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kathy s said:
Ok really daft question ( which I'm sure in time the dietician will address) what is low carb as in food labels. What am I looking for, and please what can I replace crisps with as they are a favourite!
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Salted nuts are a good low carb crisp replacement - you can get flavoured ones like salt and vinegar or bbq now too!
 
Pork scratchings are my guilty pleasure for a crisp replacement. All fat and protein and no carbs. Similarly salami/pepperoni crisps. Thin slices of cured meat, placed on kitchen paper in the microwave and zapped for about a minute. Best covered with another sheet of kitchen paper or a splatter guard.

pawprint91 said:
Salted nuts are a good low carb crisp replacement - you can get flavoured ones like salt and vinegar or bbq now too!
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I have to be careful with nuts, particularly peanuts being a legume, as my has the ability to break them down into glucose more efficiently than some other people. I am the same with beans and lentils. They seem to have almost twice the carb content they are supposed to have as far as my digestive system is concerned and I know some other people have the same reaction. Portion control is very important for me with nuts.... and difficult to enforce as they are so moreish.... Plus I buy large bags both to reduce packaging and because it is more economic. Plus, I usually end up having to inject insulin for nuts.
 
rebrascora said:
I have to be careful with nuts, particularly peanuts being a legume, as my has the ability to break them down into glucose more efficiently than some other people. I am the same with beans and lentils. They seem to have almost twice the carb content they are supposed to have as far as my digestive system is concerned and I know some other people have the same reaction.
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Yes we’ve a couple on the forum who have this I think. I wonder if it’s something genetic or an extra-efficient enzyme or something.

I have exactly the opposite dose-wise, I have to be careful not to dose the suggested carb content for pulses or I risk a hypo 😱 , and a few handfuls of nuts and peanuts (even carby cashews) never seem to trouble my BG traces.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Yes we’ve a couple on the forum who have this I think. I wonder if it’s something genetic or an extra-efficient enzyme or something.

I have exactly the opposite dose-wise, I have to be careful not to dose the suggested carb content for pulses or I risk a hypo 😱 , and a few handfuls of nuts and peanuts (even carby cashews) never seem to trouble my BG traces.
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You can understand why it is so hard to give 'one size fits all' advice and why everybody has to become their own expert when you read about how people react so differently to the same foods.
It is always worth people bearing that in mind when reading what other people do. It might work for them but not for you.
It reinforces the wisdom of people testing the effects of various foods on their own body with a blood glucose monitor.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Yes we’ve a couple on the forum who have this I think. I wonder if it’s something genetic or an extra-efficient enzyme or something.

I have exactly the opposite dose-wise, I have to be careful not to dose the suggested carb content for pulses or I risk a hypo 😱 , and a few handfuls of nuts and peanuts (even carby cashews) never seem to trouble my BG traces.
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Could it be because of the lack of Amylin? T1's don't secrete any, and its role is to slow digestion to help control glucose levels and it also stops glucagon releases from the liver.
 
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I buy on monthly order bread, rolls, keto porridge and a few other bits, they have the crisps you are craving for. Yes some might consider expensive but this is offset by the rejection of all those yummy cakes, biscuits, chocolates and other on the go carb heavy foods that you will need to drop, plus you will find you will be eating less overall.
 
nonethewiser said:
It's the salt, same as crisps which makes them moreish.

Find with unsalted nuts can show more restrain, although can still eat full bag sometimes.
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I struggle to show restraint with any type of peanut :rofl: But the incident I refer to above was indeed, salted.
 
So I've had what I think is a good day! Greek yogurt with berries and some chopped Brazil nuts this morning, mixed feta salad for lunch, a hard boiled egg, pear, plum and a tangerine.
My evening meal is ( cooking now) lean pork steaks and I'm having 4 small new potatoes and quinoa with mixed veg- one-off those steam packets you can buy.
I think I have breakfast and lunches sorted but this week my evening meal may have more carbs I'd like but I need to look at the recipies for ideas!
Thanks for all the suggestions so far!
 
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That sounds good apart from having quinoa and new potatoes. I would have had one or the other but not two sources of carb rich foods on the same plate.
 
harbottle said:
Could it be because of the lack of Amylin? T1's don't secrete any, and its role is to slow digestion to help control glucose levels and it also stops glucagon releases from the liver.
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Do you have a link or reference for ‘T1s don’t secrete any’?

Only that if I don’t produce any I wouldn’t have Dawn Phenomenon / FHTF (which I do)

Is it that it can be inhibited (so we lose the ability to bounce back from hypos especially at night)?
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Do you have a link or reference for ‘T1s don’t secrete any’?

Only that if I don’t produce any I wouldn’t have Dawn Phenomenon / FHTF (which I do)

Is it that it can be inhibited (so we lose the ability to bounce back from hypos especially at night)?
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It's secreted from beta cells, isn't it? (I think some might also be secreted in the stomach.)

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Amylin is a 37-amino acid peptide that is stored in pancreatic beta cells and is co-secreted with insulin [8]. Amylin and insulin levels rise and fall in a synchronous manner (figure 2) [7]. Amylin and insulin have complementary actions in regulating nutrient levels in the circulation. Amylin is deficient in type 1 diabetes and relatively deficient in insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes (figure 2) [7].
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Here's some clinical trials into giving children amylin as well as insulin to try to reduce post-meal high blood sugar:

ClinicalTrials.gov

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harbottle said:
It's secreted from beta cells, isn't it? (I think some might also be secreted in the stomach.)

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Here's some clinical trials into giving children amylin as well as insulin to try to reduce post-meal high blood sugar:

ClinicalTrials.gov

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Thanks! I’ll check those out.

Interesting that @rebrascora and I (both T1) have very different experiences with legumes. Though I have a few more years on the T1 clock, of course!
 
kathy s said:
I couldn't eat it all,lesson leant!
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I tend not to have more than 1 carby food at any one meal, so would not have had a plum, pear and tangerine for example.
So wouldn't have broad beans and peas but would have either of those with broccoli, green beans or spinach. I use butternut squash insted of potatoes but do succumb to home grown new potatoes.
 
rebrascora said:
Pork scratchings are my guilty pleasure for a crisp replacement. All fat and protein and no carbs. Similarly salami/pepperoni crisps. Thin slices of cured meat, placed on kitchen paper in the microwave and zapped for about a minute. Best covered with another sheet of kitchen paper or a splatter guard.


I have to be careful with nuts, particularly peanuts being a legume, as my has the ability to break them down into glucose more efficiently than some other people. I am the same with beans and lentils. They seem to have almost twice the carb content they are supposed to have as far as my digestive system is concerned and I know some other people have the same reaction. Portion control is very important for me with nuts.... and difficult to enforce as they are so moreish.... Plus I buy large bags both to reduce packaging and because it is more economic. Plus, I usually end up having to inject insulin for nuts.
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I worked out that I seem to get about 180 percent of the carbs from legumes - it must be something genetic, and quite specific too.
 
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