Silly Carb Question

[Miss_Doodle]

Hi All,

Hope your all well 🙂

I have a stupid question.... Carbs, I read somewhere (can't remember where!) that anything that had more than 15g of carbs per 100g was really high and should be avoided. So I've been checking all my labels but everything seems to be high! Even baked beans 😱 I know someone here was on about Ryvita, but they seemed astronomic
Am I doing something wrong?

Should I ignore this 'rule' or is there something else that you would suggest working by?

Worried I'm going to run out of things to eat 😱

Everytime I feel like I'm getting the hang of this, something else confuses me 🙄

 

[Vicsetter]

You have to be carefull with Baked Beans, some of the cheap ones have lots of sugar - Heinz is only 13g per 100. Don't know where you got the figure of 15g from.
As for carbs in your food it's the type of carb that is important just avoid fast acting sugary carbs. Are you counting carbs for your diabetes or for your diet/weight loss?

 

[Miss_Doodle]

You have to be carefull with Baked Beans, some of the cheap ones have lots of sugar - Heinz is only 13g per 100. Don't know where you got the figure of 15g from.
As for carbs in your food it's the type of carb that is important just avoid fast acting sugary carbs. Are you counting carbs for your diabetes or for your diet/weight loss?

Hi

Both really, I need to lose weight and I have to admit I feel much better if I keep the carbs low which isn't easy as I love pasta, rice etc.

I'm just feeling really limited at the moment, so is it better to keep an eye on the sugars bit of the carb section?

Sorry this is making me feel very dense

 

[DeusXM]

The percentage of carbs (ie. g of carbs per 100g) is irrelevant. What matters is the total carbs you actually consume.

You still need to pay attention to carbs, not which carbs are sugars. All carbs are sugar once they end up in your stomach so there is little to no difference between a Mars Bar and muesli,. Fat, and the complexity of carbs, will affect how quickly and how rapidly the sugar enters your blood but you get the point.

I personally try to keep my total carb intake to under 30g a day. By way of example, your average sandwich contains 50g of carbs. Anything over 70g a day starts to make blood sugar control very difficult for me.

A low carb. diet is by no means limiting. The issue is our whole culture is built on eating carbs and it's hard to get out of the mindset that fat is bad and a meal without a starch is somehow incomplete.

 

[AlisonM]

Ideally, you need to keep a eye on both, especially so-called 'low-fat' options as they are often loaded with sugar to improve the favour. I tend to avoid baked beans altogether as they spike me, I do make a nice three bean casserole though which fills the cravings to a degree and is very filling.

 

[Miss_Doodle]

Thanks,

I think that makes more sense I know I'll get there in the end, but at the moment is just seems a bit overwhelming 🙄

I was thinking of digging out my old slimming world books as the 'red days' seem to be along the right lines. Limiting the amount of carbs, while filling up on meat etc.

I did think that 15g per 100g was a bit strange!

 

[LeeLee]

Hi Miss Doodle, you're right about Red being the best SW plan for us sweetbloods! I do throw in the odd Green or Extra Easy day for a bit of variety, but when I do that I still weigh/measure the portions of carby stuff and aim for portions that would be about the same as a Healthy Extra on Red.

 

[trophywench]

. By way of example, your average sandwich contains 50g of carbs.

Average sandwiches tend to be made with average sliced bread.

Medium sliced white says on the packet that it's 17g ish of carb per slice but in point of fact it's only 15g, so my average sandwiches are 30g - they are less than 35g if they are thick sliced.

What sort of bread do you use to be 25g a slice?

 

[Miss_Doodle]

Hi Miss Doodle, you're right about Red being the best SW plan for us sweetbloods! I do throw in the odd Green or Extra Easy day for a bit of variety, but when I do that I still weigh/measure the portions of carby stuff and aim for portions that would be about the same as a Healthy Extra on Red.

That's a good idea!

I might give that a go, I dug all the books out this morning, so will have a read up and remind myself.

I've been snacking on some grilled chicken this morning, I am starting to crave bread though, so will have a little bit of granary with my lunch I think.

 

[DeusXM]

Average sandwiches tend to be made with average sliced bread.

Medium sliced white says on the packet that it's 17g ish of carb per slice but in point of fact it's only 15g, so my average sandwiches are 30g - they are less than 35g if they are thick sliced.

What sort of bread do you use to be 25g a slice?

Take a look at the nutritional information on pre-packed sandwiches....you might be surprised.

I don't dispute that homemade sandwiches are likely to be lower in carbs but the fact is, if you buy a sandwich, you should easily expect it to contain 40-50g of carbs in it.

 

[trophywench]

True - but usually they count every mortal carb in every mortal thing, eg a couple of grams of onion or a bit of tomato, even the cheese! whereas most people can eat such things freely (not half a ton of it but as much as you'd get on a commercial sandwich anyway)

So I only count the bread unless - of course it's eg a jam sandwich LOL