Chips

[NoCarb]

Hello!

I can easily quit bread, pasta, rice. But I find hard to quit chips. They seem necessary accompaniment for meat and any meal.

Are they really so bad for health and do they increase so badly insulin?

Thanks!

 

[Dave W]

Chips are very high in carbohydrates ( = sugars) and whatever way prepared are over 30g/100g which is very high and not good for a diabetic diet. They won't increase 'insulin' but will push up blood glucose levels as will all carbohydrate foods. I had four small chips this evening as I was having a slightly more than usual carby meal. Haven't tested my BG as I don't want to know,as it will be higher than usual!

 

[Ralph-YK]

I've never heard anything about any food increasing insulin. As diabetics it's food affecting BG that I'm bothered about.

 

[Jeandp]

Hello!

I can easily quit bread, pasta, rice. But I find hard to quit chips. They seem necessary accompaniment for meat and any meal.

I know how you feel. I find it very hard to quit all 4, bread, pasta, rice and chips! I was a carbaholic. I am newly diagnosed Type 2 and have cut back drastically which I feel is a major achievement, but I can't envisage a life without chips. Is there a lower carb alternative out there? Maybe made from parsnips, or something similar?

Are you Type 2? How are you doing?

 

[Ljc]

Hi, I know what you mean about chips, Some people have sweet potato chips . I've decided just to cut down drastically on the amount of chips I have, inless I'm being very bad, I have six chips once or twice a month.

 

[Pine Marten]

I know how you feel. I find it very hard to quit all 4, bread, pasta, rice and chips! I was a carbaholic. I am newly diagnosed Type 2 and have cut back drastically which I feel is a major achievement, but I can't envisage a life without chips. Is there a lower carb alternative out there? Maybe made from parsnips, or something similar?

Are you Type 2? How are you doing?

I find that the occasional small helping of oven chips is not too bad - and the M&S chilled diced rosemary potatoes are ok too. I went off sweet potatoes as they still spiked, as do more than a couple of roasted parsnips. The only way to tell is to try each food and test before and after.

 

[BBarb]

Being newly diagnosed I bet you've been told you don't need to test, and haven't been supplies with a testing kit. If this is the case, lease look online and buy one (sometimes you can get a free one, but they expect you to buy their test strips).
Then test - before eating chips (measured amount) 1hr after, and 2 hrs after - see how much they spike you.

 

[Jeandp]

Hi @BBarb I am living in Spain and have been given a testing kit. Yes they do spike me so I try to just have 5 or 6 chips, but would love a plateful, with curry sauce hmmm.

 

[BBarb]

Wouldn't we all!
We do allow ourselves a few (one medium between us) once a month, and we use a sweet potato fried in dripping. But I yearn for a chip butty on soggy white bread with salt and vinegar! Ah well, no point really dying for a chip butty.

 

[Ljc]

Wouldn't we all!
We do allow ourselves a few (one medium between us) once a month, and we use a sweet potato fried in dripping. But I yearn for a chip butty on soggy white bread with salt and vinegar! Ah well, no point really dying for a chip butty.

Oh yes yes yes DROOL 🙂

 

[Mark Parrott]

Most root veg can be chipped & much lower in carbs than potatoes. I've had great success with celeriac or turnip (the white round thing with a purple end). I've found perfectly acceptable replacements for all those nasty carby things (cauli rice, courgetti, Burgen bread or Lidl High Protein rolls).

 

[Martin Canty]

celeriac or turnip (the white round thing with a purple end).

Found Celeriac a little too sweet, I'll give turnips a try though.....

 

[Amigo]

I've still included the odd small portion of oven chips since diagnosis and fair better with them than bread, rice, mash or pasta.

 

[Jeandp]

I haven't seen celeriac here in Spain, or Burgen bread. They will be top of my shopping list when I get back to the UK.

 

[grovesy]

I haven't seen celeriac here in Spain, or Burgen bread. They will be top of my shopping list when I get back to the UK.

I read someone posting on another site that Lidl Protien Rolls are available in Spain, I have not tried them myself as i don't shop in LIdl.

 

[Jeandp]

I read someone posting on another site that Lidl Protien Rolls are available in Spain, I have not tried them myself as i don't shop in LIdl.

Really!!!? I have had a quick look and not seen them. The Spanish Lidls don't have the same stock as UK, but I will check again. Thanks for the advice x

 

[Jeandp]

I read someone posting on another site that Lidl Protien Rolls are available in Spain, I have not tried them myself as i don't shop in LIdl.

I went to our local Lidl looking for these yesterday. Granted I don't know what they look like, but presumed they would be near the "normal" bread. No luck. Looks like I will have to wait till I get back to the UK.

 

[Kaylz]

I went to our local Lidl looking for these yesterday. Granted I don't know what they look like, but presumed they would be near the "normal" bread. No luck. Looks like I will have to wait till I get back to the UK.

I don't know if the Lidl's in Spain have in-store bakeries but that's where they are back over here, from what I know they are a triangle shape but if your planning on trying them I hope you have strong jaws as I've heard they can take a lot of chewing haha 🙂 x

 

[grovesy]

I went to our local Lidl looking for these yesterday. Granted I don't know what they look like, but presumed they would be near the "normal" bread. No luck. Looks like I will have to wait till I get back to the UK.

I think from what I have read they are in store baked here, but I don't shop in Lidl it is not worth the journey across town for me.

 

[Manda1]

Tried oven chips last night only had a few was 5.4 before and 8.7 after 7.0 before bed and 5.1 on waking x so probs will only have them as an occasional treat x