Low carb

[moonchip]

OK, so I 'm new but the advice from several of you is to start a low carb diet

What are folks views on bulgar wheat ?

Its 20% carb but only 0.2% of which is sugars -- Yes ? No ?

Any help appreciated - I feel like I'm swimming uphill today and my head feels firmly planted in my a** from information overload

 

[NoCrbs4Me]

Personally, I wouldn't eat that and haven't. However, you can try it, but check your blood glucose before, then 1 and 2 hours after and see what it does to your levels. You can decide whether to have it again based on the results (and taste!).

 

[Totto]

I think it's wise to avoid any kind of wheat.

 

[FantomPoet]

I would look towards your meter, check an hour and then two hours after to establish what it does to your Blood Sugar. Sometimes you may come across something which you don't react to, you never know. For me I would just keep away from wheat as the Carbs are so high, I have been low carbing now for a good while so items such as this have dropped off my radar.

I know some in the forum find replacements for everyday products using ingredients such as Almond Flour but I just am too lazy and now have got through the stages of missing them. Low carb has just become normal everyday for me now.

 

[FantomPoet]

Just to quantify my statement above the rule of Thumb I use is try not to eat anything more than 5g of Carbs per 100g.
I add the ish as the world will not stop turning if I do, it's just a general rule of thumb to stop me going mad with overload.

 

[Bluetit1802]

Wheat isn't always wise, and we don't look at the "of which sugars", we look at the total carbs. All the carbs convert to sugars eventually, and 20% is a lot. When looking at food labels it is best to look for foods with less than 10% carbs, preferably a lot less. That is unless it is a food you only have a teaspoonful of such as a condiment. (HP sauce in my case, but don't tell anyone!) or a very tiny portion. If you buy a tin of soup and intend to eat the lot, then keep the total carbs as low as possible. (and tinned soup of any sort is high carb, especially if eaten with another carb in same meal)

 

[jack412]

@moonchip I think the 20% may be daily intake of carb column..
76 g /100g or 76% carb is the carb column

I saw on the other thread they are talking about adding another med...
I cut all grain .. all grain product, bread ,pasta....I cut starchy veg, potato corn....I cut all sugary stuff inc fruit/juice

I ate lots of salad and non starch veg..normal protein and more healthy full-fats to replace the lost carb energy
it’s a long page and a few good video’s
http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
For me, the more carbs we eat the more carbs we want. they don’t give up easy
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/firstweek.htm