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Bog standard muesli. Currently eating what I have in house . Again surprised and confused . Is their anything I can replace my granola ( horrifically high carbs ) and muesli mix ( I assumed plain muesli would be low )
Lizi's low sugar granola is more like 45g carb per 100g so a saving of a third on the carbs of what you have. But even so you still need to be careful off your portion size. Other than looking on line for Keto muesli or granola you may not find much in the supermarket. Edited to add at a sensible price.
You could always use your muesli mix but add some extra seeds (sunflower, pumpkin and some chopped nuts) to reduce the carbs but obviously that means you need to buy those as extras but they are quite good anyway for adding to salads./
I’m love energy drinks and buy them in bulk from Amazon the last lot are horrendous.So I have one 500ml can sat in front of me and dilute it with water. Even the it’s dodgy but it will last me all day.
No sure where the energy comes from as it has nothing other than salt, unless you haven't shown the whole of the information. No protein, no carbs, no fat, 2 calories. You might as well have a glass of water with a pinch of salt, a lot cheaper.
Lizi's low sugar granola is more like 45g carb per 100g so a saving of a third on the carbs of what you have. But even so you still need to be careful off your portion size. Other than looking on line for Keto muesli or granola you may not find much in the supermarket. Edited to add at a sensible price.
You could always use your muesli mix but add some extra seeds (sunflower, pumpkin and some chopped nuts) to reduce the carbs but obviously that means you need to buy those as extras but they are quite good anyway for adding to salads./
Lidls come up a lot on here. There isn’t one near here and no deliverys. There’s a political forum I go on .Theres a Lidl / Aldi thread and they give heads up on new stock and recommend own brand product.
There’s loads of interesting Keto granola on Amazon bit expensive but I have prime. Looks nice , reduce portions and add to some decent muesli. I really know I’m going on a bit but as I said I was devastated lasted week I’ve now morphed into enthusiastic. Thanks to everyone responses on here seriously
I'm guessing most of us have been through it, naturally it hits harder if living alone as you have no one there to bounce ideas off. Like you I found that meant buying a few items that I later realised weren't best choices.
Hey-ho, we live and learn.
There’s loads of interesting Keto granola on Amazon bit expensive but I have prime. Looks nice , reduce portions and add to some decent muesli. I really know I’m going on a bit but as I said I was devastated lasted week I’ve now morphed into enthusiastic. Thanks to everyone responses on here seriously
I buy Keto Hana granola 9g carb per 100g and as it is quite expensive I mix it 50/50 with the Lizi's low sugar granola 45g carb per 100g so if my maths is correct it ends up at about 26g carb per 100g but I still only have 20g on my full fat Greek yogurt and berries for breakfast.
Right to be honest a waste of time keeping track of what I’m eating I’m lowering the portions but I’m not going to waste the food I have . On the bright side I’m spending quite a lot of time building up my new shopping list for my Sainsbury’s delivery on Thursday. I’m very confident the products I’m receiving will be much healthier,
In a lot of cases I’m getting the same food but the healthier variant like the bread @Felinia mentioned.
Confusion reigns again. Phoned the Diabetes Helpline apparently the Carb tracking is unimportant. Need to keep an eye on sugar,fat and salt. Anything over Fat 17.5 high, Sugar 5% I think it was Salt over 0.03. Potatoes OK, breakfast cereal ok as long as it’s Weetabix, Shredded Wheat. Not doubting one of my friends on here but can anyone explain ?
They agreed with the early diagnosis I’m just into Type 2 territory.
Confusion reigns again. Phoned the Diabetes Helpline apparently the Carb tracking is unimportant. Need to keep an eye on sugar,fat and salt. Anything over Fat 17.5 high, Sugar 5% I think it was Salt over 0.03. Potatoes OK, breakfast cereal ok as long as it’s Weetabix, Shredded Wheat. Not doubting one of my friends on here but can anyone explain ?
