Bunky
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Can someone please help me to understand how to read food labels please. I am VERY newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and really have no idea what I'm doing. I find it all very confusing. Thanks.
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Need help with Nutritional info.
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Bluetit1802
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Hi and welcome,
Look on the back of the packaging for the nutritional values label. usually in quite small print. You need to look at the total carbohydrate amount per 100g. You can ignore the "of which sugars" content. Some products also tell you the nutrition values per serving (per slice, per sausage, etc.) It is wise to choose the brand with the lowest amount of carbs. If it is something you only have a little of, example a condiment, the amount is relatively unimportant. However, if you will eat the whole tin or packet you really need to chose ones that are no more than 10g of carbs per 100g. (or 10% carbs) and even that is high if you are planning on having other carbs in the same meal.
Look on the back of the packaging for the nutritional values label. usually in quite small print. You need to look at the total carbohydrate amount per 100g. You can ignore the "of which sugars" content. Some products also tell you the nutrition values per serving (per slice, per sausage, etc.) It is wise to choose the brand with the lowest amount of carbs. If it is something you only have a little of, example a condiment, the amount is relatively unimportant. However, if you will eat the whole tin or packet you really need to chose ones that are no more than 10g of carbs per 100g. (or 10% carbs) and even that is high if you are planning on having other carbs in the same meal.
Bunky
Newbie
Thank you Bluetit1802. Will try to remember this when out shopping.
Celeriac
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If you are buying imported American food or using an American diet/cookbook which doesn't have a British edition, then you have to subtract the fibre from total carbohydrate to get net carbs. In UK the calculation is done for you so total carbs is really net carbs.
Granulated table sugar is 50% glucose 50% fructose so only 50% of it goes unto your bloodstream (fructose is dealt with by the liver). When you eat a high carb meal containing pasta for example, ALL of the pasta is converted into glucose by the body, it's why marathon runners carb load on pasta beforehand.
Granulated table sugar is 50% glucose 50% fructose so only 50% of it goes unto your bloodstream (fructose is dealt with by the liver). When you eat a high carb meal containing pasta for example, ALL of the pasta is converted into glucose by the body, it's why marathon runners carb load on pasta beforehand.
Bunky
Newbie
Thank You Celeriac.
