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<blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 1056358" data-attributes="member: 150927"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[USER=194901]@Munkki[/USER] - you are right about the carb content of tomato paste being high - 40g of carbs in a 200g tube. I do eat homemade red sauces with zoodles fairly regularly (at least once a week) - I just love red sauce so much. And the key has been in the moderation. Ditto using tomato paste as a condiment (in place of ketchup/tomato sauce). But again - my HBA1c is in the 40-44 range. Maybe to get it down into the healthier 30s range - I would have to sacrifice the fruit (which tomatoes are really - aren't they? Darn it.) But one thing at a time! And this time it's dairy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Still finding the eating out to be a big challenge. The challenge is mostly in the chips! (Fries - whatever to call them.) I have to try much harder to keep my cottin' pickin' hands off them! And failing a couple of times, sitting around a table with family at some kind of cafe/takeaway joint. To do that - not grab a chip (I'd love to say 'a few' but I don't think 10 counts as a few!) - I would need a big bowl of salad or extra veges to munch on (or - cheese!). Extra fish or meat - but that is impossible when dining out of course. ie when dining out, and low-carbing - you realise just how high-carb the world is. And how much I eat dairy to fill up, outside of homemade main meals. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[USER=138604]@Petrel[/USER] - I know what you mean when you talk about there being a gap in your diet. Yeah - good substitutes go a long long way in the low-carb arena, and ditto in non-dairy, for sure. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As well as seeing if dairy affects your BS - you're going for weight loss? Will be interesting to see if going dairy-free works in that way for you. The LCHF folk believe it is the carbs that are the key to fat-storage/weight gain. That healthy fats are dealt with by the body in a different way - that if you are low-carbing, the body uses healthy fats very readily for energy, if my understanding of it is right. But nothing beats a good experiment! I reckon. Are you measuring your waist size? I prefer that, and working out my waist/height ratio, than the bmi. But I've been doing that so much over the last couple of years, measuring and weighing, since diagnosis now I really just need to look in the mirror! Darn it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Well - non-dairy breakfast time again!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AloeSvea, post: 1056358, member: 150927"] [FONT=Verdana][USER=194901]@Munkki[/USER] - you are right about the carb content of tomato paste being high - 40g of carbs in a 200g tube. I do eat homemade red sauces with zoodles fairly regularly (at least once a week) - I just love red sauce so much. And the key has been in the moderation. Ditto using tomato paste as a condiment (in place of ketchup/tomato sauce). But again - my HBA1c is in the 40-44 range. Maybe to get it down into the healthier 30s range - I would have to sacrifice the fruit (which tomatoes are really - aren't they? Darn it.) But one thing at a time! And this time it's dairy. Still finding the eating out to be a big challenge. The challenge is mostly in the chips! (Fries - whatever to call them.) I have to try much harder to keep my cottin' pickin' hands off them! And failing a couple of times, sitting around a table with family at some kind of cafe/takeaway joint. To do that - not grab a chip (I'd love to say 'a few' but I don't think 10 counts as a few!) - I would need a big bowl of salad or extra veges to munch on (or - cheese!). Extra fish or meat - but that is impossible when dining out of course. ie when dining out, and low-carbing - you realise just how high-carb the world is. And how much I eat dairy to fill up, outside of homemade main meals. [USER=138604]@Petrel[/USER] - I know what you mean when you talk about there being a gap in your diet. Yeah - good substitutes go a long long way in the low-carb arena, and ditto in non-dairy, for sure. As well as seeing if dairy affects your BS - you're going for weight loss? Will be interesting to see if going dairy-free works in that way for you. The LCHF folk believe it is the carbs that are the key to fat-storage/weight gain. That healthy fats are dealt with by the body in a different way - that if you are low-carbing, the body uses healthy fats very readily for energy, if my understanding of it is right. But nothing beats a good experiment! I reckon. Are you measuring your waist size? I prefer that, and working out my waist/height ratio, than the bmi. But I've been doing that so much over the last couple of years, measuring and weighing, since diagnosis now I really just need to look in the mirror! Darn it. Well - non-dairy breakfast time again![/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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