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Type 2 Muller light

princessleia29

princessleia29

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Hi I am a newly diagnosed diabetic and I am slightly confused about Muller light yoghurt is it suitable as it does seem to have a lot of sugar in? I've read that fromage frais and natural yoghurt is better? Any advice welcome please!


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Try to find yogurt with no sugar. Just plain full fat...
 
princessleia29 said:
Hi I am a newly diagnosed diabetic and I am slightly confused about Muller light yoghurt is it suitable as it does seem to have a lot of sugar in? I've read that fromage frais and natural yoghurt is better? Any advice welcome please!


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Hi, Just look at the total carbs on the packet. All sugars are carbs so don't be fooled by no added sugars or 'light' items. Fruits are contain carbs. Have a look at the Carbs & Cals book. I am type 1 and I use it to work out my carbs/ratios.
 
low fat and low carb is called meat ;) Protein. Nothing wrong with fat you have just been brainwashed... like the rest of us.... If you remove the carbs from your diet then you are going to need to get your energy from something and that will come from fats. Just remember that a gram of fat contains about 9kcal so you need less than you do carbs. The other thing with fat is it has no direct impact on your blood glucose levels.

PS Do the Newcastle Diet you will lose weight rapidly. I did 5 stone in 6 months and have normal blood sugar levels now. Don;t let the nurse put you off as it is your body/life. Book in to see your doctor and say you are doing it and would like his support
 
Hi thank you for your reply I appreciate it. I have been asking about the Newcastle diet in other forums on here well done on your weight loss. We do have a diabetes specialist doctor at my surgery I will have to book in with him and see what he says but thanks for encouragement.


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princessleia29 said:
Hi thank you for your reply I appreciate it. I have been asking about the Newcastle diet in other forums on here well done on your weight loss. We do have a diabetes specialist doctor at my surgery I will have to book in with him and see what he says but thanks for encouragement.


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You will likely find they know nothing about it. Take some printouts from the Prof with you. I gave my DSN the research paper and the "for HCP" pamphlet but this was after the event. Actually I didnt do the newcastle diet but did something similar. You can read my article http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/got-my-first-3-month-hba1c-results-this-morning.55719/
I managed to reduce my HbA1c from 94 to 40 in 3 months. So you can too.
 
I took in printouts about the Newcastle diet to the doctor I first saw and she didn't know anything about it and the nurse said I could bring it up when I see the diabetic doctor at the clinic but I don't know when that will be!


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I think you will find that most low fat or "light" products have added sugar, thus increasing the total carbs. They do this because removing the fat makes them less palatable, so they add sugar to compensate. It's all a con! reading and comparing labels is the only way to go, then test and eat to your meter.
 
Also look at Jenny Ruhls site, it tells you what to eat. Many on here ain for 100gms or less of carbs. Personally at the moment I'm at 20 grams or less. I'm eating lots of eggs with bacon, omelettes etc. For lunch I have chicken or tuna salads with olive oil/vinegar/lemon juice dressing. Same for tea, or usually broccoli, cauli, green beans, cabbage etc with meat or chicken. Slathered with good butter. For snacks - if I'm hungry I have a chunk of cheese or walnuts.
 
There is a thread mainly following @paulins and @Pipp who did and still doing the newcastle diet. It is a good thread to post into. Good luck and we will support you the whole way. You need to watch out which sachets you choose as some are very high in carbs
 
If you wish to track your blood glucose/weight/bmi/blood pressure I have written an application for computers. Sorry not android/ios. Just follow the links in my signature
 
It's perfectly possible to get low fat/low carb plain yoghurt and fromage frais.

For example one brand of 0% fat Greek yoghurt is 4% carbohydrate, the same makes full fat version, has 5% fat and is 3.8% carbohydrate so the different is marginal

The fromage frais I looked at had 0.2% fat and 3.3% carbohydrate

A Muller light strawberry yoghurt contains 8.8% carbohydrate (in 175g pots, you probably will eat all of it so that is 15.4g carb
 
Andrew Colvin said:
There is a thread mainly following @paulins and @Pipp who did and still doing the newcastle diet. It is a good thread to post into. Good luck and we will support you the whole way. You need to watch out which sachets you choose as some are very high in carbs
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I did the Newcastle and lost 42kg. Blood glucose levels returned to non-diabetic levels. That was almost 3 years ago. Have still got a lot of weight to lose. Have tried LCHF, but will be returning to Newcastle diet as it has worked best for me.
 
The Asda Low Fat Plain Fromage Frais is about 3.8g Carbs per 100g and i think the M&S one is roughly the same. If you want a pre flavoured one the Weight watchers Fromage Frais run at about 5.9g per 100g. I tend to eat these (Especially the Berry Ones) as they're indiviadual portion sized for a pudding/snack, but use the plain ones with a sprinkle of milled flax and a handful of frozen berries for breakfast
 
I buy 0% or very low % Greek yogurt and add fresh fruit. Mash up fruit with back of spoon first. I add 3/4 strawberries and 5/6 cherries. Sometimes I add crushed almonds or pistachio nuts too - just 3/4. Yummy! Much tastier than ready made fruit yoghurts!
 
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