Chinese takeaway

[Brando77]

Haven't had any since before Xmas because of flu and diagnosis for Diabetes, before then it was once a week.
Any tips now egg fried rice, noodles and sweet-sour Chickens out the window? Or should I just swerve it? Msg sounds not too good but can be taken out?
Advice would be great as I miss my mates at the shop.

 

[Vince_UK]

For me they are well out of the window from a carb viewpoint

 

[Brando77]

For me they are well out of the window from a carb viewpoint

Yeah, thought as much, thanks *tears up menu*

 

[Vince_UK]

Yeah, thought as much, thanks *tears up menu*

That made me laugh Brando Sorry was so funny.

 

[Mark Parrott]

I have had a Chinese only once since diagnosis. I only had a small portion of egg fried rice & had it with a basic chicken curry. Foo Yung is probably ok, but that's just an omelette.😛 Think of it as a treat every now & then.

 

[mikeyB]

Anything but sweet and sour. You might as well drink Coke original with two sugars stirred in

 

[Amigo]

Many stir fries without rice or noodles and foo yung are great. I find the Chinese buffets dont spike me because there’s plenty of options.

 

[Martin Canty]

Alas, that is one of the things I have had to give up.....

 

[ukjohn]

I must be very lucky, I enjoy home made Chinese , chicken chow mein etc does not effect my sugars, neither does my daughters home made Pizza

 

[Chappy]

I've only had a Chinese take away once this year, a prawn and chicken curry, but instead of the usual fried rice, I had plain boiled and only had three tablespoons of it. Two hours later when I checked my BG was 10.2, not too bad for a one off, but I wouldn't risk one every week.

 

[almost witty]

I'm Chinese so I feel your pain

Ditch the rice, save it for special occasions. noodles *may* be better but I'm not sure.
Sweet and sour is a terrible idea anyway.
Chop sueys are usually relatively healthy - it's just meat and veg in a stir fry...

 

[Mark Parrott]

Noodles spike me worse than rice. I can handle a small portion of rice but have to avoid noodles completely.

 

[Brando77]

Anything but sweet and sour. You might as well drink Coke original with two sugars stirred in

Homer Simpson "Mmmmmm, Coke with two sugars"...*droooooool*

 

[Vince_UK]

Homer Simpson "Mmmmmm, Coke with two sugars"...*droooooool*

Make it 4 four sugars the you are talking lol
My last partner used to have 5 in her coffee each morning lol
Indonesian and Indonesia has a very high diabetes population,

 

[Radders]

I seem to be fine with veggie stir fries and half a foo yung. A whole one is just too many eggs and the protein does unpredictable things to my levels. I also love salt & pepper mushrooms but have to cover them with a little insulin: not much though.

 

[Brando77]

I seem to be fine with veggie stir fries and half a foo yung. A whole one is just too many eggs and the protein does unpredictable things to my levels. I also love salt & pepper mushrooms but have to cover them with a little insulin: not much though.

My local are great people, I'm sure they'd cater for me with special orders....or they may tell me to dream on 🙂

 

[Radders]

My local are great people, I'm sure they'd cater for me with special orders....or they may tell me to dream on 🙂

I always ask them for no sugar and low salt in mine.

 

[Brando77]

I always ask them for no sugar and low salt in mine.

What about msg? Is that bad?

 

[Radders]

What about msg? Is that bad?

Not to my knowledge.

 

[Alister]

if you cook your own then you can use wholemeal rice that should be less of a problem (it dosen't seem to be too bad for me + you can manage qty's so you have less rice & more meat/veg 🙂
reducing carbs is good but you shouldn't cut them completely