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Nuts

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Hello ppl
i have a question and maybe its a silly one but i dont know the answer and thought you kind ppl could tell me.
is it ok for us to eat nuts and if so what type ,i loooove pistachio nuts,just need some snack ideas for when i get munchies watching a film,baring in mind i do need to lose more weight.
readings were ok today morning 5.3 after tea 5.6 so i,m pleased with them i had spaggetti bolognase last night and reading went up to 7.3.
anyway hope evryones well ta ta for now
jayne x
 
Nuts have carbs (peanuts have more than most, on account of them not being nuts) so it depends how many you want to eat.

All the following are per 100g weight, and are quoted shelled.

Almonds 7g
Brazils 3.1
Cashews 18 roast salted 19
Hazelnuts 6
Pecans 6
Pistachios 8
Walnuts 4.5

Peanuts 12.5 - roast salted 7.1 dry-roasted 10.3
 
Nuts are fine for snacking carb-wise. But if you are anything like me, then you have to be careful with the quantity. I find them to be a complete no-no when trying to lose weight, because I never stick to the recommended 'handful' as a snack ..... I'm a whole pack kinda guy!

Andy 🙂
 
What about the classic cinema-munchies snack food -- popcorn (salted of course)? How many carbs does that typically contain?
 
robert@fm said:
What about the classic cinema-munchies snack food -- popcorn (salted of course)? How many carbs does that typically contain?
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Not certain as I hardly eat the stuff, but someone told me ordinary sweet corn is pretty carb laden.

Can't add to comments already given except to say nuts contain happy fats so you are better with nuts than crips or chips.
 
My understanding is as follows ... according to DAFNE principles, nuts are not to be 'counted' when it comes to taking quick acting insulin - they are effectively 'free snack'. However, as pointed out above, they DO have a carb value and if you go beyond the small handful, experience tells me that they certainly are NOT free snacks. The problem with peanuts/nuts for me - and unsweetened popcorn which again is a DAFNE 'do not bolus' food - is that when I eat them, I eat them watching the TV during the evening - over a couple of hours.

Again, my understanding is that we don't take a bolus for these foods because of their low glycaemic index - slow release of the carbs. Problem is though is that when I eat them at night, before bed and don't take any insulin for them, my BG rises overnight and BINGO - high as a kite (in terms of BG that is), in the morning.

I guess that if you were to eat these foods during the day, you would be aware of BG rises and add a correction factor for regular day time meals - but if you are sound asleep, that just isn't possible, hence the high BGs in the morning.

So.... it seems to me that the way around all this is to increase long acting insulin overnight to take care of these sort of low GI foods or to take a square wave correction bolus if using a pump.

Would be interested to see if anybody agrees with me here.

Alan
 
Alzibiff said:
...So.... it seems to me that the way around all this is to increase long acting insulin overnight to take care of these sort of low GI foods or to take a square wave correction bolus if using a pump.

Would be interested to see if anybody agrees with me here.

Alan
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Hi Alan, I personally wouldn't want to increase long-acting insulin for something as unpredictable as the carbs in nuts - I'm always wary of doing any form of covering carbs or corrections before bed. I seem to be lucky in that I can get through a packet of dry-roasted peanuts most days (spread over the course of the day to stop hunger pangs between meals) without having to consider the carb content, but there is only 14.2g carbs spread over about 10 hours.
 
Northerner said:
Hi Alan, I personally wouldn't want to increase long-acting insulin for something as unpredictable as the carbs in nuts - I'm always wary of doing any form of covering carbs or corrections before bed. I seem to be lucky in that I can get through a packet of dry-roasted peanuts most days (spread over the course of the day to stop hunger pangs between meals) without having to consider the carb content, but there is only 14.2g carbs spread over about 10 hours.
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When I talk about packs of dry roasted peanuts, it's the large packs bought from supermarkets! 🙄

I suspect you're talking about the little ones?

Andy 🙂
 
Andy HB said:
When I talk about packs of dry roasted peanuts, it's the large packs bought from supermarkets! 🙄

I suspect you're talking about the little ones?

Andy 🙂
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Well Alan mentions 14.2g Carb - so I'm guessing that a 100g to 150g pack.
 
Nuts are good for lowering cholesterol as long as you don't eat too many as they very calorific. My doctor suggested I eat a small amount of almonds every day to help lower my cholesterol levels.
 
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