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fasting v post prandial numbers

I tried swapping out red kidney beans for canellini beans, no joy, they both spike me too high. As has been said, try foods alone to get a detailed response reading (alongside other foods that you know do not spike your bg). I found that it was the nuts, seeds and grains that were the most troublesome to get a handle on. Good luck.
 
Brunneria said:
Vegan Low carbing must be a real challenge.
Are you able to add in mayonnaise, coconut oil, hemp oil, rapeseed oil, etc. to make you feel comfortably satisfied, without adding in more grains.

For instance could you have berries with coconut cream, or make some vegan fat bombs with a few cranberries in to give a little fruit flavour but mainly made of the non-carby stuff.

For instance, have you seen these websites:

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-food/weekly-meal-plan-the-low-carb-vegan-menu/

https://www.healthfulpursuit.com/roundup/18-keto-fat-bombs/

https://lowcarb-vegan.net/
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OOh thanks! I will have a look then, the fat bombs could maybe hold my protein powder?? It is pea protein though ... lol
 
ok I took the banana off the list and im under 130g carbs now :) so thats a bit better for today but I was just confused aswell because my fasting is in the 5s only and yet 2 hour pp is stuffing me up but I guess thats normal then given what I am eating
 
coleyd said:
another thing that tripped me up is that banana are low gi?
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Bananas are instant glucose. They convert as soon as they hit your mouth. This is the reason tennis players always ate them between games before they began to use glucose tablets, and you still see them eating them sometimes. Along with grapes they are the worst fruit possible for blood sugar levels. Berries are much better.
 
coleyd said:
ok I took the banana off the list and im under 130g carbs now :) so thats a bit better for today but I was just confused aswell because my fasting is in the 5s only and yet 2 hour pp is stuffing me up but I guess thats normal then given what I am eating
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My fasting has always been in the 5s, straight from just after diagnosis. I have never had impaired fasting glucose. It doesn't mean my insulin was working properly because my post prandials were not good at all. The aim of the game is to be as flat as possible. It is variances between low and high that cause the damage, and it can sometimes be better to run a little higher as long as you are not having swings up and down.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
My fasting has always been in the 5s, straight from just after diagnosis. I have never had impaired fasting glucose. It doesn't mean my insulin was working properly because my post prandials were not good at all. The aim of the game is to be as flat as possible. It is variances between low and high that cause the damage, and it can sometimes be better to run a little higher as long as you are not having swings up and down.
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ah ok I understand, my fasting was in the 9s at diagnosis. So Its defo the carbs then!
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Bananas are instant glucose. They convert as soon as they hit your mouth. This is the reason tennis players always ate them between games before they began to use glucose tablets, and you still see them eating them sometimes. Along with grapes they are the worst fruit possible for blood sugar levels. Berries are much better.
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ok I did not know that :)
 
GrantGam said:
I'm not a vegan, but would I have mayo as part of a vegan diet? No. Because then it wouldn't be a vegan diet:)
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lol I didnt realise you were talking about the mayo part, there are vegan mayos but they seem to all have added ****** ingredients though, like mad stuff like modified maize starch and deionized apple extract? what even is that ?
 
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