• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

Thai meals out

LucySW

Well-Known Member
Messages
1,974
Location
Denmark
Type of diabetes
LADA
Treatment type
Insulin
Does anyone have any ideas about why Thai dishes eaten out that oughtn't to contain much carbohydrate in fact do? This happens over and over again. I'm not talking about noodle or rice dishes. Soups, and green/red or other curries of meat and non-starchy veg that ought to have a carb content of 5 to 10 grams a serving.

Anyone have an idea about what's going on?

It's not coconut milk - that's only 3g per 100ml.

I'm getting sick of this.
 
They put loads of sugar in them for some reason.
 
I would have to agree with totto on that -- they will use a lot of sugar to balance out the heat in the dishes.
 
i struggle with thai food as well...as they have four pillars of cooking which includes "sweet", even red/green curries spike my sugar..
 
Last week, I had chicken, broccoli, carrots, cilantro (coriander) and snow peas with a "thick garlic sauce" followed by one of the worst spikes I've had. So glad I didn't eat any of the brown rice. It was delicious, but probably shouldn't have Thai food anymore.
 
Okay. But when I follow my Thai recipes, they tell me to put in a spoon of palm sugar. Not ten spoons ... !!!
 
Hi LucySW
most restaurants use extra sugar , salt , oils , , spices to flavour dishes compared to what we do at home.
it is a right pain in the a** but is also a fact of life.

I always take nearly double the dose of novorapid for a meal out compared to home

in the end it is just getting used to what they do and whether you want to take part in the lifestyle of eating out
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Menu
Log in
Register
Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn More.…