They agreed with the early diagnosis I’m just into Type 2 territory.
I'm sorry but the DUK advice is following the standard NHS advice and also there are people with different types of diabetes managed in a number of ways, diet only, diet and various medications and therefore their advice tend to be very generic and maybe is not fully recognising some of the newer thinking that for people who are dietary managed that carb intake is all important.
If you read the introduction in this link to the Freshwell project then it explains why they developed the program and also there are several health authorities who have adopted those principals. Have a look. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
There is a lot to wade through so will try to find one of the ones which is more concise.
Confusion reigns again. Phoned the Diabetes Helpline apparently the Carb tracking is unimportant. Need to keep an eye on sugar,fat and salt. Anything over Fat 17.5 high, Sugar 5% I think it was Salt over 0.03. Potatoes OK, breakfast cereal ok as long as it’s Weetabix, Shredded Wheat. Not doubting one of my friends on here but can anyone explain ?
They agreed with the early diagnosis I’m just into Type 2 territory.
One size does NOT fit all! Yes, it is important to watch sugar, fat and salt. But for Type 2 I'm sure most people on this Forum will say tracking carbs and watching portion sizes of potatoes and cereal IS important. The only way you will know if these items cause a spike in your body is by testing.
It's always good to keep an eye on sugar, fat and salt in foods. However the nhs advice has a very basic lack of logic.
Track sugar consumed - check
Carbs consumed are converted to sugar - and nhs says they are irrelevant (lol).
Since you are just into type 2 territory then fair enough, no need to go super low carb. Keeping an eye on it and reducing portion sizes just seems like a no-brainer to me tho.
Manji- a Pre-diabetic diagnosis is pretty scary, like you say no real info out there, but it certainly looks like this forum is the place to gain knowledge. I too am newly diagnosed, and am also looking for advice….♀️
Part of my confusion. Doing weekly online shop.Working really hard to make sure items are an improvement on last week. Hash browns just an example. You would think they are a no no but they look OK…..
Part of my confusion. Doing weekly online shop.Working really hard to make sure items are an improvement on last week. Hash browns just an example. You would think they are a no no but they look OK…..
But as @s'nic has pointed out, they're not. The traffic light system is of no use if you have diabetes as it doesn't show the one thing that matters to us, the carbs.
I use the traffic lights as a quick guide and I’ve got used to checking the carbs . Anyway I’ve ditched chips, hash brown and similar and upped the veg
As a quick example for me was 4 or 5 sausages , chips or similar with some frozen veg. I’m no cook and never will be. I’ve just found some different sausages with lower ratings, dropped down to 3 a meal so obviously lower portion and as I said upped the veg.
That has to be a significant drop. There’s no way I’m going down the route of measuring portions or blood testing.
This is just me no offence to anyone. I’ve had some awesome advice on here.
Even have avocado spread instead of butter sometimes although that’s damn expensive.
I’m actually using my diabetes as a good thing changing my eating habits will help with my stroke recovery .
I exercise a lot , stroke recovery specific exercises .
Don’t drink , don’t smoke .@s’nic
I use the traffic lights as a quick guide and I’ve got used to checking the carbs . Anyway I’ve ditched chips, hash brown and similar and upped the veg
As a quick example for me was 4 or 5 sausages , chips or similar with some frozen veg. I’m no cook and never will be. I’ve just found some different sausages with lower ratings, dropped down to 3 a meal so obviously lower portion and as I said upped the veg.
That has to be a significant drop. There’s no way I’m going down the route of measuring portions or blood testing.
This is just me no offence to anyone. I’ve had some awesome advice on here.
Even have avocado spread instead of butter sometimes although that’s damn expensive.
I’m actually using my diabetes as a good thing changing my eating habits will help with my stroke recovery .
I exercise a lot , stroke recovery specific exercises .
Don’t drink , don’t smoke .@s’nic
