Thebearcametoo
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Parent
The popcorn bars we have are “fibre one” it’s worth looking at other snack bars too as some come in around the same 10g of carbs. Anything prepackaged will have the carb info on the packet - you’re looking at total carbs not just the sugar content (although high sugar is best avoided)
Cooked pasta is roughly 1/3 carbs so if you weigh your portion before putting the sauce on you get a good idea of the carbs you’re having.
If you make a quick omelette with a bit of soy sauce in it and chop it up that’s nice quick protein with your stir fries (you can just scramble an egg into the stir fry but I prefer the texture of the chopped up omelette)
If you look on the back of squash bottles it’ll tell you the sugar/carb content. Robinsons no added sugar has a tiny bit of actual orange juice but it’s massively concentrated so once diluted is sugar free enough, lots of reasons sugar free drinks aren’t good for teeth because of acidity but there’s no reason to avoid them otherwise. Any drinks with sweeteners in can upset your stomach if you drink loads but it doesn’t sound like that’s a problem for you.
If you really want to commit to carb counting there are various apps and websites or the carbs and cals book. If you’re only doing it short term you can find most things by looking on packets or just googling but you do tend to have to weigh things. If you know your usual carb total it can help you see where things can be cut easily.
Cooked pasta is roughly 1/3 carbs so if you weigh your portion before putting the sauce on you get a good idea of the carbs you’re having.
If you make a quick omelette with a bit of soy sauce in it and chop it up that’s nice quick protein with your stir fries (you can just scramble an egg into the stir fry but I prefer the texture of the chopped up omelette)
If you look on the back of squash bottles it’ll tell you the sugar/carb content. Robinsons no added sugar has a tiny bit of actual orange juice but it’s massively concentrated so once diluted is sugar free enough, lots of reasons sugar free drinks aren’t good for teeth because of acidity but there’s no reason to avoid them otherwise. Any drinks with sweeteners in can upset your stomach if you drink loads but it doesn’t sound like that’s a problem for you.
If you really want to commit to carb counting there are various apps and websites or the carbs and cals book. If you’re only doing it short term you can find most things by looking on packets or just googling but you do tend to have to weigh things. If you know your usual carb total it can help you see where things can be cut easily.