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Cherries

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WendyB61

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I have just eaten a big punnet of cherries and scanned them after with my nutracheck app and they were 35 grams of carbs, I’m so shocked I thought I was eating healthy,thought I would share in case there are others who thought they would be good
 
WendyB61 said:
I have just eaten a big punnet of cherries and scanned them after with my nutracheck app and they were 35 grams of carbs, I’m so shocked I thought I was eating healthy,thought I would share in case there are others who thought they would be good
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Berries are the lowest carb fruits, better to scan before you eat as some things are a surprise.
Many foods people think of as 'healthy' are not so for Type 2 diabetics.
 
This is where our modern day understanding of portion size has got lost. A whole big punnet is designed to be shared. I am not trying to make you feel embarrassed or guilty because I was exactly the same pre diagnosis and there are still things that I eat too many of, like nuts, just because I can. I buy a large bag to make it more economical and then just eat a few more and a few more until before I know it the bag is nearly empty! Just far too easy to over eat in our modern society.

A normal portion would be about 6-8 cherries, just like my daily portion of fruit is 9-10 raspberries or blueberries or 5-6 strawberries or currently a stick of rhubarb although technically it's a vegetable not a fruit. A small punnet of raspberries is 3-4 days worth of fruit for me and do you know what?.... I enjoy and savour their lovely flavour so much more when the quantity I can have is rationed.
 
Cherries are good! They’re delicious and contain anthocyanins, amongst other things:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/health-benefits-cherries

As said above, portion size is important. I’d eat more cherries than @rebrascora - probably a dozen or so. As you can see from the nutritional info in the article above that would be around 9g carbs. Perfectly ok. Even though I’m Type 1, I can’t imagine eating a whole large punnet myself. I wouldn’t have done so pre-diagnosis either. Cherries are a treat to be savoured 🙂

Just eat less next time and spread them out over a few days. Cheaper that way too!
 
I could eat a whole punnet no problem but we're just not supposed to. When they do those foodie programmes and show us 'normal' portion sizes for food servings it's quite shocking... so tiny! Never mind, you know now. 🙂
 
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I could eat a whole punnet no problem but we're just not supposed to. When they do those foodie programmes and show us 'normal' portion sizes for food servings it's quite shocking... so tiny! Never mind, you know now. 🙂
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Certainly some of the programs like amateur Masterchef or Great British Menu, I usually think they are huge portions.
 
Can't buy cherries, if I do its guaranteed I will eat the whole lot at once, just can't stop myself, pre diagnosis just before Christmas I bought a few large tins of quality street as you do for incidental thank you presents to people, problem is by the time it came to wrap them there was only half a tin left. The previous year Tesco was doing a blinding offer on chocolate oranges, I bought a whole tray of them, 24 I think, and put them in the cuboard, my sister laughed and said they will never last the month, rubbish I said - not that partial to chocolate oranges, but I hate to admit she was right, only three left; and had to go out and buy more, how sad is that? Somthing left over from childhood I guess, when I cried or made a noise as a baby my father would get up, come into my room, throw a packet of biscuits into my cot and shut the door, very unusual upbringing I had!
Stuffing myself with Lidl nuts at the moment, can't get enough of them, oh well better than chocolate I suppose.
 
@Dave_Z1a If it is any consolation I was the same except I don't have the excuse of a poor childhood.
I just don't buy those things anymore because I can't trust myself. I am just an all or nothing girl.
 
Z1a, is that a motorbike? As a teenager I lusted after a Laverda rather than a Kawasaki. Eventually had a Triumph Daytona.

On cherries, we have a nice cherry tree in our garden but the cherries are really bitter, the birds like them though. I recently bought some rasp canes and blueberry bushes but they haven't produced anything yet. Strawberries we have and they are getting ripe just two or three at a time. We also inherited a gooseberry bush, I'm not a real fan but if you leave them until they turn dark red they are quite sweet. I'm also trying to grow some tomatoes and peppers. The peppers are from seeds that I scraped out of peppers that I bought. I didn't label them so now I have no idea which ones are sweet and which ones are hot.
 
Chris Hobson said:
Z1a, is that a motorbike? As a teenager I lusted after a Laverda rather than a Kawasaki. Eventually had a Triumph Daytona.

On cherries, we have a nice cherry tree in our garden but the cherries are really bitter, the birds like them though. I recently bought some rasp canes and blueberry bushes but they haven't produced anything yet. Strawberries we have and they are getting ripe just two or three at a time. We also inherited a gooseberry bush, I'm not a real fan but if you leave them until they turn dark red they are quite sweet. I'm also trying to grow some tomatoes and peppers. The peppers are from seeds that I scraped out of peppers that I bought. I didn't label them so now I have no idea which ones are sweet and which ones are hot.
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You are going to have a voyage of discovery.
I planted some seeds from a butternut squash and I now have 6 plants almost big enough to plant out.
Home grown tomatoes knock the socks off any bought ones for flavour.
 
