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Houmous and peanut butter

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Sharron1

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The subject title says it all. Those two are my weakness . I have managed to ditch chocolate, biscuits, bread, cakes, pasta, potatoes but houmous and peanut butter, well they are my downfall. I have tried to ration them but like a homing pigeon there I am with a spoon in hand diving into the houmous tub and peanut butter (smooth) jar. Hey ho.
 
I don’t see the problem with these foods? If your concern is that you feel out of control around them you could stop buying them though.
 
I have mostly given up on hummus as I digest more carbs from peas and beans than they are supposed to contain so it spikes me but crunchy peanut butter is definitely now one of my comfort foods and I dip the spoon into the jar to have with half a square of 70% dark chocolate..... I usually break the half square in half and have a spoon of peanut butter with each quarter square, just to bulk the treat out and make it last longer and be more satisfying. :D
 
Sharron1 said:
The subject title says it all. Those two are my weakness . I have managed to ditch chocolate, biscuits, bread, cakes, pasta, potatoes but houmous and peanut butter, well they are my downfall. I have tried to ration them but like a homing pigeon there I am with a spoon in hand diving into the houmous tub and peanut butter (smooth) jar. Hey ho.
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We need form a group. I've got the same addiction. A whole 1kg of peanut butter appears to have disappeared in a rather short period of time. Add some dark chocolate and I'm in heaven.
 
harbottle said:
We need form a group. I've got the same addiction. A whole 1kg of peanut butter appears to have disappeared in a rather short period of time. Add some dark chocolate and I'm in heaven.
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Hilarious. Like you I can go through a jar in days. I am trying to control it but not buying the stuff won't happen ( although it is by far the most sensible plan).
 
Oooh, peanut butter by the spoonful! Ihave to limit myself to an occasional jar. (same with dark chocolate, once I've got through the amount I bought with the weekly shop, I steel myself not to 'top up' if I have to go out for a quick top up of other food.
 
I manage this addiction by not buying the houmous. It's too filling!
 
I can't believe there was a time when hummus was a weird thing only enjoyed (in the UK) by hippies. It is definitely a major part of my diet.
Peanut butter is good but it must be crunchy with no added oil. I rarely eat it by the spoonful as I find it too drying.
 
And I was wondering what to have for lunch!
Reading this answers that question. Two of my favourites as well.
 
I just made some hummus from scratch - good job I've got a chopper/shredder/blender thingy on my Braun stick thingy.

Toast a decent amount of sesame seeds by stirring them in a small pan until they are browned. Chuck in blender and blend them. Add some oil (I used light veg rather than olive because that is what I had) and blend until it is as smooth as you want it. Voilà... Tahini.

Get a can of chick peas.... OK not totally from scratch... and blend them. Bung in some of the tahini and the juice of a lemon and blend it and voilà, basic hummus. Took half of it and blended in some chopped garlic and a some falafel spice mix and voilà.... Morrocan spiced hummus. The other half I'll probably really spice up - got some fresh chillies in the fridge or maybe go for the Ras-el-hanut mix.

I know exactly what is in it, can mess about with different spices and favourings. Have go!
 
Docb said:
good job I've got a chopper/shredder/blender thingy on my Braun stick thingy
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My sort of technical language @Docb
Sounds excellent. My week to cook next week so this is on the list.
 
So here’s me thinking I can’t have peanut butter because of high sugar content. Sounds as though its ok in small doses. I’m at risk of type 2 diabetes with reading of 46 and following a low carb diet of under 130 per day. Lost over half a stone and don’t want to loose anymore. I do get hungry as have a healthy appetite and am fairly active. So can I have peanut butter in small doses.
 
I think the whole diabetes advice needs rethinking as I’m relatively new to this and to me all we hear is to cut down on sugar. When it should be more about the carbs because when I look at packaging what is 0.5 sugars is packed with carbs so very misleading unless you come on a forum like this and get advice from people on here . Even the nurses at GPs to me don’t really push this enough and it makes it all the more confusing.
 
Theo said:
So here’s me thinking I can’t have peanut butter because of high sugar content. Sounds as though its ok in small doses. I’m at risk of type 2 diabetes with reading of 46 and following a low carb diet of under 130 per day. Lost over half a stone and don’t want to loose anymore. I do get hungry as have a healthy appetite and am fairly active. So can I have peanut butter in small doses.
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Peanut butter is fine. It's also high in good fats and fibre. My hba1c was 83 at diagnosis and I eat loads of peanut butter. Avoid the ones with added sugar, just get ones with nothing but peanuts (Or pip and nut, which has a bit of salt added to add some more flavour.)

ALDI do 1kg tubs that are very good value and tasty.
 
