Bread Advice !

[Taffyboyslim]

Best readily available bread for us ?

I KNOW we need to avoid or restrict bread ......I am doing well on cutting out the chips , rice and pasta that got me here in the first place

Apart from baking your own or paying extortionate money for zero bread .....which tastes awful ......can you guys who do eat bread SENSIBLY .....suggest brands that can be fairly easily found at all the regular supermarkets ?

Nimble I can get from Asdas ......its not too bad but what else is out there ?

Thank you

 

[Leadinglights]

Best readily available bread for us ?

I KNOW we need to avoid or restrict bread ......I am doing well on cutting out the chips , rice and pasta that got me here in the first place

Apart from baking your own or paying extortionate money for zero bread .....which tastes awful ......can you guys who do eat bread SENSIBLY .....suggest brands that can be fairly easily found at all the regular supermarkets ?

Nimble I can get from Asdas ......its not too bad but what else is out there ?

Thank you

You may have to trawl though the shop websites and check the carb content of the breads they have, Be careful to compare like with like per 100g as slice sizes may vary though it will often say per slice as well.
Some of the seeded breads are lower in carbs.
I don't buy bread as my other half makes our bread but uses small loaf tins so the slice is smaller.

 

[grovesy]

Some people seem to have different preferences and tolerances to different breads.

 

[Felinia]

I get a Warburtons 400gm medium sliced wholemeal loaf with no added sugar. It's 8.9gm carbs a slice.

 

[Deb_l]

I used to buy Morrisons whole meal which is 38g per 100g carbs. High but not as high as some bread. The only other one I bought was Warburtons low sugar which had the same carb content (think it was Warburtons).

I’ve stopped buying bread altogether now as I was eating so little of it anyway, I was wasting most of the loaf.

 

[Taffyboyslim]

Bought some low carb wraps today , substantially lower in carbs than most bread I have looked at

 

[Tdm]

A bread called hi lo. Its about 15g carbs per 100 and, unlike some low carb breads, actually tastes like bread, and somes in small loaves which means less per slice than a full sized loaf which may also help reduce carbs per serving...think you can get it sainsburys.

You can make lots of 'breads' that are low carb but they are generally slightly slimy or weird in some way, and not very bready.

Or you could get a micro bread taste by making crutons for soup....

 

[Freddy2020]

Best readily available bread for us ?

I KNOW we need to avoid or restrict bread ......I am doing well on cutting out the chips , rice and pasta that got me here in the first place

Apart from baking your own or paying extortionate money for zero bread .....which tastes awful ......can you guys who do eat bread SENSIBLY .....suggest brands that can be fairly easily found at all the regular supermarkets ?

Nimble I can get from Asdas ......its not too bad but what else is out there ?

Thank you

I have to be really careful with bread and the only one I've found that doesn't send me sky high is Jackson's. I really like their sliced seeded loaf. I make bread every other day for my husband but sadly I usually have to avoid it. Good for treating a hypo tho

 

[Inka]

Yes, bread is good for follow-up long-lasting carbs after a hypo, but no good for treating the actual hypo, which needs glucose or jelly babies, etc.

 

[Freddy2020]

Yes, bread is good for follow-up long-lasting carbs after a hypo, but no good for treating the actual hypo, which needs glucose or jelly babies, etc.

Well yes, I obv know that .

 

[rebrascora]

Well yes, I obv know that .

When we post something on the forum, a lot of other people read it and it is very easy for someone to pick up a bit of misinformation from something somebody wrote but didn't mean it the way they wrote it and the old fashioned advice was to eat a slice of bread and jam to treat a hypo, which is really not fast enough acting, so it would be easy for someone to see your post and think that bread was a good treatment for a hypo in the first instance which it isn't.
@Inka was just clarifying that for anyone else reading this thread, perhaps tomorrow or maybe even 5 years from now, rather than risk someone misinterpreting it or indeed we get some people who still think that bread and jam is an appropriate hypo treatment.

