Ah, brilliant - that's a sound recommendation.Goonergal went there in 2022 and was very positive about it! https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-have-you-eaten-today-low-carb-forum.75781/post-2516894
If I move to NZ do you want a lodger??
For many years now I've been overweight. 5ft 8in tall and hovered around 18.5 - 19 stone. No idea what that is in new money, I'm of the age where my school teachers did not know whether to teach metric or imperial measurements!The worst time was about six months after diagnosis explaining to an otherwise very nice English bar tender in Stockholm that, yes, I could indeed fairly safely have a prosecco as a type two diabetic. That I was thinking carbs, and she was thinking calories.
I think you have to cook food yourself rather than buy ready meals if you want a low carb diet. Low carb helped me loose a lot of weight. Previously I joined weight watchers and put all the weight back on a few weeks after I stopped going. Carbs=Body Fat, but fat in food is slow burn energy which doesn't raise blood sugars.
Walmart, for one is smart and carries not only low carb or keto foods by many manufacturers, but have joined the bandwagon themselves by manufacturing low carb tortillas and other products.Are big companies missing a trick here or is it really that difficult?
I have read articles and watched numerous videos of people producing their own low carb foods that emulate regular daily products that non diabetics enjoy such as bread, biscuits (cookies if you're American lol) cakes, pastries etc. They're using low carb flour blends to achieve the end result and for many of the products, apart from the measurements being very precise it's not exactly rocket science!
On my trips to any of the big 4 supermarkets (I'm in the UK by the way) I am greeted by an entire aisle full of "free from" products. These items are gluten free, lactose free and free of many other things that people cannot tolerate due to their conditions. I searched through these entire range of products and none of them are carb free or low carb. Surely if these companies can produce products without using regular milk so they're lactose free then they could do the same for us diabetics. It's not like we are such a tiny group. Apparently in the UK alone there are between 4 & 5 million diagnosed diabetics but we are forced to rely on small online manufacturers who charge OTT prices for everyday items, £4.99 for a loaf of bread! £3.99 for 4 bread rolls! I even saw 1 place charging £12 for a box of 4 individual cakes!!!
I'm sure others have asked this same question but it just seems like such a missed opportunity for the likes of Warburton's, hovis or other big manufacturers.
Or am I completely way off the mark and it really wouldn't be feasible?
No Walmarts here - at least not down here on the south coast, but we have Lidl and Aldi which are considered 'budget' supermarkets - I use Lidl and find no lack of things to cope with low carb - and our pension just went up by a whole £15 a week - so I'll be able to go back to buying slices of beef rather than beefburgers as long as the heating bills don't derail my financial forecasts for the year.Walmart, for one is smart and carries not only low carb or keto foods by many manufacturers, but have joined the bandwagon themselves by manufacturing low carb tortillas and other products.
I live in the US and no, I am not a trump lover, just someone who is really miserable right now, you might visit Walmart and hopefully the Walmarts in your country will carry more keto products for you. Good luck!
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