Carbs - how many in this meal / snack?

[mum2westiesGill]

Hi Gill.

It might be better if you tell us what you think it is and we can tell you if you're right. It may add to your confidence and help you to recognise the things that have carb in or not.🙂

Rob

Okey dokey here goes then
68g carbs in total for the bread
0 for the tuna
5g in total for the mayo

total = 73g carbs

 

[Robster65]

Okey dokey here goes then
68g carbs in total for the bread
0 for the tuna
5g in total for the mayo

total = 73g carbs

I'd have said 0g for the mayo but I don't have a jar to hand.

So for me, it would be a straight 68g.

The point Sue makes about the bread is very important. White bread will raise your BG in an instant. Could you swap it for wholegrain ?

I eat 4 slices without a prob, but wholegrain slows things down a bit.

Rob

 

[mum2westiesGill]

If you can't work that out invest in a calculater
Just a pointer for you though 4 slices of bread will do major damage to your blood sugars that is a lot of startchy carbs in one go 😱

Hi Sue,

I've got the calculator on my pc.
Yeah i know about the bread. White bread is the only bread i like i hate brown bread.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

I'd have said 0g for the mayo but I don't have a jar to hand.

So for me, it would be a straight 68g.

The point Sue makes about the bread is very important. White bread will raise your BG in an instant. Could you swap it for wholegrain ?

I eat 4 slices without a prob, but wholegrain slows things down a bit.

Rob

Cheers Rob for your help & my little lessons here. 🙂
I just was saying to Sue about the wholegrain but i really do hate it.

 

[Robster65]

Sadly, Gill, white bread is one of the worst things you can eat.

It's up to you of course, but there's no way the insulin can match the way it rushes into the bloodstream. You risk a glucose spike which dies away quickly followed by a hypo as the insulin peaks.

Not good for your organs in the long term.

Rob