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Hi guys,
I've continued with my healthy eating although I do feel very guilty that I just ate a bowl of spagetti bolognaise - made with pork mince and drum wheat spaghetti. Husband used a jar of dolmio sauce.....🙄 didn't want to upset him because he does all the cooking and didn't want to upset him by turning my nose up at my dinner.

However, I know that drum wheat spaghetti is a low GI source and the porridge I had this morning (with raspberries) is also a low GI source so I'm now looking at buying a couple of low GI books - can you make recommendations please.

I have ordered the Anthony Worrell-Thompson, weight loss diabetic cook-book but want to mix and match.

Thank you. Amanda x 🙂
 
The GL diet for Dummies book is very good got mine on amazon for not much at all
 
Newtothis said:
Hi guys,
I've continued with my healthy eating although I do feel very guilty that I just ate a bowl of spagetti bolognaise - made with pork mince and drum wheat spaghetti. Husband used a jar of dolmio sauce.....🙄 didn't want to upset him because he does all the cooking and didn't want to upset him by turning my nose up at my dinner.

However, I know that drum wheat spaghetti is a low GI source and the porridge I had this morning (with raspberries) is also a low GI source so I'm now looking at buying a couple of low GI books - can you make recommendations please.

I have ordered the Anthony Worrell-Thompson, weight loss diabetic cook-book but want to mix and match.

Thank you. Amanda x 🙂
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Will look at the books recommended - do you think what I had to eat tonight is bad?? I know the drum wheat spaghetti is ok but not sure about the sauce?
 
Newtothis said:
Will look at the books recommended - do you think what I had to eat tonight is bad?? I know the drum wheat spaghetti is ok but not sure about the sauce?
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I'd have a look at the jar to see what carbs are in the sauce, and what proportion are sugars - some sauces can have a lot more sugar than others which would possibly cause an early spike. Pasta can be awkward to predict - have a look at the results of our Spaghetti bolognaise food experiment to see how others got on:

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=6004

I have spaghetti bolognaise from time to time, using wholewheat spaghetti and my levels are usually quite good 🙂
 
As well as considering GI of foods, portion size is also important - to state the obvious, a small portion of high GI food is better than a larger portion of high GI food. Sometimes it's easier to decline a large portion, but accept a small portion.
 
Copepod said:
As well as considering GI of foods, portion size is also important - to state the obvious, a small portion of high GI food is better than a larger portion of high GI food. Sometimes it's easier to decline a large portion, but accept a small portion.
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GL (a refinement of GI) takes account of portion size, so certainly worth reading up on - have a look at the following:

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=7719
http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=7337

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