Confusing Carbs

[melassaz]

Hi I am new to the forum and am confused about the amount of carbs I should be having and how they are measured and what to look for on food labels. Please can anyone help with this?

I usually have two slices of Tesco Danish bread toasted for breakfast and was going to switch to a wholemeal version but it said on the label that the sugar content was more in the wholemeal version?? I thought that it was recommended to eat wholemeal rather than white bread?

 

[novorapidboi26]

your basically looking at the carbohydrate values, the total value......some labels mention 'of which sugars' but this means nothing to us......

Being a type 2 its also wise to consider the GI of the food, so the foods that have as little effect on the blood sugars the better....

More sound advice to follow I would imagine......

 

[Northerner]

Hi I am new to the forum and am confused about the amount of carbs I should be having and how they are measured and what to look for on food labels. Please can anyone help with this?

I usually have two slices of Tesco Danish bread toasted for breakfast and was going to switch to a wholemeal version but it said on the label that the sugar content was more in the wholemeal version?? I thought that it was recommended to eat wholemeal rather than white bread?

Hi melassaz, I would recommend getting some Burgen Soya and Linseed bread - it is relatively low on carbs, around 12g per slice and is low GI and yummy - especially toasted! 🙂

 

[trophywench]

and as to how much carb should you eat?

Only your meter can tell you that.

In point of fact, nutritionally - virtually Nil carb is OK, just very difficult as it's too restrictive for most people!

 

[megga]

There are scales that help ah carb counting, i brought an Avon one from ebay for around ?10, you put you food on and it will tell you the carbs, protien, fats ect very very valuble in my eyes.

 

[Vicsetter]

As far as I could see the Tesco Danish and the Burgen Soya breads are around 11gram carb per slice, so the difference is going to be in the type of flour used, the danish is white processed and so will be converted quicker than the Burgen. Unless you are on insulin it will probably make no difference to you, 22gram carbs is unlikely to raise your BG to bad levels. It of course depends what you put on your bread!

 

[bennyg70]

There are scales that help ah carb counting, i brought an Avon one from ebay for around ?10, you put you food on and it will tell you the carbs, protien, fats ect very very valuble in my eyes.

Hey Megga, Ive never heard of these scales - They look a handy tool. How do they work? I take it they have a database of foods stored in them or something like that?

 

[trophywench]

Do a Google on 'Nutritional Scales' Benny.

I have a set of Rosemary Conley ones - free offer with my pump at the time - good if you can remember the codes which are a bit of a PITA TBH, but half the stuff I happen to want isn't on her list anyway plus they are pre-programmed with some weird German Carb Unit thing - and they eat hearing aid type batteries at a rate of knots.

Not a fan .....

 

[squeeze321]

I've just ordered from Amazon a Kitrics scale which shows all the nutritional info including more importantly, carbohydrate. I like to keep track of the amount of cholesterol and salt I'm eating too so I'm hoping my choice of scale is a good one!

Have just bought the hovis seed sensations bread. Have not tried it yet but it looks yummy!

There is 18.5g of carbohydrates per slice so I'll be having x2 slices plus a yogurt drink for breakfast. I then just add up the carb total 48.3g and divide it by my ratio which is 1:1 so my morning dose of insulin should be 4.8units