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10g of houmous is 1,4g for what it's worth (@ around £1/100g), tuna shows zero carbs and a lot of protein and a tin of Morrison's savers tuna chunks is 80p.

I know you're not asking for 0 carb options, but protein is weight gain (in general) so could be worth tasting (unless you don't like tuna)
 
Alison54321 said:
Food is lovely, what happened to create a fear of it?
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I was diagnosed with diabetic macular oedema a month after the type 1 diagnosis, a fellow type 1 then said the oedema was all my fault as I had been eating carbs and still was, that installed a huge fear of carbs :'( xx
 
You will need weighing scales and small volume measures to achieve this degree of precision. CHJO = carhohydrate.
For example, 10 g of chia seeds gives you 1.5.g CHO, similarly, 2g of a drinking chocolate provides 1.5 g CHO,
12 mls of Heinz Tomato ketchup (Less Added Sugar and Salt variety gives 1.5 g CHO, 166 g of organic black sesame seeds provides 1.5 g CHO, 1/3 of a single square of Lindt's Premium Dark Dessert Chocolate is 1.5 g CHO, 68 mls of Vitasoy Soy milk = 1.5 g CHO. Need I say more ! Good luck.
 
kaylz91 said:
I was diagnosed with diabetic macular oedema a month after the type 1 diagnosis, a fellow type 1 then said the oedema was all my fault as I had been eating carbs and still was, that installed a huge fear of carbs :'( xx
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That's very unhelpful. Yes, complications are a result of poor blood glucose management, but, and this is an important but, some people just seem to be more susceptible to complications than others, which is unfair, but reality. I have been quite lucky, I have had periods of very bad control, but no complications, where other people who have had better control than me, have been less fortunate.

Yes, we can minimise complications, by careful blood glucose control, but that is easier for some than others. Blame is very unhelpful in this.

Food is interesting. Food that is high in nutrients is good for the body, and assists the healing process. So all food, and all carbs aren't equal.

I'll have a look later, for you, and see if I can find which nutrients are most beneficial to eye health, and then we can have a look at what food you can eat that will be most beneficial for you. I need to do a few things just now, but I'll have a search this afternoon.

You can't stop eating, but what you want to do is eat food that is most beneficial for you. Bearing in mind the cost issues for you.
 
Alison54321 said:
That's very unhelpful. Yes, complications are a result of poor blood glucose management, but, and this is an important but, some people just seem to be more susceptible to complications than others, which is unfair, but reality. I have been quite lucky, I have had periods of very bad control, but no complications, where other people who have had better control than me, have been less fortunate.

Yes, we can minimise complications, by careful blood glucose control, but that is easier for some than others. Blame is very unhelpful in this.

Food is interesting. Food that is high in nutrients is good for the body, and assists the healing process. So all food, and all carbs aren't equal.

I'll have a look later, for you, and see if I can find which nutrients are most beneficial to eye health, and then we can have a look at what food you can eat that will be most beneficial for you. I need to do a few things just now, but I'll have a search this afternoon.

You can't stop eating, but what you want to do is eat food that is most beneficial for you. Bearing in mind the cost issues for you.
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If you don't mind, if you do get back to me could we do it through pm?
The consultant says I'm just extremely unlucky as the diagnosis's were just a month apart so there's nothing I could've done as I didn't know I was diabetic xx
 
kaylz91 said:
If you don't mind, if you do get back to me could we do it through pm?
The consultant says I'm just extremely unlucky as the diagnosis's were just a month apart so there's nothing I could've done as I didn't know I was diabetic xx
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Ok, that's fine, I'll pm you later.
 
Mikado Milk Chocolate Biscuits, Each stick works out at 1.54g
 
One Mcvitie Rich Tea Biscuit is proximately 6 gm carbs so one quarter of a rich tea biscuit should be about 1.5 gm of carbs.

Edit to add thats if it's humanly possible to eat just one quarter of a rich tea biscuit.:)
 
kaylz91 said:
I was diagnosed with diabetic macular oedema a month after the type 1 diagnosis, a fellow type 1 then said the oedema was all my fault as I had been eating carbs and still was, that installed a huge fear of carbs :'( xx
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Oh gawd, you may have been unable to deal with carbs before diagnosis but it doesn’t follow that the oedema was all your fault - whoever said that has a few logic screws and a whole lot of empathy matter missing! How could it have been your fault? Before diagnosis you didn’t know you were T1, and therefore didn’t know that your bs were high or the effects of that.
If you were anything like I was before diagnosis then you were constantly hungry - before DKA set in.
After diagnosis carbs can be managed.
Time to ditch the guilt. And the fear. There’s no basis for it IMO.
I’m so sad that you had an experience like that ☹️
 
Fairygodmother said:
Oh gawd, you may have been unable to deal with carbs before diagnosis but it doesn’t follow that the oedema was all your fault - whoever said that has a few logic screws and a whole lot of empathy matter missing! How could it have been your fault? Before diagnosis you didn’t know you were T1, and therefore didn’t know that your bs were high or the effects of that.
If you were anything like I was before diagnosis then you were constantly hungry - before DKA set in.
After diagnosis carbs can be managed.
Time to ditch the guilt. And the fear. There’s no basis for it IMO.
I’m so sad that you had an experience like that ☹️
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I still am constantly hungry as with the psychological issues with food I'm not really eating enough xx
 
kaylz91 said:
I still am constantly hungry as with the psychological issues with food I'm not really eating enough xx
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Can you maybe begin carefully, with one thing at a time? You could monitor how your insulin ratio covers it and whether you need to adjust. When you’ve got it sussed then you could add another food.
Have you got carbs and Cals? It helps when doing all the calculations.
Try it? And Bon Voyage! It’ll be like setting off on an almost risk-free voyage of discovery.
 
Fairygodmother said:
Can you maybe begin carefully, with one thing at a time? You could monitor how your insulin ratio covers it and whether you need to adjust. When you’ve got it sussed then you could add another food.
Have you got carbs and Cals? It helps when doing all the calculations.
Try it? And Bon Voyage! It’ll be like setting off on an almost risk-free voyage of discovery.
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I really cant, I've tried and I just panic and shake, its far too upsetting to deal with xx
 
Have you discussed this with health professionals? Maybe some help’s needed to make your life less fearful. Hug.
 
Fairygodmother said:
Have you discussed this with health professionals? Maybe some help’s needed to make your life less fearful. Hug.
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I was referred to see a psychologist but I had to turn the sessions down as I'm not strong enough and have travel problems with the 6 hour round journey every fortnight xx
 
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