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Jillyfl said:

Can I eat beans like borlotti beans and black beans. Can I eat lentils??

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Use a meter to test, your meter is the only thing that can really give you the answer to that question. In my case I can manage a very small portion of those things.

Jillyfl said:

Thats REALLY helpful!!! Everyone thank you so much. I love to cook so I'm going to use the diet doctor web site. I'll take all your advice and ignore Google and the glycemic index. I'm having boiled egg for breakfast and full fat natural yoghurt with a handfull of berries. I'm having a teaspoon of sweetener (I hope I can have sweetener). Can I eat beans like borlotti beans and black beans. Can I eat lentils??

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Hi @Jillyfl welcome to the forum. As others have said use your meter as your guide to what you can and cannot eat. We are all individuals and what may cause a spike in one person will not in another. For example by testing I know that I can eat potatoes and low carb bread with little affect on my BS whereas for others the same amount of carbs will cause an unacceptable rise. In addition my carb intake is higher (in some cases double or even triple) than a lot of members on here I have still managed to maintain normal blood sugar for at least 4 years.

Jillyfl said:

Thats REALLY helpful!!! Everyone thank you so much. I love to cook so I'm going to use the diet doctor web site. I'll take all your advice and ignore Google and the glycemic index. I'm having boiled egg for breakfast and full fat natural yoghurt with a handfull of berries. I'm having a teaspoon of sweetener (I hope I can have sweetener). Can I eat beans like borlotti beans and black beans. Can I eat lentils??

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Try a moderate portion, see what it does, adjust the amount for the next time if nessecary. Trial & error. I can't eat them, (maybe a bite or two, but no more) but hummus for some reason is okay. Test and find out!

Also, my blood levels are usually pretty good, but they wouldn't be if I'd eaten that Irish stew and Colcannon recipe (76.4g of carbs per serving apparently). I wouldn't be surprised if your blood levels get much better once you stop taking in the hidden carbs. I do, however, think the Diabetes UK website played a dirty trick on you: it wasn't your fault at all, and I have no idea what they think they're playing at

Just to follow on from my comment above, I know some of us aren't as big on LCHF as others, and I know we have insulin users and type 1s who follow different rules, but I would honestly defy anyone to say this is a *good* recipe for diabetics

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/recipes/irish-stew-and-colcannon