Nuts, olives, cheese, if you are so inclined, pork scratchings, …
When I was first diagnosed, I was told I could snack on up to 15g carbs without injecting. This would also allow for a stick of Twix or a biscuit … maybe one with the cheese on?
Nuts, olives, cheese, if you are so inclined, pork scratchings, …
When I was first diagnosed, I was told I could snack on up to 15g carbs without injecting. This would also allow for a stick of Twix or a biscuit … maybe one with the cheese on?
You can always check your blood sugar before and 2 hours after eating a snack to make sure because we are all different. I'm good with cheese but nuts and olives will put my bloods up. There are a few carbs in cheese but for me they are so slow in their effect that my basal covers for it.
And I know for me even a 5-10 carb snack would make my sugar level go up so I cant have free snacks like that without bolusing - obviously people differ though
I can often eat a bag of crisps without it doing much to my blood sugar.A couple of squares of dark chocolate can work well too.I find berries also are good eg.blueberries raspberries.Good luck!
I find there's almost nothing I can 'get away' with in the sense it does not cause a rise in BG. For example, if I have a few olives and feta squares before a meal that will definitely make it rise. It's due to the protein and fat. Even celery and humous makes it rise. The book Think Like a Pancreas goes into the effect of fat and protein a lot.
If I can see the BG is heading down, I can get away with a little something. Also, if I'm being quite active a little snack in the middle of it won't have any effect and might even help to prevent a low.
I used to have snacks pre Libre. Then I saw their effect. I agree with @RobertJ everything rises levels. I stopped snacking unless I have a downward trend I don’t want.
Or I enjoy a decent snack and inject for it.