• Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
  • We seem to be having technical difficulties with new user accounts. If you are trying to register please check your Spam or Junk folder for your confirmation email. If you still haven't received a confirmation email, please reach out to our support inbox: support.forum@diabetes.org.uk

Cheese

Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
macabee

macabee

Well-Known Member
Relationship to Diabetes
Type 2
OK so I fancied some cheese, after all I'm only human.

I bought some mature low fat Cheddar cheese, well yesterday for tea [main meal lunchtime] I had One slice Burgen soya & linseed bread,two kallo rice cakes, thin spread of Bertolli spread, low fat cheddar cheese [toasted as a Welsh rarebit ]1 cup tea no milk or sugar, my reading after 90 mins was 8.8

I thought I will have exactly the same today, but instead of the Welsh rarebit I just had a piece of cheese about the same a matchbox size piece, my reading after 90 mins 6.3!

Go figure that one, I can't.


Cheers
 
macabee said:
OK so I fancied some cheese, after all I'm only human.

I bought some mature low fat Cheddar cheese, well yesterday for tea [main meal lunchtime] I had One slice Burgen soya & linseed bread,two kallo rice cakes, thin spread of Bertolli spread, low fat cheddar cheese [toasted as a Welsh rarebit ]1 cup tea no milk or sugar, my reading after 90 mins was 8.8

I thought I will have exactly the same today, but instead of the Welsh rarebit I just had a piece of cheese about the same a matchbox size piece, my reading after 90 mins 6.3!

Go figure that one, I can't.


Cheers
Click to expand...

Did you test immediately before so you could see what the increase was. I can't have cheese anymore (long story) but its the one thing I crave....especially brie...yum yum yum xx

NB both are within the 2hr 8.5 range...
 
Newtothis said:
Did you test immediately before so you could see what the increase was. I can't have cheese anymore (long story) but its the one thing I crave....especially brie...yum yum yum xx

NB both are within the 2hr 8.5 range...
Click to expand...

Unfortunately I did not, maybe an excuse to try again....😎
 
Sorry not sure I'm understanding - when you say you didn't do the Welsh Rarebit part, do you mean you didnt have the bread, or just that you didn't melt the cheese?

If you mean (as I think you do) that you just didn't melt the cheese, it may be that you digested the cheese more quickly when it was melted and that effected how quickly you digested the rest of the meal (because of the protein/fat content). The non melted cheese may have taken you linger to digest and so not effected the speed you digested the carbs (bread etc)

You really need to check before and after the meal to be able to judge properly, unfortunately. Otherwise it can only ever be a guess:(
 
MeanMom said:
Sorry not sure I'm understanding - when you say you didn't do the Welsh Rarebit part, do you mean you didnt have the bread, or just that you didn't melt the cheese?

If you mean (as I think you do) that you just didn't melt the cheese, it may be that you digested the cheese more quickly when it was melted and that effected how quickly you digested the rest of the meal (because of the protein/fat content). The non melted cheese may have taken you linger to digest and so not effected the speed you digested the carbs (bread etc)

You really need to check before and after the meal to be able to judge properly, unfortunately. Otherwise it can only ever be a guess:(
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info, it's one big learning curve!
 
Status
This thread is now closed. Please contact Anna DUK, Ieva DUK or everydayupsanddowns if you would like it re-opened.
Back
Top