Double cream

Remember that old advert for R.Whites Lemonade?

To the same tune...

I'm a secret double cream drinker. Too right, too right.
I've been trying to give it up but it's one of those nights...

For me full fat double cream is an essential part of a low carb high(er) fat way of eating - fats are what replace the fuel I no longer get from carbs, and help keep my glucose levels stable and energy levels up. So IMO cream is definitely a part of a healthy diabetic diet. Just avoid low fat/no fat/"lite" creams as they will be full of carbs and likely do you a power of no good.

And unlike @Guzzler, I feel absolutely no need to hide under my bed in the dark to consume some as part of a midnight feast...

Robbity

ETA - And eating LCHF hasn't done much to affect my cholesterol levels!

never could eat double cream until i started low carb a few weeks back, but i have it daily now with a small amount of berries and it keeps me full until the morning . In face i look forward to this treat daily i don't know if i could go on without double cream. I;ve had no problems either with my stomach so it was other food that i ate along with double cream before .

Ria said:

Does not appear to affect me too much. I think the fruit affects me more than the cream. Only 1-2 table spoons mind you or use the aerosol version.
With me it is the carbs rather than fat. Now garlic bread - that really shoots my sugar up. :-(
Eating it as part of a meal should also affect you less. Test yourself just before the meal and then 2 hours after.
Even if it does raise your BG, should be OK provided you only have it occasionally. We must have some pleasures left.
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Beware of aerosol creams - many / most have added sugar - check the ingredients to find one that doesn’t

Boo1979 said:

Beware of aerosol creams - many / most have added sugar - check the ingredients to find one that doesn’t

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I've always (even in pre diabetes days) considered any "food" dispensed via aerosol to be the work of the devil. Just the thought of them turns my stomach... Disclaimer: YMMV though...

Robbity

I found it by accident...I notice that almost everyone is type two...and I'm type one...not been diagnosed as diabetic too long maybe 2/3years and was totally shocked when the doctor told me,,,I couldn't understand why because previously I was verybood with my diet...I wasn't overweight I fact the practice nurse called me a skinny Minnie...
I'm now on insulin 4 times a day......I'm used to it now and doing OK.

skinny minny said:

I found it by accident...I notice that almost everyone is type two...and I'm type one...not been diagnosed as diabetic too long maybe 2/3years and was totally shocked when the doctor told me,,,I couldn't understand why because previously I was verybood with my diet...I wasn't overweight I fact the practice nurse called me a skinny Minnie...
I'm now on insulin 4 times a day......I'm used to it now and doing OK.

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Hello @skinny minny , and welcome to the club,

There's a lot of T2's on here, as there's more of that going around than T1 (and it's variants) is, but there's plenty of your type on the forum. You're in a Type 2 subsection though, posting this in a dietary low carb discussion, which us T2's tend to love getting in to. So while there's a ridiculous lot of us, you're certainly not alone either, you just need to get your bearings a bit on a very busy, very full forum for a bunch of different types.

If you want, the mods can make your post an introductory one, rather than it being hidden away in a subsection and a thread that isn't relevant to your situation? @EllieM (Who is both a moderator and T1!) I think is on, and might be able to help in that respect, if that's what you want.

In any case, welcome again, @skinny minny , and maybe we can help you on your journey. Oh, and T1's are often slim or "normal" sized. It's the T2's where the majority is overweight due to insulin resistance, mostly... For a T1, the immune system attacks the pancreas, so... T2's have a lot of insulin but can't use it, T1's have little to none. It's a world of difference in treatment and cause, so nothing you ate or didn't eat will have had an effect on your becoming a Type 1. Luck of the genetic draw, most likely.

You hang in there eh,
Jo

But - double cream is lovely, right?

Chris24Main said:

But - double cream is lovely, right?

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Oh yes - a splash in my coffee, in scrambled eggs if I don't have any cheese, on a 'mug cake' or sugar free jelly with berries.
If I go on losing weight I'll get back to more normal measurements eventually, after being fattened up on cereals for such a long time it will probably take the rest of my life, I still have my 70s hippy gear in the back of the wardrobe, I might get back into it in a decade or so.