Prediabetic

[Drummer]

I have just eaten a small apple as a snack and I looked it up on Nutracheck and the carbs are 15! I'm so shocked. A banana is 20 and a pear high too. I thought it was a healthy snack. I'm finding looking for low carb food which I actually want to eat is really quite difficult. Last night I 66g of new potatoes (4 very small) chicken and low carb salad stuff with a kefir mango yoghurt ( low sugar but 13g carbs) and my glucose readings were 6.2 before and 9.5 after. For lunch today I had a cheese sandwich with low carb bread(3g per slice and I had 3 slices) and the same kefir yoghurt-pre lunch 5.8 2hrs after 6.7. From that I thought the yoghurt is ok but surely 4 small potatoes wouldn't give such a high reading?

High carb foods will produce that sort of response if you can't cope with carbohydrates.
I'm afraid that there is no way around it, sugar and starch is labelled as healthy by many with no thought of those who just can't live with the amount of carbohydrate in a modern diet.

 

[Leadinglights]

I have just eaten a small apple as a snack and I looked it up on Nutracheck and the carbs are 15! I'm so shocked. A banana is 20 and a pear high too. I thought it was a healthy snack. I'm finding looking for low carb food which I actually want to eat is really quite difficult. Last night I 66g of new potatoes (4 very small) chicken and low carb salad stuff with a kefir mango yoghurt ( low sugar but 13g carbs) and my glucose readings were 6.2 before and 9.5 after. For lunch today I had a cheese sandwich with low carb bread(3g per slice and I had 3 slices) and the same kefir yoghurt-pre lunch 5.8 2hrs after 6.7. From that I thought the yoghurt is ok but surely 4 small potatoes wouldn't give such a high reading?

Sadly a lot of foods that are considered healthy might be so for non diabetics but not so for Type 2 diabetics. Yoghurt is something to be careful as some can be high in carbs mainly because of added sugar or fruits. I tend to have full fat Greek yoghurt and add my own berries or high protein quark deserts which although low fat are also low carb.

 

[Sulfate]

Sadly a lot of foods that are considered healthy might be so for non diabetics but not so for Type 2 diabetics. Yoghurt is something to be careful as some can be high in carbs mainly because of added sugar or fruits. I tend to have full fat Greek yoghurt and add my own berries or high protein quark deserts which although low fat are also low carb.

Would you consider 7g or 8.7g carbs ok as I have a couple of yoghurts/protein desert from Aldi? They are low sugar and low fat too.

 

[Leadinglights]

Would you consider 7g or 8.7g carbs ok as I have a couple of yoghurts/protein desert from Aldi? They are low sugar and low fat too.

Yes I have those as well but find a whole pot too much so have half with some added berries or seeds.

 

[Perfect10]

I no longer eat potatoes rice or pasta, there are lots of alternatives that I actually now prefer. (Well occasionally will have a small roast potato)
Cauliflower - makes great mash, rice or cous cous
Celeriac makes chips or mash
Kohl Rabi makes chips (not tried anything else with it yet, just growing it in the garden!)
Courgette - spaghetti, great with some crumbled feta on top
Then there are things like bare naked noodles and rice 0 carbs or slim pasta and rice from Holland and Barratt also 0 carbs
Last week I found some high protein edamame and mung bean fettuccine which was nice at 11g per 100g
Also Swoodles (swede noodles) boodles (butternut squash noodles) sold in some supermarkets
Yoghurts I usually have natural yoghurt, full fat and add berries or kvarg yoghurts are good too and filling, and they do a couple of chocolate ones that are low carb too

 

[Drummer]

Would you consider 7g or 8.7g carbs ok as I have a couple of yoghurts/protein desert from Aldi? They are low sugar and low fat too.

Low fat versions usually are higher in carbs so I never buy them.

 

[Leadinglights]

Low fat versions usually are higher in carbs so I never buy them.

Usually they are but in the case of the Kvarg they are only 3.4g carb per 100g and 10g protein, 0.2g fat which compares with a muller light at 6.1g carb, protein 5g and fat <0.5g and full fat greek yoghurt 4g carb per 100g.

 

[Sulfate]

Yes I have those as well but find a whole pot too much so have half with some added berries or seeds.

That's a good idea as the Aldi protein yoghurt is 200g so a big pot, I can easily make that do for 2 meals.

 

[Sulfate]

I no longer eat potatoes rice or pasta, there are lots of alternatives that I actually now prefer. (Well occasionally will have a small roast potato)
Cauliflower - makes great mash, rice or cous cous
Celeriac makes chips or mash
Kohl Rabi makes chips (not tried anything else with it yet, just growing it in the garden!)
Courgette - spaghetti, great with some crumbled feta on top
Then there are things like bare naked noodles and rice 0 carbs or slim pasta and rice from Holland and Barratt also 0 carbs
Last week I found some high protein edamame and mung bean fettuccine which was nice at 11g per 100g
Also Swoodles (swede noodles) boodles (butternut squash noodles) sold in some supermarkets
Yoghurts I usually have natural yoghurt, full fat and add berries or kvarg yoghurts are good too and filling, and they do a couple of chocolate ones that are low carb too

Oh wow thanks for all the ideas. I will have to look in Holland and Barrett. I tried the bare baked noodles and didn't like the texture so I wont have that again.

 

[Sulfate]

Usually they are but in the case of the Kvarg they are only 3.4g carb per 100g and 10g protein, 0.2g fat which compares with a muller light at 6.1g carb, protein 5g and fat <0.5g and full fat greek yoghurt 4g carb per 100g.

Where can I buy Kvarg?and what is it?

 

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Where can I buy Kvarg?and what is it?

I buy in ASDA. it is quark which is actually cheese not yoghurt. There is white choc, vanilla, strawberry.

 

[Sulfate]

I buy in ASDA. it is quark which is actually cheese not yoghurt. There is white choc, vanilla, strawberry.

That's great thanks again.