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Snacks & Naughty Foods

tobyd360

tobyd360

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Location
Cobham, Surrey
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hey y'all!

So since being diagnosed, the most difficult thing I have found is to not snack or eat the foods that I could previously! It's REALLY tough because I am such a snacker!

Does anyone have any snacks that can just be picked up or require VERY minimal preparation that won't effect blood sugar too much? I'm open to the idea of maybe doing a once a week bake session if necessary, though I may need to go to my Nan for some pointers. Even if she does love the sugar...
 
A T1 can snack as you can bolus for any foods....

However you may find that your diabetes is harder to manage with larger swings in your blood levels....

Peanuts -check packets as carbs can vary enormously. All nuts. I have walnuts everyday after tea.. Nice because no bolusing necessary...
 
Are they not crazy high in fat though??

I saw an advert for Chicken bites earlier and thought they might be good? I'd expect super low carb and high protein?!
 
I made "cheesecake strawberries" the other night for dessert and they flew off the plate. I ate them with a grilled pork chop and steamed green beans w/ butter, and the strawberries did not have an untoward effect on my BS.

Hollow out strawberries
Mix cream cheese, heavy cream (to thin it enough to pipe it), pure vanilla extract, and liquid stevia.
Put the mixture in a Ziploc bag, then snip one corner off and pipe the mixture into the strawberries.

It is quick and easy, but tasted indulgent.
 
Be careful bolusing insulin, you may gain weight, and harder to lose them afterwards.
 
The issue isn't with bolussing insulin, it is with the snacking. If you are going to smack on anything high in carbs you will need the insulin.
 
Cashews and peanuts are quite high in carbs compared to other nuts, so are chestnuts. Husband came home with some cashews from Tesco recently, which were 24g of carbs per 100g.

I don't bake with lower carb flours (a) because I am not a cake or biscuit eater (b) because I'm unconvinced that the human body can differentiate between carbs and go "mmm yes this is the low carb coconut flour with Stevia " rather than just "sweet, send for insulin"

I don't snack much but if there are organic black or red grapes in the kitchen, I might steal a few. Ditto strawberries with a big helping of cream.

When out shopping with my mother, my go to snack is a pint of shell-on wild Atlantic prawns. If I can find them, I might buy chilli Hogbites pork scratchings. At home I used to have Lindt Excellence 90% cocoa chocolate, spread with organic 100% peanut butter but I seem more sensitive to anything sweet now and don't like the taste so much.

My piggiest snack is a 100g tub of Rachel's organic luxury creme fraiche which has 2.7g carbs 2g protein and a whopping 40.3g of fat
 
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