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Boiled potatoes vs oven chips

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Zosema said:
One of my favourite dinners during the autumn and winter is cottage pie, but from what I've heard/read mashed potato is a complete "no-no" with diabetes. Is this true, am I never again going to have the pleasure of a lovely plate of hot cottage pie with HP sauce?
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Hi Zosema!

Welcome to the forum 🙂

As Katie says, the only way to know for sure is to test for yourself with a BG meter. From what i can gather, chemically potato is very easy to digest, even more so when it has been crushed/partially broken down by mashing. Mashed and jacked potatoes tend to rank very high on GI tables (quite a bit higher than table sugar for example).

But D is a fickle beast. I know it's supposed to be terrible for me, but I seem to be able to cope with mash no problem when accompanied with lots of veg and something high-ish fat - like sausages.

Porridge, on the other hand, despite it's slow release reputation, consistently puts me in the teens if I have it for breakfast.
 
I still eat jacket potatoes as I find with plenty of salad and protein rich tuna or cheese and extra insulin, it is ok for me. I remembered when I was younger I used to scoop out the middle of the potato, mix with a filling with no carbs (usually cheese based because I love the stuff) and then put back in, that way you bulk out the potato and don't need to eat all of the filling. Not sure if that might be ok for you as an occasional treat?
 
Regarding jacket potato, oven chips, when card counting if for example i am having one or the other should i be weighing before cooking or after they have been cooked. Thanks
 
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