 

[Freddy2020]

When we post something on the forum, a lot of other people read it and it is very easy for someone to pick up a bit of misinformation from something somebody wrote but didn't mean it the way they wrote it and the old fashioned advice was to eat a slice of bread and jam to treat a hypo, which is really not fast enough acting, so it would be easy for someone to see your post and think that bread was a good treatment for a hypo in the first instance which it isn't.
@Inka was just clarifying that for anyone else reading this thread, perhaps tomorrow or maybe even 5 years from now, rather than risk someone misinterpreting it or indeed we get some people who still think that bread and jam is an appropriate hypo treatment.

Yes, I get that but bread works for me with jam to treat a hypo. We're all different, there's no one size fits all with T1.

 

[Lurcher67]

Best readily available bread for us ?

I KNOW we need to avoid or restrict bread ......I am doing well on cutting out the chips , rice and pasta that got me here in the first place

Apart from baking your own or paying extortionate money for zero bread .....which tastes awful ......can you guys who do eat bread SENSIBLY .....suggest brands that can be fairly easily found at all the regular supermarkets ?

Nimble I can get from Asdas ......its not too bad but what else is out there ?

Thank you

I tried a couple of these low carb breads (hi lo, was one I think ) but now eat Lidl wholewheat which is quite thin and about 15 carbs a slice.
I used to eat a lot of bread and toast, but rarely eat it now so the cheap wholemeal, I find ok for a sandwich or a slice with a bowl of soup is ok, now and then.It can work out expensive if you don’t eat it often and end up chucking half of it away to save a couple of carbs, plus it often doesn’t taste too great.
Best to test your reaction to whatever you eat as this will probably allow you to eat some foods that you think are off limits. I recently had a bowl of porridge after avoiding that and it didn’t raise my BG level whereas potatoes, pasta and rice always do unless in quite small portions.

 

[Taffyboyslim]

I tried a couple of these low carb breads (hi lo, was one I think ) but now eat Lidl wholewheat which is quite thin and about 15 carbs a slice.
I used to eat a lot of bread and toast, but rarely eat it now so the cheap wholemeal, I find ok for a sandwich or a slice with a bowl of soup is ok, now and then.It can work out expensive if you don’t eat it often and end up chucking half of it away to save a couple of carbs, plus it often doesn’t taste too great.
Best to test your reaction to whatever you eat as this will probably allow you to eat some foods that you think are off limits. I recently had a bowl of porridge after avoiding that and it didn’t raise my BG level whereas potatoes, pasta and rice always do unless in quite small portions.

Lidl wholewheat ?

 

[Lurcher67]

Hi Taffyboyslim, Lidl is my local supermarket. There is probably other similar bread available. The one I eat is Simply medium sliced wholemeal, 13g carbs per slice.

 

[snowball12]

I get a Warburtons 400gm medium sliced wholemeal loaf with no added sugar. It's 8.9gm carbs a slice.

Me too, it's really nice, hubby days it too!

 

[Taffyboyslim]

Hi Taffyboyslim, Lidl is my local supermarket. There is probably other similar bread available. The one I eat is Simply medium sliced wholemeal, 13g carbs per slice.
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Hi is that low carb ?

 

[Lurcher67]

Me too, it's really nice, hubby days it too!

I will have to look out for that one

 

[Lurcher67]

I guess it isn’t if Warburtons is only 8.9 carbs a slice. I can manage a couple of slices of this without a large rise in BG so I don’t bother looking for specialised low carb bread. I will look out for the Warburtons one, most bread I have looked at is around 15-17 carbs per slice. I am still learning and trying to find out what works for me.

 

[Taffyboyslim]

Hi Taffyboyslim, Lidl is my local supermarket. There is probably other similar bread available. The one I eat is Simply medium sliced wholemeal, 13g carbs per slice.

I guess it isn’t if Warburtons is only 8.9 carbs a slice. I can manage a couple of slices of this without a large rise in BG so I don’t bother looking for specialised low carb bread. I will look out for the Warburtons one, most bread I have looked at is around 15-17 carbs per slice. I am still learning and trying to find out what works for me.

Me too lurcher I know what you mean