Fruit flavoured high protein yoghurts.

[everydayupsanddowns]

I'm having Shepherd's Pie for tea tomorrow but I'll top it with mashed cauliflower or mashed celeriac for a fraction of the carbs in mashed potato. I had a ham & cucumber sandwich for lunch today but made it with my wife's GF bread as it's much lower carb than regular bread. Yesterday we had a Bolognese but I had mine with red lentil pasta rather than spaghetti as it's non-grain and lower carb than durum wheat pasta. Simple swaps but they all add up to a big carb saving and keeps me on track for less than 130g carb per day.

These sound like great adaptations @Martin.A

Do you have a glucose meter @snowball12 ? Perhaps you could try an adjusted version of your old menu with a moderate amount of carbs, and use your BG meter to see how your body reacts?

Many T2s on the forum go through a process of checking various staples that they eat regularly, and adjusting them until they only see a rise of 2-3mmol/L from the premeal reading at a follow-up check 2hours later.

If you need to self-fund a meter (many GPs refuse to prescribe them unless you are on hypo-inducing meds) then the Gluco Navii, Spirit Tee2, and Contour Blue are popular choices with relatively low-cost strips.

 

[maryjaneholland]

Packing to go away for weekend and using up last of fresh food supplies and was going to post about yoghurts but @snowball12 beat me to it, so my new approach to managing my diabetes with healthy diet and exercise is not just low sugar low carb diet, but ensuring my digestive system can fully absorb nutrients from healthy foods, as I have damaged my self in the past with long-term use of antibiotics and other prescription meds and periods of chaotic instability (unstable way of life) due to bad housing situations and being homeless and having no access to the NHS, which I feel has led to me developing Type 2 Diabetes and not responding to Metformin due to high stress levels, poor sleep and poor diet... So again, I'm not doctor, this isn't medical advice, but having tried many of the Kefir probiotic drinks and yoghurts, having the reassurance of no added sugar, high protein, immune boosting live cultures, no artificial sweeteners and free info from the Gut Doctor website promoting plant-based healthy diets gives me sense of wellbeing as I'm taking better care of my self, here's some useful links, and I think all supermarkets sell Kefir products but check labels for sugar/carb levels... 😉

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[stephenS50]

I was in my local Lidi recently and saw those same fruit flavoured high protein yogurts..I think the 15 grams of sugar is a bit too excessive so I'd rather make my own.

 

[Leadinglights]

I was in my local Lidi recently and saw those same fruit flavoured high protein yogurts..I think the 15 grams of sugar is a bit too excessive so I'd rather make my own.

The Arla or Brooklea protein yoghurts are 6.6g carb per 100g, accepted that the pot is 200g but I find that too much and only have half a pot so not too bad for a desert.