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Oodles of noodles!

Kazzieann

Kazzieann

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I love stir fries, prefer noodles to rice but as a recently diagnosed T2, I'm not sure where noodles sit on the low carb diet I'm trying to follow at the moment. Anyone got any suggestions?


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Giverny said:
How severe is the laxative effect? I've been wanting to jump back in to a low carb diet for a while now, and these noodles just sound too good to be true (hoping they're not!)
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They have exactly the opposite effect on me and bung me up if I eat too many! :wideyed: like the noodles but the rice and pasta feel nasty in my mouth, I only have them occasionally because of the effect on my bowels, I have diverticulitis and being bunged up is the last thing I want.

You need to add lots of flavour to them as they taste of nothing, I use them for spag bol and toss them in garlic butter and lots of black pepper, also good in a stir fry with chicken/prawn and chilli
 
Giverny said:
How severe is the laxative effect? I've been wanting to jump back in to a low carb diet for a while now, and these noodles just sound too good to be true (hoping they're not!)
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Well I may not be a good judge of that, since I suffer from IBS as well. I had them 2x and was okay, just mild effects. Then another time with a bit stronger effects. Then I had them another time and all hell broke loose!

If they don't upset you, I think they are a great alternative.
 
There is a great book called the low carb gourmet, you can get it on amazon. There is a recipe for squash spaghetti, which I'm sure you could do as noodles too. I haven't tried it yet, but you bake the squash halves in some water for 40mins and then just scrape out the squash with a fork! You can also microwave the squash. I bet this would be lovely with a nice stirfry.
 
Oh wow, I forgot all about spaghetti squash. I haven't done that in years. Must put that on my grocery list. :)
 
Konjac noodles have never bunged me up, or loosened me down, at all. No effect whatsoever.

So I guess it must be a very personal thing.

Where do you all buy them?

I got an excellent deal once, on Groupon. Then another time I got a bulk order when Holland and Barrett did one of their BOGOF offers.

I find them offensively expensive, at full price, and won't buy.
 
I get them from H&B, when they have their penny sale. Otherwise, I agree, they are very expensive.
 
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