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Good for you. More than happy to get a positive and upbeat response.

Just need to know what to do about my potato intake?

Not really overweight, just within my BMI range, but I have a damaged pancreas which impacts on my insulin production.
 
Anitram said:
You haven't said what your question is but as a general rule potato in any of its forms is not a good choice for Type 2s.

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ahh, okay. That was pretty much the answer to the question I wasnt quite clear about. lol. Thanks
 
Hi and welcome.

The real answer is to get a Blood Glucose test meter and find out how many potatoes you can get away with without spiking your BG too much. In the same way as testing all other high carb foods, like bread, pasta, rice, breakfast cereals etc. If you test before eating and then 2 hours after, then you are looking to keep the rise in BG to less than 3 mmols but ideally no more than 2. If eating 3 small potatoes sends you too high, try 2 the next time or 1.5 and see how you do with that. For information, new potatoes are lower in carbs than older potatoes and floury potatoes are higher than waxy ones, so you could even test different varieties of potatoes and see which ones work best for you. It may be that your body will not tolerate any potatoes without your BG rocketing or you may get away with 2-3 small/medium ones. It would be a shame to avoid them altogether if you could be eating a small portion.

BG meters are relatively inexpensive to buy @ approx. £15 and test strips for them (which amount to the biggest cost) can be as little as £8 for a pot of 50 for some models or as much as £25 for others, so it makes sense to buy a meter which has the cheapest test strips and for that reason many people here on the forum use the SD Gluco Navii or the Spirit Healthcare Tee2

Hopefully once you get a meter, you can answer your own question better than any of us can and it will enable you to continue to enjoy a spud or 2 every now and then.
 
Swede is a fairly good substitute for potato - when I was young my mother would often make mashed swede, and use it as the base for 'bubble and squeak' next day.
 
rebrascora said:
Hi and welcome.

The real answer is to get a Blood Glucose test meter and find out how many potatoes you can get away with without spiking your BG too much. In the same way as testing all other high carb foods, like bread, pasta, rice, breakfast cereals etc. If you test before eating and then 2 hours after, then you are looking to keep the rise in BG to less than 3 mmols but ideally no more than 2. If eating 3 small potatoes sends you too high, try 2 the next time or 1.5 and see how you do with that. For information, new potatoes are lower in carbs than older potatoes and floury potatoes are higher than waxy ones, so you could even test different varieties of potatoes and see which ones work best for you. It may be that your body will not tolerate any potatoes without your BG rocketing or you may get away with 2-3 small/medium ones. It would be a shame to avoid them altogether if you could be eating a small portion.

BG meters are relatively inexpensive to buy @ approx. £15 and test strips for them (which amount to the biggest cost) can be as little as £8 for a pot of 50 for some models or as much as £25 for others, so it makes sense to buy a meter which has the cheapest test strips and for that reason many people here on the forum use the SD Gluco Navii or the Spirit Healthcare Tee2

Hopefully once you get a meter, you can answer your own question better than any of us can and it will enable you to continue to enjoy a spud or 2 every now and then.
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Thanks, thats really helpful
 
Can I also suggest that mashed cauliflower is nearly better than mashed potato and very low carb. Boil it, mash with a knob of butter and a good dollop of cream cheese and a spoon of wholegrain mustard. Can be eaten with bangers etc or used to top mince for a cottage pie with a generous dusting of grated cheese on the top of course.
 
Welcome to the forum @Rickstar88

The tricky thing is that everyone is so different, and while general ’rules of thumb’ are helpful, as @rebrascora says, the best way to be sure how anything (including potatoes) affect your BG is to check for yourself with a BG meter.

Otherwise you may end up avoiding things that don’t suit other people, but that your body, metabolism and gut biome are OK with... and you won’t be regularly choosing things that you’ve been told are ‘healthy choices’ but which send your BGs through the roof 🙂
 
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