Chris Hobson said:
Z1a, is that a motorbike? As a teenager I lusted after a Laverda rather than a Kawasaki. Eventually had a Triumph Daytona.

On cherries, we have a nice cherry tree in our garden but the cherries are really bitter, the birds like them though. I recently bought some rasp canes and blueberry bushes but they haven't produced anything yet. Strawberries we have and they are getting ripe just two or three at a time. We also inherited a gooseberry bush, I'm not a real fan but if you leave them until they turn dark red they are quite sweet. I'm also trying to grow some tomatoes and peppers. The peppers are from seeds that I scraped out of peppers that I bought. I didn't label them so now I have no idea which ones are sweet and which ones are hot.
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Yes Chris, a 1974 Kawasaki z1a American import, also have a Z650b1 and a 1973 RD 350 Yamaha twin, helps to have hobbies to take ones mind off things. Triumph Daytona, lovely, quite fancy an old T120, maybe one day!
 
WendyB61 said:
I have just eaten a big punnet of cherries and scanned them after with my nutracheck app and they were 35 grams of carbs, I’m so shocked I thought I was eating healthy,thought I would share in case there are others who thought they would be good
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Hi Wendy, am with you on the cherries! Here is an interesting thing, I love fruit, esp mellon but can't have it, have to make an apple last 4 days sometimes, however this morning I was eying up an untouched Cantaloupe baby melon sitting on the shelf in the fridge, normally sudden sugar spike death to me, determined to nave a piece I first had two poached eggs on brown low carb toast (1g a slice) then went for it. Blood sugar reading 1 hour after, looking for the spike, 5.1; lower than the start at 5.2mgL! So I find its not just the foods you eat but the order you eat them in is just as important! So before you plump for those cherries again try a couple of slices of cheese on low carb toast first and see what happens!
 
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Where do you get your 1g carb bread from?
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https://seriouslylowcarb.com/products/the-low-carb-loaf, bread is really good, so are the rolls, expensive yes but worth it as they mean I can have many normal foods and substitute on meals that have potatoes in or chips etc. Am on subscription so get discount and free shipping. Choc brownies are good as a treat, about 3 carbs each. These products can be made at home of course but don’t have the time or inclination yet.
 
Interesting low carb bread but there are quite a few poor reviews on their web site regarding delivery, poor contact, and mouldy bread. Is this bread and company good? For the price (expensive) I would hope for a really good product which is well supported and good customer services.
 
On our DAFNE course in 2011, there was a dish of cherries. If I recall correctly, we were told to have as many as wanted as they were low (no?) carb (as was rhubarb - no sugar added, not a problem for me). Can't imagine cherries being provided if they were carb-rich. I might try and check with the DSNs' tutors if I ever have another real clinic.
 
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Interesting low carb bread but there are quite a few poor reviews on their web site regarding delivery, poor contact, and mouldy bread. Is this bread and company good? For the price (expensive) I would hope for a really good product which is well supported and good customer services.
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Yes am aware but don’t understand those reviews, mine always fresh, comes next day in very strong cardboard box, never mouldy, maybe early reviews? They are a new startup company, they have also changed their baker as volume gone through the roof, cust serv takes a day or so for them to respond to emails, website a bit clunky and awkward though.
 
Thanks
Dave_Z1a said:
https://seriouslylowcarb.com/products/the-low-carb-loaf, bread is really good, so are the rolls, expensive yes but worth it as they mean I can have many normal foods and substitute on meals that have potatoes in or chips etc. Am on subscription so get discount and free shipping. Choc brownies are good as a treat, about 3 carbs each. These products can be made at home of course but don’t have the time or inclination yet.
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thanks, just had a look but bread and rolls out of stock at the moment
 
I just want to know what I can eat, I'm so depressed. All my life I have had food issues, from anorexia, to bulimia, to taking laxatives to lose weight, I used to squirrel food away as a child as I was taken in to to care suffering from acute malnutrition, even as a young adult I would steal and hide food in case I couldn't get any later. Now being diagnosed with type 2 I am once again facing a food issue and it scares the hell out of me, I just want to go to sleep and if I wake up I want this gone, if not then I don't want to wake up at all. I thought I had beaten my food issues but it seems they are rearing their ugly head again. I was not given any advice when I was told I had diabetes, just pills, got to see medical person on Monday but what happens then? What do I eat till then? I am so utterly confused, depressed, hungry and tired sorry if this is the wrong place to put this, but I don't know where I should get help
 
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