Tapioca pudding

satkins

Well-Known Member

Messages

137

Type of diabetes

Type 2

• Dec 24, 2016

• #1

Hello. My wife was planning of making home made tapioca pudding for christmas dinner desert. It has 3.5% milk and whipping cream for the liquids. Also using splenda brown sugar to sweeten. Does anyone know what the GI is of the tapioca its self? I will probably have some no matter what but don't want to go overboard.

Thanks.

 

Chook

Expert

Messages

5,095

Location

Yorkshire

Type of diabetes

Type 2

Treatment type

Tablets (oral)

Dislikes

People who think they know everything.

• Dec 24, 2016

• #2

Tapioca is high GI at 85 and has 22 g of carbs per 100g. I used to love tapioca, semolina, rice and other milky puds but my BG absolutely shoots up when I eat any - but you might be different - some of us can tolerate things that others of us can't. Experiment on yourself - take your BG just before eating and then again at 1 hour and then 2 hours after eating. Good luck!

 

Resurgam

Master

Messages

10,202

Location

Dorset, on the south coast of England

Type of diabetes

Treatment type

Diet only

• Dec 24, 2016

• #3

The dry pearls are 88 percent net carb, so I'd be rather careful about serving size.

 

Bluetit1802

Legend

Messages

25,215

Location

Lancashire

Type of diabetes

Treatment type

Diet only

• Dec 24, 2016

• #4

Oh yuk! Just reminds me of primary school dinners. Sorry

 

chalup

Well-Known Member

Messages

1,745

Location

canada

Type of diabetes

Type 2

Treatment type

Other

• Dec 24, 2016

• #5

You might consider chia pudding instead. There are lots of recipes out there for it.

 

D

Deleted member 308541

Guest

• Dec 24, 2016

• #6

Bluetit1802 said:

Oh yuk! Just reminds me of primary school dinners. Sorry

Click to expand...

Same here with school dinners, I remember "Frog Spawn" with great distaste.

Semolina was little better, at least it had a dollop of some jam on it to make it more palatable.