i.e I need to cover it all! So this must mean my first phase insulin (and second phase) response is truly knackered if I need every bit of my insulin ratio 10:1 for lentils (no?).

I can't wait to start on other lentils and pulses because now discovering that Mung lentils are quite carby (although high protein content too at 25g per 100g) :lol:

I hope I burned off the calories as I did manage a steady 5k on the treadmill about 6 hours on from my lunch on just a jelly baby and a half and my glucose levels were steady throughout and dropped further down afterwards quite nicely. :clap: