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Advice needed reading carbs & fats for type 2.
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Ljc
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Personally I don’t read the fat content . As don’t have any medical need to restrict fats I don’t eat anything that is not normally low fat but I do eat healthy fats rather than the unhealthy ones. Imo the HF of the LCHF regime is a bit of a misnomer, to me it’s just eating a normal amount of good fats rather than a pint or pound of it. I still eat full fat dairy, have cream in my breakfast mug of coffee, eat eggs and a few unsalted nuts.
I use the nutritional label on the back of packs and tins , you will find the fat content of the product their, just like the carbohydrate content is.
With the carbohydrate content , sometimes they give you the amount of carbohydrates when cooked as well as uncooked , I go by the cooked amount.
I hope this helps
As I am on a rapid insulin for meals I need to calculate the amount of carbs for meals.
I use this method. I weigh my portion of whatever food so I can inject the right amount of insulin. So
Let’s say it’s
60 carbs for 100 g of product and I am having 45 g of it.
The math is .
60 divided by 100 then multiply by 45 the total is 27 for that product .
I use the nutritional label on the back of packs and tins , you will find the fat content of the product their, just like the carbohydrate content is.
With the carbohydrate content , sometimes they give you the amount of carbohydrates when cooked as well as uncooked , I go by the cooked amount.
I hope this helps
As I am on a rapid insulin for meals I need to calculate the amount of carbs for meals.
I use this method. I weigh my portion of whatever food so I can inject the right amount of insulin. So
Let’s say it’s
60 carbs for 100 g of product and I am having 45 g of it.
The math is .
60 divided by 100 then multiply by 45 the total is 27 for that product .
Drummer
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Well - if it has 'low fat' on the pack, I don't even bother to pick it up.
For such things as the meat, I tend to buy it un messed about with - chicken as chickens, chicken thighs or legs with the skin on and bone in - pork chops untrimmed, likewise any other slices of meat. The tins of tuna, I chose the 'in brine' rather than 'in oil', simply because I don't like their choice of oils.
For such things as the meat, I tend to buy it un messed about with - chicken as chickens, chicken thighs or legs with the skin on and bone in - pork chops untrimmed, likewise any other slices of meat. The tins of tuna, I chose the 'in brine' rather than 'in oil', simply because I don't like their choice of oils.
rebrascora
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I also avoid low fat foods and eat quite a lot of full fat cheese and nuts and olives and fatty meat. I cook leafy veg in a knob of butter or a dollop of full fat cream cheese. If I am not getting my calories from carbohydrates because my body cannot tolerate them, then I need to get them from an alternative source and fat is the obvious choice. Unless you have some medical condition which means you need to eat low fat then there is no reason to avoid it or eat low fat. Diabetes is in itself not a reason to eat low fat in my opinion despite the health care professionals advice. There is a lot of dispute about the role of fat in the diet and the advice of the past 50+ years to eat low fat to protect from cardiovascular disease may well be flawed. I am personally convinced that this is the case and I am happy to eat more but everyone need to make up their own mind.
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