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Hi, I am experimenting with salsds at the minute. I'm very newly diagnosed (1/5/24). I have become really quite partial to salad cream in recent years, but aware there's alot of sugar in it really. Do you think the small amount I use (1tbsp maybe) this would be problematic? Has anyone got any go to quick and easy alternatives? I'm not sure if they do reduced sugar salad cream but I wouldn't be interested as trying to avoid sweetners.
 
Ccash said:
Hi, I am experimenting with salsds at the minute. I'm very newly diagnosed (1/5/24). I have become really quite partial to salad cream in recent years, but aware there's alot of sugar in it really. Do you think the small amount I use (1tbsp maybe) this would be problematic? Has anyone got any go to quick and easy alternatives? I'm not sure if they do reduced sugar salad cream but I wouldn't be interested as trying to avoid sweetners.
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There are less carbs in mayonnaise, you could make a dressing with balsamic vinegar, herbs and lemon juice, or yoghurt with lemon juice and chopped fresh herbs.
Even so a tablespoon of salad cream is 3g carbs so not huge, but you could mix half and half with yoghurt.
 
Ooh I might try mixing it with yoghurt or kefir even for the tang. Anyone got any good salad recipes?
 
There are only 3g carbs in a “serving” of salad cream.
Does that make much difference overall?
 
Ccash said:
Anyone got any good salad recipes?
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If I have a salad, which is often, I'll usually have it with chicken, fish or an omelette. My regular salad is a mix of Little Gem lettuce and salad leaves from a pack of Morrisons or Sainsbury's Italian salad. I then add some chopped cucumber, sliced radish, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, grated carrot and coleslaw.
 
I just use balsamic vinegar which I absolutely love and the acidity is beneficial. I do also have full fat coleslaw (usually cheese coleslaw) with my salads.
 
I wouldn’t worry about it and I’d just eat the salad cream if that’s what I enjoyed on my salad. It’s only 3g carb per 15ml, and salad is low in carbs so you’ll have plenty of room for a few carbs in the meals you’re having it with.

If you made your own in an attempt to reduce the carbs you’d probably just end up having more than the easy serving size moderation you’re already carrying out with the bought salad cream
 
Ccash said:
Hi, I am experimenting with salsds at the minute. I'm very newly diagnosed (1/5/24). I have become really quite partial to salad cream in recent years, but aware there's alot of sugar in it really. Do you think the small amount I use (1tbsp maybe) this would be problematic? Has anyone got any go to quick and easy alternatives? I'm not sure if they do reduced sugar salad cream but I wouldn't be interested as trying to avoid sweetners.
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Could I also add that you should focus on the amount of carbs in whatever you eat and not the sugar, which seems to be your concern.
 
Martin A. I know it's total carbs but I think total carbs and sugars are the same figure on salad cream. I will check again though.

I had tuna niscoise salad today. Very tasty. I had 200g new potatoes in the salad which according to the packaging would be just shy of 30g of carbs. Other ingredients were salad leaves, beetroot (already grated in bag of salad leaves), cucumber, green beans, olives, tuna and egg. Salad dressing was mustard, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and lemon juice. To my horror my bloods at 2hrs were 9.7. I think it may have been the nescafe cappuccino sachet I had afterwards (no milk in the house and 10 point something carbs in a sachet). What do you think? Are potatoes particularly bad for blood sugars?
 
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Are potatoes particularly bad for blood sugars?
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They are generally considered to be one of the starchy carbs that we are advised to reduce our consumption of, or avoid altogether, alongside pasta, rice and bread.
 
Ccash said:
Martin A. I know it's total carbs but I think total carbs and sugars are the same figure on salad cream. I will check again though.

I had tuna niscoise salad today. Very tasty. I had 200g new potatoes in the salad which according to the packaging would be just shy of 30g of carbs. Other ingredients were salad leaves, beetroot (already grated in bag of salad leaves), cucumber, green beans, olives, tuna and egg. Salad dressing was mustard, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and lemon juice. To my horror my bloods at 2hrs were 9.7. I think it may have been the nescafe cappuccino sachet I had afterwards (no milk in the house and 10 point something carbs in a sachet). What do you think? Are potatoes particularly bad for blood sugars?
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Clearly on that occasion they were for you, 30g carb plus a few in the other salad bits and pieces plus the 10g for the cappuccino would have made about 45g for the meal.
I tend to avoid potatoes. You could try it again without the drink and see how you go with that. However it may have depended on what you were before you ate as if you were quite high then that may have been the problem not the meal as such. Pairs of reading are more useful.
 
I'm contemplating getting a CGM for a few weeks just to get a bit of a better view of what's going on. I have tested a few times in the morning. First thing before food and been high.
 
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I'm contemplating getting a CGM for a few weeks just to get a bit of a better view of what's going on. I have tested a few times in the morning. First thing before food and been high.
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People often find they are higher in the morning as the liver releases glucose in the absence of food to give energy for the day and for organs to function, it can happen as soon as you get out of bed so testing before getting up can give a lower result. The normal that people aim at for before meals or morning/fasting is 4-7mmol/l.
When you say high what reading are you getting.
 
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People often find they are higher in the morning as the liver releases glucose in the absence of food to give energy for the day and for organs to function, it can happen as soon as you get out of bed so testing before getting up can give a lower result. The normal that people aim at for before meals or morning/fasting is 4-7mmol/l.
When you say high what reading are you getting.
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7.5-7.8, not excessively high I guess
 
Ccash said:
7.5-7.8, not excessively high I guess
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You could test in bed just to compare. It does seem a bit high unless you are at the upper end of the prediabetes zone, so nearer 47 than 42mmol/mol.
 
Leadinglights said:
You could test in bed just to compare. It does seem a bit high unless you are at the upper end of the prediabetes zone, so nearer 47 than 42mmol/mol.
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I have just recently tipped over to being type 2 (diagnosed a week ago)
 
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