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Salad and vegetables

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snowball12 said:
How on God's green earth do I survive low carb diet when I hate salad and vegetables arrgghh. Does this mean I will lose limbs etc.
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Maybe being more open minded about ways to cook them or eat raw and find ways of incorporating into other dishes.
Thinking about what it is you dislike about them, flavour, texture as you can add spices or herbs or smother with cheese or tomato sauce.
 
snowball12 said:
How on God's green earth do I survive low carb diet when I hate salad and vegetables arrgghh. Does this mean I will lose limbs etc.
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Have you tried every possible vegetable cooked in every possible way? If no then try more food, try different ways of cooking them. You really do need to find some veg you like as part of a healthy diet, but if you can’t, is low carb really for you? You don’t have to low carb you know.
 
Lucyr said:
Have you tried every possible vegetable cooked in every possible way? If no then try more food, try different ways of cooking them. You really do need to find some veg you like as part of a healthy diet, but if you can’t, is low carb really for you? You don’t have to low carb you know.
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Really, I thought you had to follow a low carb diet when you are type 2. I only like carrots,parsnip and peas, oh and parsnips, not the ideal veg I know
 
snowball12 said:
Really, I thought you had to follow a low carb diet when you are type 2. I only like carrots,parsnip and peas, oh and parsnips, not the ideal veg I know
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If you are trying to reduce blood glucose by diet then the logical thing (seems to me anyway) that you reduce the type of foods, carbohydrates that convert to glucose otherwise you are likely to need more and more medication to keep blood glucose at a level where you will avoid the unpleasant consequences of prolonged high blood glucose.
I like the analogy of having an overflowing sink (high blood glucose) that you can bail the water out (take meds) but unless you turn the tap off (reduce carbs) then the sink will continue to over flow.
Some people find a very low calorie approach works for them but whatever way you choose has to be sustainable and become a new way of eating for life.
 
snowball12 said:
Really, I thought you had to follow a low carb diet when you are type 2. I only like carrots,parsnip and peas, oh and parsnips, not the ideal veg I know
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You don’t have to follow a low carb diet, you could choose a different diet. A plant based diet has been shown to reduce insulin resistance. You could do the Newcastle diet for a short period of time to try and achieve remission and then have a normal diet after. You could increase medication to manage a higher carb diet. You could increase exercise to reduce the impact of the carbs. You could do a combination of several of the above.

Whoever told you the only solution to managing T2 diabetes is a low carb diet was lying.
 
snowball12 said:
How on God's green earth do I survive low carb diet when I hate salad and vegetables arrgghh. Does this mean I will lose limbs etc.
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If you don't like them, then don't eat them. Simples.
Are you sure you wouldn't like swede mashed with cream or butter, and a couple of eggs and then fried in bacon fat, or with cheese mixed in, heaped on top and baked to a light tan in the oven?
 
Drummer said:
If you don't like them, then don't eat them. Simples.
Are you sure you wouldn't like swede mashed with cream or butter, and a couple of eggs and then fried in bacon fat, or with cheese mixed in, heaped on top and baked to a light tan in the oven?
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Lovely suggestion and thank you for it but I have been lactose intolerant since childhood. I do like some lactose free products but not the cheese or the cream. I don't eat veg and salad which I hate. I was just getting very hungry all the time
 
Lucyr said:
You don’t have to follow a low carb diet, you could choose a different diet. A plant based diet has been shown to reduce insulin resistance. You could do the Newcastle diet for a short period of time to try and achieve remission and then have a normal diet after. You could increase medication to manage a higher carb diet. You could increase exercise to reduce the impact of the carbs. You could do a combination of several of the above.

Whoever told you the only solution to managing T2 diabetes is a low carb diet was lying.
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I will check out the Newcastle diet. Thank you
 
the mashed swede is really nice, i generally just use a splash of soya milk to make it creamier

if you are vegetarian both tofu and tempeh are quite nice
if you aren't then you have a wide selection of meats and fish which are obviously low in carbs

im either having a tofu curry or tempeh with roasted veg and sweet potato mash this evening.
 
Have you tried roasting the veg @snowball12? I wasn't a veggie fan when diagnosed but I eat them regardless and have even become quite fond of broccoli! 😳 But my favourite way of cooking them is to burn them to within an inch of their lives in the oven with a little olive oil
 
I just can't cope with cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower etc. The smell is awful lol
 
Leadinglights said:
If you are trying to reduce blood glucose by diet then the logical thing (seems to me anyway) that you reduce the type of foods, carbohydrates that convert to glucose otherwise you are likely to need more and more medication to keep blood glucose at a level where you will avoid the unpleasant consequences of prolonged high blood glucose.
I like the analogy of having an overflowing sink (high blood glucose) that you can bail the water out (take meds) but unless you turn the tap off (reduce carbs) then the sink will continue to over flow.
Some people find a very low calorie approach works for them but whatever way you choose has to be sustainable and become a new way of eating for life.
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Totally agree with you. I understand completely what needs to be done but I am struggling. Since I was in hospital over Christmas I can't control my sugars. I had one slice of wholemeal toast with flora this morning at 8.30. Only drank one cup of tea and three glasses of water. Just taken reading and my glucose is 14.4. So depressed
 
I am on medication. 4 x 500g Metformin and 160mg glicazide which has been increased to 240 mg at clinic this week due to horrendous Hba1c results!!!! I am 12 stone and 5 ft tall and 58 years old. Hard to lose weight with my antidepressants
 
snowball12 said:
Totally agree with you. I understand completely what needs to be done but I am struggling. Since I was in hospital over Christmas I can't control my sugars. I had one slice of wholemeal toast with flora this morning at 8.30. Only drank one cup of tea and three glasses of water. Just taken reading and my glucose is 14.4. So depressed
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I would have had a similar, possibly even higher response to eating bread.
 
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