Thank you So normal foods would be better in most cases?Alot of "Diet" products are low fat, but high sugar, those are the ones you have to be extra carefull of. "Sugar Free" is more of a personal choice as some of the sweetners can have advirse side effects in larger amounts and some reports have been made about longer term side effects
These is a question I am struggling with at the moment. Is it better to have the low fat or the normal version of a product such as cheese? A couple of months ago I would have replied automatically go for the low fat. Now I am not so sure. As I need to lose some weight anyway I now tend to go for smaller quantities of the full fat version as this is lower carb, less processed and usually tastes better. But you have to teach yourself to be satisfied with a little of a good thing. I will have to see how my next lipid levels are like though.
These is a question I am struggling with at the moment. Is it better to have the low fat or the normal version of a product such as cheese? A couple of months ago I would have replied automatically go for the low fat. Now I am not so sure. As I need to lose some weight anyway I now tend to go for smaller quantities of the full fat version as this is lower carb, less processed and usually tastes better. But you have to teach yourself to be satisfied with a little of a good thing. I will have to see how my next lipid levels are like though.
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Douglas something is not right with the numbers you quote, you state amount per 100 g of cheese but the total of the numbers you quote ( fat plus protein plus carbs) are 57,3 g for the low fat and 60, 4 g for the full fat. Where have the missing 42,7 g and 39,6g gone. Could it be that the 0,1g you quote is sugar not carbs - it does seem extremely low for cheese.
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I think you should have the cheeses you like. I have some low-fat and some full fat but I like them all. Dutch cheeses such as Edam are naturally fairly low fat. The problem with some 'diabetic' foods is that they have sugar-alcohols e.g. Maltitol instead of sugar but these still have 50% of the sugar carbs and are laxatives.
Omg I never knew that thank youA really simple thing to do is look at the label of whatever you're considering eating. Most labels have a column of numbers called "per 100g" or similar. Look at the Total Carbohydrate number against the "per 100g" column. If its more than 10(ish) be more and more suspect of it the bigger the number you see. Some foods will have 0 carbs so these are generally fine but others can have a very high number and those are the ones to limit or avoid.
On the label ignore the "Of which sugar" numbers as they are pretty meaningless. Sugar is just a type of carbohydrate and its primarily carbs that make BG's rise.
I'm going to test religiously after foods to see what spikes and dosnt it will take a while I think but at least I will he a general idea of what's for me or not! Thank youI look at both.
I know sugar will spike me, so I avoid products with high sugar.
Other things are carbs by nature, but I'm fine with them, so I tend not to avoid them, quinoa is nearly 20g per 100g, but it's a low GI, so I'll still eat it.
Basmati rice is 77g per 100g, but 0.2g sugar, I won't eat a vast amount, but Basmati is generally ok for me again as it's a low GI.
Each to their own, and check with your meter.
I look at both.
I know sugar will spike me, so I avoid products with high sugar.
Other things are carbs by nature, but I'm fine with them, so I tend not to avoid them, quinoa is nearly 20g per 100g, but it's a low GI, so I'll still eat it.
Basmati rice is 77g per 100g, but 0.2g sugar, I won't eat a vast amount, but Basmati is generally ok for me again as it's a low GI.
Each to their own, and check with your meter.
I'm going to test religiously after foods to see what spikes and dosnt it will take a while I think but at least I will he a general idea of what's for me or not! Thank you
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I find ASDA brown basmati rice is the best. Early on after diagnosis I could manage no more than a tablespoon of rice without a serious spike but with the ASDA one I could get to the heady heights of two tablespoons. Later I found that Indian Pilau rice is even better as it's fried rice. I can do 3 to 4 tablespoons of that so roughly a third of a takeaway container. Wouldn't do that more than once or twice a week though.
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