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Nuts!

I do have a small portion now and then, but peanuts are legumes not nuts so they can be quite carby - testing and seeing what they do to your BG personally will be the only way to see if they are ok for you. I usually stick to macadamia nuts as they are the lowest of carbs, but also the most expensive!
 
I find that peanuts, cashews and pistachios (my favourite) all cause a rapid and high rise in my BG.
Testing, as @lovinglife says, is really the only way to tell if YOU can tolerate peanuts.
 
I love nuts (not peanuts, allergic) and eat them in moderation. Pecans are fairly low carb as are almonds. Macadamia nuts are a great source of fat too. Careful with the higher carb nuts….but as others have mentioned you must check your own reactions.
 
I have a handful of mixed nuts daily. No impact on my blood glucose. And a very healthy food.

Try unsalted, raw nuts. If you find that you like them, much better for you than the salted ones.
 
I'm ok with KP nuts - only about 2gsm carbs per 30gsm serving so as long as you are not over doing it, though as other have said testing to see reaction is key. From memory I think Cashews are a much higher carb content at around 8 or 9gsm per 30gs serving.

KP Nuts
How many carbs are in KP salted peanuts?

Table of Nutritional Information
Per 100gPer 30g Serving
Fat51g15g
of which Saturates8.1g2.4g
Carbohydrate5.6g1.7g
of which Sugars5.1g1.5g
 
Most days I have a small amount of fresh walnuts and hazelnuts, sometimes with ONE brazil nut. These don't give me any BG issues. I am fortunate to have a husband who gives me a smallllll container of these nuts as an hors d'oevre just before dinner, so there is strict portion control. Left to myself, I wouldn't stop eating nuts until I fainted. We have to be aware of our own responses to food, and for me it's no nuts or all the nuts. I avoid non-nuts like peanuts completely.
 
Timing matters in my case. I regularly incorporate almonds or walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans or macadamias and occasionally cashews, pistachios, brazils or peanuts into our meals, except my own breakfast when my insulin resistance is at its perishing worst.

I hardly ever snack between meals, but we all have to keep that inner fire stoked. If hungry, I would go for cheese and celery, rather than reach for the peanuts.

When on the hoof, salted peanuts may be all that's available in a pub, say, that doesn't do food. It's as well to test as others have suggested, so you're aware of the likely effects. In my case, woe would definitely betide!
 
I have nuts daily, to help with my protein intake, mostly almonds, walnuts and quite a few pistachios. I do keep the portion to under 30g because I am calorie counting as well as carb counting. They don't seem to adversely impact my blood glucose for this small portion.
 
lovinglife said:
I usually stick to macadamia nuts as they are the lowest of carbs, but also the most expensive!
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I sometimes enjoy a few macadamia of an evening, my favourites.

If you have a Grape Tree shop near you, their macadamia are small but cheap. £4 for 250g, £6.99 500g & £8.99 for 1kg. You can get them online & delivered too.
 
I used to have salted roasted peanuts almost daily (150 grams!) ......It spikes my sugar levels. Now I have switched to salted almonds(a bit expensive) which doesn't spike as much....
Even nuts have sugar content in them along with carbs....
 
Peanuts For some odd reason are something that causes me terrific spikes , I had some given to me at Christmas and couldn't resist the temptation and just had a couple of handfuls , I'm now looking at my Libre reading 16 .7 ****** fool .
 
I do, but I just have a very small portion as I find they spike me. I can eat walnuts but as with peanuts, too many and they spike me and on the other side they make my waistline unhappy
 
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