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Hovis Nimble bread v Low Carb bread

PenguinMum

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I rarely eat bread these days but I keep a Waitrose LivLife seeded (3.8g per slice in the freezer in case I fancy a slice of toast. I dont like it untoasted. I have also tried Hovis Low Carb seeded and though it toasts nicely it is 9.9g per slice which is high. Normal bread is around 15/16g slice. However during the snow I had to take whatever I could get for my OH lunches and bought Hovis Nimble Wholemeal. It is 8.1g a slice and is seems the most like normal bread. My husband loved it and I thought it might work well for an open one slice sandwich for me occasionally. There is also Nimble Malted Grain but it is higher at 9.2g a slice. Just more options to plug the Lidl rolls crisis maybe?
 
I'm in the minority but I'm afraid the Lidl rolls just taste like cardboard to me! Nimble at least has some flavour to it.
 
I agree with @Nicksu , I wasn’t that keen on the Lidl buns, but sympathise with those that relied on them. I buy HiLo bread from Sainsburys, it’s 5g carb for one slice (the slices are small) and is good both toasted and untoasted.
 
I have tried the Morrisons protein bread which is 8 grams per slice. It is better than nimble because it is slightly heavier, how ever I prefer to have a massive leafy salad as this fills me up more than one slice of bread
 
I don't like the Lidl rolls either, I buy various protein breads, Morrisons, Hovis and Tesco finest which is my favourite- I tolerate them all quite well, I used to use burgen but I got fed up of that one, it is a bit higher in carbs as well at average 12g slice.

I've used the weight watchers malted occasionally and I've been fine with that too. It's all about testing and finding out what you can tolerate, everyone is different
 
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I have tried the Morrisons protein bread which is 8 grams per slice. It is better than nimble because it is slightly heavier, how ever I prefer to have a massive leafy salad as this fills me up more than one slice of bread
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derry, sometimes ONLY a slice of bread will do! I miss bread MOST of all, I never ate it to fill me up I ate it because it tastes yum, from baguettes to sour bread to crusty white bloomers to wholemeal rolls....I could go on. I like salad too but for me, it is NO substitute. x
 
It’s like crack! It even if I get the dose and the timing right, I feel rubbish after eating much - I’m beginning to lump it in with my other food allergies. Yes, I could eat the things, and medicate, but I’ll feel ropey for a few hours afterwards.
 
I too, like you, wasn't a fiber filler but I did so like a soldier to dip in my boiled egg or a chunk of baguette and pate.... and I could go on!!!
 
I posted this to show some options of low carb bread that I stumbled across. The fact that Nimble could work in a multi household impressed me. IMO none of the protein breads I have tried are like real bread. The heaviest and chewiest is not attractive to me. There are often men (or their wives) on the forum trying to find bread to make packed lunch for a Diabetic and this could make a sandwich for someone in a very physical job or a lorry driver. When I did my DESMOND course the person in the room who was the most challenged was a 40 something driver. I dont know how many of these guys are on the forum but eating to the meter must be very difficult.
 
I do know what you mean. It's just that I feel if I eat one slice of bread I cannot eat anything else because I do not want to up my carb intake, and end up being hungry. What I used to love was uncut warm seedy bread dipped in Balsamic and Olive oil.. Oh those were the days my friend lol
 
Aww bless you. Have Morrisons changed the ingredients in the Protein bread, only it does not seem as dense, and it is much lighter?
 
I have a couple of slices of the various low carb breads on offer, Hovis low carb or the Burgen bread. No more than that. It fits in with my 30 to 100 carbs a day restriction.
 
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I have been doing some physical work on a part time footing. My packed lunch comprised today:

2 apples,
Small pot of peanuts
2 baby bell cheeses
Water
Diet Coke

I am too busy to eat a lot in the middle of the day and have a good low carb high fat cooked breakfast and evening meal.

I don’t use a meter.

I had considered low carb bread in the packed lunch but having had 2 slices at breakfast time, that was or is enough.
 
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I've never tried the Lidl rolls. I actually don't like brown bread or Wholegrain bread of any description but I have no other option now. I'm just going to have to get used to it. I don't eat a lot of bread in general because I also have Sjögren's Syndrome which makes my mouth and trachea very dry and my oesophagus has difficulty pushing dry foods like bread down and I choke, so I'm not a fan of bread...but sometimes you just want a wee slice of toast! I settled for a Nimble Wholegrain loaf. So far so good. I've discovered that I don't mind it toasted (but would boak if I had to have a sandwich) and with a wee poached egg on top it's actually quite nice. You live and learn as they say.
 
Hi @Meg Hill & welcome to the forum,

That’s a very old post of mine you’ve quoted and a lot has changed for me since I posted that post. I was on Gliclizide at that time and eating around 80-100g carb a day so could fit those breads with their amount of carbs into my lifestyle. Since then I’ve dropped all meds and eat less than 20g carb a day so no longer eat any shop bought bread of any description.

I buy low carb bread on line now from various online stores that has about 1g carb per slice as anything else now would raise my BG too much. It’s more expensive as it’s not a commercial product but it certainly hits the spot for like you say “you just want a wee slice of toast” which is mainly what I use it for.


Glad you’ve found a bread you can enjoy, have you tested your BG when you eat it to see how it affects your BG? I haven’t tried a supermarket bread for about 6 years but I think even the nimble would now push my BG up too far for my liking. I know for a few months over Christmas & New Year I was quite poorly with another condition and was on a prescribed very low fibre diet and a tried a bit of milk roll bread which is tiny and it put me into near double figures 2 hours later.

If you like white bread and want to try the low carb bread I think one of the sites does a white loaf & white rolls, it’s either The Low Carb Food Co, or srslylowcarb - if you google those you’ll find the website easily enough, srslylowcarb does some excellent bagels which are very light and easily chewed and are delicious

Like I say they cost a lot more than supermarket breads and there’s postage but I usually do a bulk order and freeze them

Once again welcome to the forum
 
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