Lactose help

hi im type 2 and i noticed that i would get a spike from tea and coffee. i changed my milk to lactose free and can now have coffe whenever i want. it aslo lowered my bgs in the morning with my granola instead of using the standard semi . i think the carb count is half of normal milk

Brnstein recommends cream diluted with water as better than milk. I don't have a problem with milk and I've gone back to whole milk. The proporion of lactose in skimmed or semi skimmed milk is greater, because the dilution factor of the cream has been removed.
Coffee is delicious with cream.
Hana

maryrachel said:

Hi

I have noticed recently that my sugars peak significantly when I have milk. I dont recall this always being the case but now if i have a milky coffee for example, maybe 200ml, I need to take the equivalent insulin to cope with 20g cho. Does anyone know if lactose free milk will react differently? The GI value for milk is considered "low" but I tollerate chocolate better than milk and logic says lactose free means sugar free.

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Mary,

My son uses lactose-free milk and the packaging says that it contains 2.7g of carbs compared to ordinary milk which is 5.0g per 100ml.

Nigel

hanadr said:

The proporion of lactose in skimmed or semi skimmed milk is greater, because the dilution factor of the cream has been removed.

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Can you say where this information can be found Hana as I can find no mention of it other than one web site saying that lactose sugar is the same in full fat as in semi skimmed and skimmed?

maryrachel said:

Thanks all of you. One last question. Does lactose free milk taste horrible?

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To answer your question Mary I have just drank a small glass and the answer is............no!

It tastes perfectly fine and just like the semi-skimmed milk I enjoy everyday. Most supermarkets sell lactose free milk, my wife buys a well known brand that's advertised on the tv at the moment, it's a little pricey and costs £1.30 for a 1 litre carton.

Nigel

Lactos means milk sugar. A cup of 1% Milk contains about 16 grams of sugar. That's as much sugar as some candy bars, so drinking a whole glass of milk will have an impact on your blood sugars. The lower fat the milk, the more sugar it has - read the cartons for sugars if you don't believe me. Fat slows down the effects of carbohydrates (sugars) in milk. It's only logical for diabetics to use whole milk or creme. Also, the lower fat milks are sometimes made by adding powdered milk that is damaged protien from spray drying the milk. Powdered milk and also powdered eggs are very bad for your body per Mary Enig, the world renowned fat expert.

Worried about cholesterol from whole milk fat? Dietary cholesterol has very little effect on blood cholesterol. A better idea is to add cinnamon to your coffee or tea, milked or not. Cinnamon has shown to lower blood sugar as it has a chemical that acts like artificial insulin. It increases glucose metabolism 20 times in fat cells - that's 1,000% folks. It also lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, another bonus, and it's free at coffee shops. Even another huge bonus with cinnamon, it's the number three food on the ORAC list of foods with the most antioxidants. Yes that's right, it can help prevent complications of diabetes. So you can get the world's most effective oral diabetes drug and super antioxidant, free!

Sorry, I have tried cinnamon amd it has no effect whatsover on my BG!

anniep said:

Sorry, I have tried cinnamon amd it has no effect whatsover on my BG!

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Me too Annie, did absolutely nothing for me either !

Robert.....I wouldn't go as far as saying it was the Worlds most effective anti Diabetic Drug though......might work for some but not all of us

Milk........

Robertconroy"
It's only logical for diabetics to use whole milk or creme.

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Erm.....Why ? :?
The difference in Carbs between Whole Milk (4.7g) and Semi-Skimmed (5g) is only 0.3g so it is hardly worth the bother as far as I am concerned. I only use a splash in Tea or Coffee anyway. Apart from which some of us have a problem digesting too much Fat. Something that gave me a real problem when I used to low carb. I do however like single cream in my coffee at times, not too much.

BTW, is Mary Enig, the world renowned fat expert......a 'Fat' expert or an 'expert'... on Fat...... :lol:
Sorry, couldn't resist it ! :wink: It's been a long week !

Half of the Lactose molecule is glucose and appears in the blood as such, but lactose is under 10% of the total of milk, so to get significant amounts of glucose from milk, you must use quite a lot of it. A splash in a cup of tea isn't going to make much difference to most people.
Hana
PS Bernstein prefers his patients to use diluted cream instead of milk, because it doesn't contain lactose.