I love salad I could start taking that to work what about cherry tomatoes can I snack on those! Cheese is my biggest downfall to be fair I love it
Never hears of converted rice?? I will look out for it and try pulses as wellCorn flakes have a high glycaemic index of 82. Glucose is 100. White rice is 89.
Switch to lower GI foods. For example brown rice is aboutt 50, converted rice, such as Uncle Ben's is 38. I use a converted brown rice which is even less and sometimes pearl barley which is 28. If you eat pasta, switch to wholewheat pasta. A white spaghetti is something like 58 whereas a wholewheat penne might be 30. Also, if it is cooked 'al dente' it will be lower than cooking it til very soft.
You've obviously got a diet which has allowed you to lose weight. I too lost 30Kg but, I dropped by BG levels significantly by switching from thing like white rice to converted brown rice etc. You can eat the same meals. Tonight I am having chicken, mushroom and spinach curry with converted brown rice cooked in a vegetable stock. It only has about 18 g carbs.
I know I sound stupid and I'm sorry but what is processed carbs?
Wow! How you learn all this crazy stuff lolWhite flour, white rice, mashed potatoes etc. They are all subject to mechanical processes which release the starch/sugars so when you eat them, it enters the blood stream very quickly. White flour for example is just the endosperm part of the grain. Wholegrain products, whether rice, oats, flour, are all more coarsely milled and contain the germ and the bran as well as the endosperm. Moreover, they have bigger particle sizes and take longer to digest so there is less immediate impact on your blood giving what insulin you do produce more time to work on it.
Never hears of converted rice?? I will look out for it and try pulses as wellthank you
HahahahahaChickpeas (gram beans) and lentils are very good normally because they contain oligosaccharides which is types of carbohydrates which don't get digested directly by enzymes but which are broken down by bacteria and only partially digested. They do, as a result, give you wind.
You may have no friends left, but you will have low blood sugar levels
Corn flakes have a high glycaemic index of 82. Glucose is 100. White rice is 89.
Switch to lower GI foods. For example brown rice is aboutt 50, converted rice, such as Uncle Ben's is 38. I use a converted brown rice which is even less and sometimes pearl barley which is 28. If you eat pasta, switch to wholewheat pasta. A white spaghetti is something like 58 whereas a wholewheat penne might be 30. Also, if it is cooked 'al dente' it will be lower than cooking it til very soft.
You've obviously got a diet which has allowed you to lose weight. I too lost 30Kg but, I dropped by BG levels significantly by switching from thing like white rice to converted brown rice etc. You can eat the same meals. Tonight I am having chicken, mushroom and spinach curry with converted brown rice cooked in a vegetable stock. It only has about 18 g carbs.
Lmao hahahahaI think if you now start thinking of white flour as endosperm that will probably be enough to put you off!
Thanks Yorksman
Cara
Downloaded the apps thank youSarah
Most of the people on this forum will agree that the most effective way to reduce your blood sugar levels is through a combination of
- restricting your intake of carbohydrates ( pasta, bread, rice, sugar,)
- replacing carbohydrates which cause your blood sugar to rise quickly (I.e have a high glycemic index value) such as white bread and pasta for lower glycemic index carbohydrates such as brown whole grain multigrain bread, brown pasta, bulgur wheat.
- exercising more and losing weight - helps as it reduces insulin resistance in t2 diabetics.
Where people on here do not agree is on how much you should reduce your carbohydrate intake by and the extent to which you should substitute the carbohydrates with fats particularly saturated fats. If you restrict your carb intake greatly then you almost have to have more fats just to stop you from feeling hungry. An alternative would be to have a lot of protein but that is both difficult to do and probably not a good idea as high protein diets have been linked with kidney disease.
So how do you decide how much you need to restrict your carbohydrates and what carbohydrates to chose. As we are all individuals, in my opinion you should experiment and monitor how different quantities of different carbohydrates affect your own blood glucose levels. For this you will need to test before and two hours after each meal- your after reading should be within 2 mmol/l of the before reading. You should then be able to make your own educated choices.
It helps if you keep a record of your readings and a food diary. There are a number of phone apps or online that will help you do this. Personally I use glucosebuddy and myfitnesspal on my iPhone but as I said there are plenty of good alternatives.
I hope the above helps and you are able to get those numbers down soon.
Pavlos
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So maybe choose fruit for pudding instead of a yogurtThe best time to eat fruit is after your main meal as what you have previously eaten will effectively lower the GI of the fruit as digestion will be slowed down (especially if it had some fat in it)
Ok thanks for adviceYou need to test for the tomatoes, strictly, they are fruit, and we can all react differently to them.
I do have one and strips both prescribes through docsYou have to find a diet that suits you, and you do need to test your bs after every meal. I get a meter and strips through my doctor, so I can't advise on the best cheap one if you can't, but others can.
That is brilliant. Just start testing to see what different food items do to your bg. I still advice you to eat proper meals instead of snacking.
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