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Some advice would be useful as I'm disappointed in myself.

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NostalgicNeg

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I had drastically changed my diet about two months ago and had reduced my mmol quite significantly. However, this week I have eaten two large bags of salted blue corn doritos. They said they were 1.2g of sugar per 100g and the bags are 150g so I thought they might be alright. In addition to this I have been eating a lot of nuts: salted and black pepper cashews, unsalted almonds and unsalted brazils. My reading after fasting and just before I eat is 6.0. Previously it was as low as 4.5 to 5.5 (ish), but I would be starving at the time. I think I have put a little weight back on -I'm not a large person anyway. I was incredibly stressed over the last week to the point where my chest felt like it was about to explode. Can anyone shed some light on the issue? Thanks.
 
Don't look at the sugar figure, that's just a bit of a con the manufacturer uses to make their product look healthier than it is.
All carbohydrates turn to glucose when digested apart from the fiber which passes right through. In the UK the fiber is listed separately so the only one were interested in is the total carbohydrates. Sugar is just a carbohydrate by another name
 
@NostalgicNeg don't be disappointed in yourself - as you say, you have had a stressful week, so cut yourself some slack.

Looks like those Doritos would have had about 90g of carbs per pack, and if that's doing your worst, then its not so bad. Nuts are good, protein, fats and low carb and although they are a bit moreish for me, so I weigh out a big packet into separate 25 or 30g portions and try to be strict with myself and only have 1 or 2 a day! I was recommended nuts when I was underweight.

The smaller/slimmer you are, the more you will 'feel' your heart pounding, (my skinny daughter saw the doctor about palpitations this week), so you probably need to work on the cause of your stress. I definitely have increased BG at times of stress, raising my base up slightly, but at the points my adrenal is running high, I spike badly irrespective of food consumption, so when I add the extra stress of higher BG on top of the other stuff, it's a vicious circle.

Risking sounding like a boring old fart, but I find a good fast 30 min walk and fresh air after lunch/work, and blocking out the stress with a jigsaw or something on TV that you have to concentrate on helps me decompress and positively affects my BG.

You probably need longer to see if your general BG is rising, or if it was just the recent Doritos/Stress/doritos-stress that has made a difference. But you know the theory, so it should not be hard to get back on track :)
 
It's probably worth checking an old thread about cashews and resistant starch. Some of us found that they are not an issue carbs wise due to this.
 
Mrs HJG said:
@NostalgicNeg don't be disappointed in yourself - as you say, you have had a stressful week, so cut yourself some slack.

Looks like those Doritos would have had about 90g of carbs per pack, and if that's doing your worst, then its not so bad. Nuts are good, protein, fats and low carb and although they are a bit moreish for me, so I weigh out a big packet into separate 25 or 30g portions and try to be strict with myself and only have 1 or 2 a day! I was recommended nuts when I was underweight.

The smaller/slimmer you are, the more you will 'feel' your heart pounding, (my skinny daughter saw the doctor about palpitations this week), so you probably need to work on the cause of your stress. I definitely have increased BG at times of stress, raising my base up slightly, but at the points my adrenal is running high, I spike badly irrespective of food consumption, so when I add the extra stress of higher BG on top of the other stuff, it's a vicious circle.

Risking sounding like a boring old fart, but I find a good fast 30 min walk and fresh air after lunch/work, and blocking out the stress with a jigsaw or something on TV that you have to concentrate on helps me decompress and positively affects my BG.

You probably need longer to see if your general BG is rising, or if it was just the recent Doritos/Stress/doritos-stress that has made a difference. But you know the theory, so it should not be hard to get back on track :)
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Thank you very much for your reply. When my blood sugar levels were particularly high (bordering on diabetic), I was getting tingling in my feet and pains in my toes. This stopped once I was ruthless with my diet. Now it's back and more pronounced than before. Any thoughts on that?
 
Robbity said:
It's probably worth checking an old thread about cashews and resistant starch. Some of us found that they are not an issue carbs wise due to this.
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Interesting! I used to find they had an impact, much to my disappointment. But as so many have said, we are all different!
 
NostalgicNeg said:
Thank you very much for your reply. When my blood sugar levels were particularly high (bordering on diabetic), I was getting tingling in my feet and pains in my toes. This stopped once I was ruthless with my diet. Now it's back and more pronounced than before. Any thoughts on that?
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Afraid this isn't anything I know about - may be that your body got used to the lower carbs so reacts more when your BG goes up? One for the diabetes nurse, but suspect they might not know unless they have seen the exact same before :banghead:
 
Hi NostalgicNeg,

Coming at this from a slightly different angle, because I can read the stress in your OP.

My diabetic doctor once told me (Many a year ago admittedly) that I could and should eat bad things from time to time, like chocolate in moderation, because denying your body these nice things that we crave as humans, will continue build up inside and you will go and splurge on it, as in eating 4 or 5 sittings in one go.

All I am trying to say is that don't beat yourself up so much, we are human after all. Enjoy your Doritos now and again, just in moderation. And nuts are a good choice, much better than candy bars, but even a candy bar now and again is not the end of the world, be a little easier on yourself, it is not just your diabetes you need watch, but also your stress and mental health.

Your doing a great job.
 
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