Theo said:
So here’s me thinking I can’t have peanut butter because of high sugar content. Sounds as though its ok in small doses. I’m at risk of type 2 diabetes with reading of 46 and following a low carb diet of under 130 per day. Lost over half a stone and don’t want to loose anymore. I do get hungry as have a healthy appetite and am fairly active. So can I have peanut butter in small doses.
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Some peanut butter does have sugar in it but there are many that do not so look carefully at the nutritional info before you buy.
There are some other nut butters as well but usually more expensive. Cashew, almond, hazelnut are one I have seen.
 
Well not the "whole" D advice, just the NHS and its practicioners!! I agree with you in principle though. There was a big initiative within the NHS some 25+ years ago about healthy eating and much of that initiative was misguided then and simply wrong now, but many NHS staff only remember that misguided process and mistakenly cling to that process. Deep within the NHS there is a sound understanding that carbs are at the heart of causing excess blood glucose. This particularly applies to c. 90% of all diabetes diagnoses, ie T2s (yes I know this too simplistic!). But conveying that message is difficult without rigorous updating and training, along with updated digital and paper messages .... That said we frequently hear that newly diagnosed diabetic people have come away from that first face to face or phone call diagnosis with a message to avoid sugars. I do wonder whether people have heard their "blood sugars are too high" rather than their blood glucose and then, inevitably their focus is towards the word sugar and that vital understanding that all sugars are actually carbs and each type of sugar is its own type of glucose; likewise all carbs get metabolised into glucose and this message gets lost.

I was going to reply to your previous comment, but @harbottle and @Leadinglights have got there before me. It is essential with most foods to examine the small print on the back of packaging and avoid those foods that have added sugar (usually as part of the excessive processing of what should be natural foods); certainly with peanut butter and, alas, so many other foods this is the case. I appreciate that you already know this, but I make the observation for any reader who hasn't fully got this message. The nutritional comments in large print on the front of all packaging are no use to those of us who must know the carb content.
 
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Well not the "whole" D advice, just the NHS and its practicioners!! I agree with you in principle though. There was a big initiative within the NHS some 25+ years ago about healthy eating and much of that initiative was misguided then and simply wrong now, but many NHS staff only remember that misguided process and mistakenly cling to that process. Deep within the NHS there is a sound understanding that carbs are at the heart of causing excess blood glucose. This particularly applies to c. 90% of all diabetes diagnoses, ie T2s (yes I know this too simplistic!). But conveying that message is difficult without rigorous updating and training, along with updated digital and paper messages .... That said we frequently hear that newly diagnosed diabetic people have come away from that first face to face or phone call diagnosis with a message to avoid sugars. I do wonder whether people have heard their "blood sugars are too high" rather than their blood glucose and then, inevitably their focus is towards the word sugar and that vital understanding that all sugars are actually carbs and each type of sugar is its own type of glucose; likewise all carbs get metabolised into glucose and this message gets lost.

I was going to reply to your previous comment, but @harbottle and @Leadinglights have got there before me. It is essential with most foods to examine the small print on the back of packaging and avoid those foods that have added sugar (usually as part of the excessive processing of what should be natural foods); certainly with peanut butter and, alas, so many other foods this is the case. I appreciate that you already know this, but I make the observation for any reader who hasn't fully got this message. The nutritional comments in large print on the front of all packaging are no use to those of us who must know the carb content.
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I do have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about the term 'blood sugar' and advise to people to cut out 'sugars' as I'm sure it does lead to misapprehension, as we have seen many times here.
 
I was misled after talking to the diabetic nurse . As good as my gp practice is I still found myself reading the sugar content rather than carbs. Until I joined this forum and found it very informative. Now I’m obsessed with carbs and find myself weighing everything. Would really like to know if all my hard work has paid off as been following my diet since January. If harbottle is anything to go by with such a big drop in only 3 months. Just that they said to see what it is at my next annual blood test next January.
 
Theo said:
I was misled after talking to the diabetic nurse . As good as my gp practice is I still found myself reading the sugar content rather than carbs. Until I joined this forum and found it very informative. Now I’m obsessed with carbs and find myself weighing everything. Would really like to know if all my hard work has paid off as been following my diet since January. If harbottle is anything to go by with such a big drop in only 3 months. Just that they said to see what it is at my next annual blood test next January.
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When people are diagnosed with diabetes then they are usually offered a test after 3 months to make sure that the measures adopted have been working. You could always ask for a test as it would not be unreasonable after 6 months.
The other option is to get a home testing blood glucose monitor which although doesn't give you an Hba1C does allow you to check progress on a day to day, week to week basis to make sure you are keeping on track.
Inexpensive ones can be bought on line, the GlucoNavii, TEE2 and Contour Blue seem to have the cheaper strips at the moment.
 
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