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Foods that are LOW carbs

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@KookyCat. Good morning K. You've started me on breadsticks, the mini ones! Luv 'em! and so does my youngest 17yr old grandson! On my shopping list every week now, so thanx. Take care
 
great suggestions here folks, thank you. I can't lay my hands on where I found it now, but I also found a very good quick recipe to make your own oatcakes which I love, that way you can control (eg) how much salt goes in. I have been thinking about giving Atkins a try recently I want to lose weight too. I did a very bad thing this afternoon. I had soup (Tesco fresh) which I love, and always have them in my fridge and freezer, but all was well until I remembered that in the freezer I had 2 crusty rolls - white - I had my ,lunch and sat on the couch to watch the news, next thing my little dog barking woke me up almost 2 hrs later. I have realized that I fall into a deep sleep if I eat the wrong thing. I'm assuming this has to do with my type 2.
 
The Lidl protein triangular rolls are the lowest carb bread I have found, but even better they don't cause me to spike. They are 9 percent carb. I just wish I could make them at home, but they aren't made from standard flours. They freeze well too.
 
I am thinking about trying Atkins because I think it would allow me to eat the sort of things I like too.
 
I use 'New Diet Revolution' - the last book that Dr A wrote before the Atkins Corporation began to skew things to make it more acceptable. It is really effective in controlling diabetes - I was diagnosed with fully developed diabetes and now I don't qualify any more. There are so many things you can eat as low carb and they seem to have less and less impact on BG the more you go on eating them. My list is - celery, cucumber, daikon radish, fennel, lettuce, mushrooms, peppers, radicchio, radish, rocket, sorrel, artichoke, asparagus, aubergine, avocado bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, beet greens, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cabbage cauliflower celeriac chard courgettes dandelion leaves French beans kale leeks okra onion pumpkin rhubarb spring onions spaghetti squash spinach summer squash tomato turnip water chestnuts, any herb or spice, and a little lemon or lime juice.
 
Those are the things I already always have, so that would be no problem. But, I do like fruit and I can never imagine a day without fruit in my life, I'm thinking you don't have fruit on Atkins I seem to have read that somewhere.
 
The media love to misrepresent Atkins. To start with yes, you don't eat fruit, but after the first stage, usually done for two weeks you begin to introduce more carbs, first more salad and vegetables, then more cheese, then berries and nuts. There are further introductions, but that is where I stopped and simply increased the amounts of the foods rather than introduce different ones. There is a stage of introducing more carby fruits, but I could not lose weight eating them, so I stuck to berries. I found the first stage so effective in reducing my weight that I did it for only three days - lost half a stone, far too fast.
 
@Annette@Bertie - I hope you don't mind me jumping in here but reading your posts, you sound very similar in your eating habits to me, so I'm interested to see what works for other people 🙂 I'm really trying to lower my sugars but also need to lose some (a fair bit 😳) of weight. Like you though, I feel a bit "ripped-offf" if I don't have something to dip in my soup or have a toasted soldier to dip in my runny boiled egg :D It's those small things that I'm struggling most with at the moment.
 
LucyLoo said:
@Annette@Bertie - I hope you don't mind me jumping in here but reading your posts, you sound very similar in your eating habits to me, so I'm interested to see what works for other people 🙂 I'm really trying to lower my sugars but also need to lose some (a fair bit 😳) of weight. Like you though, I feel a bit "ripped-offf" if I don't have something to dip in my soup or have a toasted soldier to dip in my runny boiled egg :D It's those small things that I'm struggling most with at the moment.
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I use either Burgen Bread or Bread Thins. I can tolerate either. Although the thins are not like a normal slice a bread because they come a square that is split, it tricked me into thinking I was have 2 slices of bread, they are less Carbhydrates than standard slice of bread.
 
I use bread thins for burgers. Never tried toasting one.
 
Thanks Grovesy & Mark.....I have tried the Burgen bread but I really don't like it, but the thins I do like 🙂
 
You could also try Be Free bread. It's more expensive but quite low carb. Also Warburtons high protein bread is liked by quite a few on here, but unfortunately it seems to push my BG up higher than I would like.
 
I read a while back that we should have (not necessarily diabetics) whole grains, so a very long time ago I switched, even before I had diabetes. My favourite bread is actual Burgen I love it - 2 slices not enough though!
 
grovesy said:
I use either Burgen Bread or Bread Thins. I can tolerate either. Although the thins are not like a normal slice a bread because they come a square that is split, it tricked me into thinking I was have 2 slices of bread, they are less Carbhydrates than standard slice of bread.
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@grovesy. guess who bought Burgen bread yesterday?
 
Burgen actually make thins now, but the carb content seems about the same as most wholemeal thins.
 
I've bought thins, most ranges including Ryvita to be honest thins don't hit the mark for me and trying to spread butter on them is a nightmare. Give me bread every time, hoipefully not just Burgen which to be honest I'd eat anyway as I love it, I'm on the lookout for a nice low carb crusty - my fav. no luck so far.
 
Annette&Bertie said:
I've bought thins, most ranges including Ryvita to be honest thins don't hit the mark for me and trying to spread butter on them is a nightmare. Give me bread every time, hoipefully not just Burgen which to be honest I'd eat anyway as I love it, I'm on the lookout for a nice low carb crusty - my fav. no luck so far.
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I don't think i have seen any one posting about such a one.
 
You could try the Lidl low GI cob loaf. Nice & crusty & not terrible on BG.
 
Thanks Mark, however, I'm stimied at the moment because I can't get anywhere near a Lidl, but if I get a chance through the kindness of a friend t take me and bring me back I'll look into it. I've tried to balance low carb of things I like together with trying to eat the right things to lose some weight. I'm very fickle as I only eat chicken, fish and shellfish. There are wonderful recipes around and in the books I have which look and sound nice, but not for me.
 
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