Gluten Free

[scarlettohara]

Is Gluten Free ok for diabetics. I've just found a tub of lard with 'gluten free' on it. We love our roasties cooked in lard!

 

[LeeLee]

Gluten free is fine (quite a few diabetics also have coeliac disease so have to eat gluten free food). Why on earth lard would be labelled as gluten free is beyond me - it's pure pig fat, so there should be no gluten in it anyway!

I also like my roasties cooked in lard or dripping - but I never indulge these days due to the calorie count. The best floury potatoes are also the worst kind for delivering fast-acting carbs - but at least cooking them in fat might slow down absorbtion.

 

[scarlettohara]

Thanks for your advice. My partner really doesn't need to lose weight, if anything, he needs to put on. Does he need to have low fat foods?

 

[LeeLee]

Lucky him!

Not all fats are equal... current advice is that animal fats (e.g. butter, lard, dripping) should be eaten in moderation, and replaced wherever possible with olive oil or vegetable oil.

Personally, I eat very little fat - so when I do have something on the titchy amount of toast that I allow myself maybe once a month, it HAS to be butter.

 

[trophywench]

Please see your other thread.

I've asked pertinent questions .......