Been Naughty

[happydog]

We grow our own strawberries. As my husband has been in hospital until a couple of days ago there has been no one around to eat them so I have given lots away. However, temptation has got the better of me and I have been having 5 or 6 each day. Can't say that they seem to have increased the BG but I guess I will find out when I have my next HbA1c. I can't say that I feel very contrite and freshly picked strawberries are delicious. I guess I am just a naughty but happy dog! 🙂 My doctor friend tells me not to fret provided that I am below 7 before meals and 8.5 two hours after, we will see.

 

[Amigo]

I wouldn't have a single concern about half a dozen strawberries happydog and I'd be amazed if they had a single impact on your Hba1c test.

1 small (1" dia) 0.54 g - carb
1 medium (1-1/4" dia) 0.92 g - carb
1 large (1-3/8" dia) 1.38 g - carb
1 extra large (1-5/8" dia) 2.07 g - carb

Even if you've had 6 large ones, it's not even the equivalent of a slice of bread in carb content (and they're good for you!).

Glad you're husband is out of hospital now.

 

[mikeyB]

I had strawberries and cream yesterday, without adding extra insulin from the bolus I'd had for the main meal - I hadn't planned on the strawberries- but they disappeared quite cheerfully into that bolus without overly affecting my reading two hours later.

So I bought some more today.

 

[Hazel]

I can eat a punnet at a time with no adverse effect. Love them

 

[mikeyB]

Good for you, Hazel. Diabetes would be a cruel disease indeed if you couldn't eat a punnet of good Scottish strawberries.🙂

 

[pav]

I had some last week for a change a rare and nice treat with no adverse effect, did spread eating them over several days though.

 

[khskel]

I'm making the most of the strawbs. A good fruit for us.

 

[Drummer]

I eat quite a few of them with extra thick cream, after dinner, and they do put up my levels by a tiny amount, but a mere flicker.
They have restarted my weightloss and my last blood test couldn't be better as far as I'm concerned.

 

[trophywench]

Love em - and need a reasonable amount so it works out neatly to convenient bolus doses LOL

Course - the ice cream with them most likely cancels out any good the strawberries might do me! (and absolutely needs bolusing for)

 

[Ljc]

I love strawbs. They taste oh so naughty but my BGs love them.

 

[Stitch147]

I also love strawberries, its one of the few fruits that I can eat.

 

[Copepod]

I'm getting a few strawberries and blackcurrants each day now, enough for a handful with my cereal, yogurt and linseed mix each morning. In bad timing, I need to take my cat to stay with my parents, so that's a weekend away from home, then back home for 2 nights, then working in Scotland until the next Sunday. Hope to find some berries in the Trossachs!

 

[Stitch147]

I like a nice bowl of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries covered in fresh cream. Yummy yum yum.

 

[Grannylorraine]

I eat strawberries most days as part of my breakfast.

 

[Lilian]

Strawberries are one of the lower carb fruits. Most berries are. If you eat them with cream the fat helps to stop any spike there maybe and therefore it will have little or no effect on your BG at all. Berries and cream are one of the pro's of low carb eating. Obviously I do not mean sit and eat dozens and dozens of them or pints and pints of cream.

 

[Drummer]

Having berries with a high carb cereal in the morning might not be the best option - insulin resistance tends to drop during the day.

 

[Browser]

My 'go to' dessert just now is a small slice of warmed through banana bread ( homemade with almond flour and chopped walnuts), a good handful of strawberries and single cream or Greek yoghurt. Delicieux!!! .......... and quite BG friendly.

 

[grovesy]

Having berries with a high carb cereal in the morning might not be the best option - insulin resistance tends to drop during the day.

Alot on here have thier berries with yogurt for breakfast not necessarily ceral. Some find they can tolerate some cerals for breakfast.