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rebrascora
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The total carb content is what you are interested in. Those carbs will all get converted to glucose by your digestive system so however many carbs are in the portion of that food you eat, is what you need to count.
rebrascora
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You need to look for the nutritional information which will usually be in tiny print on the side or back of a packet alonf with information on protein and fat and fibre. Ignore the traffic light information on the front of the box or packet as it really isn't any help to us. The total carbohydrate content will be listed in the nutritional info box and it will be expressed as g/100g but may also say how many grams per recommended portion size. So a box of biscuits may say 70g of carbs/100g but an individual biscuit contains 23g carbs.
There will also be information under the total carbs which says "of which sugar". With a biscuit this means the sugar in the biscuit mixture plus any sugar from say currants or sultanas. What you need to remember is that the biscuit will be made from flour and sugar and flour is mostly carbohydrate so your body will break down the flour and sugar and fruit if there is any into glucose and it will be absorbed into your blood stream.... So all these "sugar free" products or low sugar are not necessarily low carb. It is the total carbs which count.
There will also be information under the total carbs which says "of which sugar". With a biscuit this means the sugar in the biscuit mixture plus any sugar from say currants or sultanas. What you need to remember is that the biscuit will be made from flour and sugar and flour is mostly carbohydrate so your body will break down the flour and sugar and fruit if there is any into glucose and it will be absorbed into your blood stream.... So all these "sugar free" products or low sugar are not necessarily low carb. It is the total carbs which count.
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It is definitely the total carbs you should be looking at but whether to buy or not depends on how much you would normally have. If something is 5.2g carb /100g and you eat 100g then that is pretty low carb however if it is 52g carb /100g then that would not be particularly good if the portion your had was 100g but if it is something you only would have 10g of like a dollop of ketchup then it would not be too bad as it would be 5.2g carb.
My doctor has gave me nothing to test myself with.... I've lost almost 2 stone haven't saw a dietician at all ... was given diagnosis and told to get on with it... I've googled everything but now feel I could have lost more with more knowledge...This is getting me so depressed the worry of eating I'm living off fruit and chicken soup and sour dough crackers
Leadinglights
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Absolutely no need to be living off such a restricted diet. There is plenty you can eat which is low carbohydrate, if fact the things you mention could be quite high carb depending on what fruit and if it is home made soup as bought soup I have noticed is quite high carb.
Meat, fish, eggs, cheese, vegetables and salads and berries are all good options. You can still have many meals like curry, chilli and roast dinner by making some substitutions for the high carb components.
This link might help with some meal ideas. https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/
Well done with the weight loss that will be making a difference.
Many people self fund a home glucose monitor as that allows then to take control of managing their diabetes. The GlucoNavii is one with the cheapest test strips available on line. This allows you to test the effect of your meals on your blood glucose levels so you can made good food choices which are things you enjoy and is a way of eating which is sustainable.
What you are having is not, as it is low on protein, healthy fats and vegetables which contain valuable vitamins and minerals.
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I tested my BG, never worried about carbs as such.
what's the newcastle diet... ??
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That is such a shame - we can eat protein and fats and deal with them normally - so meat, fish, eggs, cheese - all fine. I make myself sugar free jelly add berries - usually frozen, that makes the jelly set almost at once, then eat it with cream of full fat yoghurt - or real ice cream.
I know I can eat 40 gm of carb a day and be fine, so I have stir fries, curries made with cauliflower rather than rice, rather than potato I cook swede - it is not at all bad made into bubble and squeak, or baked with cheese.
There really is no need to go hungry, and (for me) the great thing is that I eat such nice things and every few months I need to take in the waistband on all my clothes.
When diagnosed I was just about spherical, so the changing shape is great. I am also regaining my strength - which is lucky as I have gone back to work servicing knitting machines and they had become too heavy for me to move around.
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8 weeks of 800 calorie shakes.
I did a low fat diet for about a year, then did the shake diet to mop it up.
I actually reversed my diabetes that way.
Diet control is another option, but I wanted to get my life back, and a restricted diet wouldn't have worked for me.
But it's definitely an option if things fall apart in the future.
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