Substituting Bread and Pasta

[Pollylocks]

I have the Accu Chex Aviva Nano but I got my last 50 strips off ebay ( making sure in date) for £16. I am snacking because I am nauseous most of the time, so I eat what I can when I can. Because I am losing weight and don't want to, I might graze a lot. I couldn't possibly afford to strip test absolutely every little thing that goes in my mouth. It's alright saying 'how can you know etc', if you haven't got the money, you haven't got the money. Food and bills come first when you have a family to think of.

Even when I ordered a LCHF recipe book I bought it second hand.

...money for test strips I'e been buying on eBay, money to try out low carb pasta, noodles etc., Livlife bread, £1.99 for a 500g loaf, we're being ripped off.....yes there are good substitutes, but they ARE substitutes.....I still work so I'm okay with it at the moment but retirement beckons sometime soon and I think you're right, if you don't have the money you just don't....

 

[Brunneria]

To stay at those low / normal levels i understand you must eat extremely strictly and deny your selves of many what i would call luxuries. However, speaking from the experience of several other family and friends who have had T1 diabetes almost all of their lives (40 yrs+) (i know diabetes control has improved drastically over those years) and have operated in simalor operation to me. (inject more insulin if you eat more carbs)
These people are still operating fine and had minimal problems over the years.

I know of course we all work and operate differently but im sure some of the (older) and more experienced Type 1's could give their methods in life.

regards

My concern is not about injecting extra to compensate for extra carb consumption. That is simple common sense, and of course that is used by type 1s. Careful use of insulin, keeping BG as low as possible, is exactly what reduces the risks.

The reason I gave that link is because you are deliberately letting your BG rise to levels which, in time, dramatically raise your chances of complications. Now that you know the damage you are doing, you face the decision to act differently, or deal with the consequences. Your choice.

 

[SJC]

To stay at those low / normal levels i understand you must eat extremely strictly and deny your selves of many what i would call luxuries. However, speaking from the experience of several other family and friends who have had T1 diabetes almost all of their lives (40 yrs+) (i know diabetes control has improved drastically over those years) and have operated in simalor operation to me. (inject more insulin if you eat more carbs)
These people are still operating fine and had minimal problems over the years.

I know of course we all work and operate differently but im sure some of the (older) and more experienced Type 1's could give their methods in life.

regards

For what it's worth, I have a friend who has only been diagnosed with diabetes for about three years. It didn't seem to bother her. She has a gung ho approach to what she eats sometimes, eating foods a lot of us on here would avoid. She's on insulin injections but her insulin is being increased regularly as her pancreas struggles to cope. I think she has a notion that everything will be okay because there's always an insulin injection. We are all different.

 

[bonus]

For what it's worth, I have a friend who has only been diagnosed with diabetes for about three years. It didn't seem to bother her. She has a gung ho approach to what she eats sometimes, eating foods a lot of us on here would avoid. She's on insulin injections but her insulin is being increased regularly as her pancreas struggles to cope. I think she has a notion that everything will be okay because there's always an insulin injection. We are all different.

I'm guessing she is a Type1.5 / 2 ? Has she brought / encouraged the diabetes through her lifestyle?

If in the position it sounds like she is in i would definitely be stricter to pro long the life of the part operating pancreas. But once your a T1 theirs no going back.

 

[Belzedar]

Celeriac is very useful I use it in lasagne just layer it as you would the pasta you can par boil it for a quicker cooking time I also use caulii but I just cook it until barely cooked and put my bolegnase on top of a few florets with lots of grated cheese Instead of a pasta bake cook a variety of veg that you like and then mix with whatever pasta sauce that you use(take care with bought sauces they can be quite carby) cover with grated cheese and oven bake until the top is bubbly and brown You can adapt lots of meals it is just a case of thinking outside of the box!! Enjoy the challenge
CAROL

I made a fantastic seafood lasagna last weekend: seafood mix in a white onion sauce with layers of spinach and feta separated by - wait for it - 1/4" slices of eggplant (prebaked in a 150C oven for 15 minutes, flipped over half-way through)

The macronutrients are: 352kCal, 37g protein, 10g net carbs, 9g sat fat for a 354g serving.

I've yet to have success with the courgette faux-pasta, but the eggplant worked nicely.

 

[bonus]

Couple of Questions...

Seafood mix = frozen bag premixed fish or tinned like tuna?

Spinach = like a salad bag of small leaves spread out?

eggplant (i guess your American?) aubergine strips or small pieces?

 

[Spiker]

My personal opinion i know. This is why i once said some people are a little OCD with their levels. What harm will 1 fluctuation do?. Yes, levels for a long period of time that high will do damage i know.

Some people seem extremely restrictive on what they eat and deny themselves of soo much letting diabetes take over their lives far too much.

Why not eat what you want and correct with insulin??

Yes 1 fluctuation is no big deal. But if you are regularly eating bread (or other high glycemic food) regularly, and regularly going up to 15 mmol/L, you are doing cumulative damage to yourself every single time. Every time you go above 10 mmol/L you are putting stress on your kidneys and the cumulative stress will reduce kidney function. That's the path to kidney disease and kidney failure. But any abnormal high blood sugar stresses your entire system and advances the progress of all forms of complications.

 

[f430.enzo]

You can get shirataki pasta noodles and rice from holland and Barretts. They sell under the name slim noodles, rice and pasta. I use them and are great pasta alternative.

 

[donnellysdogs]

Zucchini (courgette) lasagne is better than lasagne with pasta. It is a bit of faffing around with the courgettes, but freezes well and is so yummy.