Snacking on nuts

[GregP]

I know they are quite high calorie, but how do people find their BG reacts to nuts? Love roasted almonds, and have just discovered Salt & Vinegar peanuts which areonly 2.2g of carb per 30g serving which seems good

 

[Mark Parrott]

I munch on nuts a lot & find they don't affect my BG at all.

 

[Ljc]

I love Macadamia nuts, they don't seem to affect my BG much.

 

[Northerner]

Nuts used to be my snack of choice, especially dry roasted peanuts - low carb, negligible effect on levels and contain 'good' fats. As you say, only real downside is potentially the calories. However, I had a strange thing where I developed a recurrent mouth ulcer for some reason - when I was forced through illness to stop eating nuts (or anything, actually 😱) for about 3 weeks, the ulcer went and never came back. Haven't eaten them since!

Best nuts are supposed to be brazils and walnuts 🙂

 

[Val999]

I always have some walnuts as part of my lunch. No problems and I have lost half a stone in weight since being diagnosed in April and starting LCHF diet.

 

[Stitch147]

I snack on nuts. People laugh at work because you open my top desk drawer and there are little pots of nuts in there for me to nibble during the day!

 

[KateR]

I love nuts, walnuts being my favourites. I always have some in the house.

 

[Northerner]

I love nuts, walnuts being my favourites. I always have some in the house.

I really used to like those walnuts that had a big chunk of chocolate beneath them, filled with gooey cream! 😱

 

[Ljc]

I really used to like those walnuts that had a big chunk of chocolate beneath them, filled with gooey cream! 😱

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I remember when they drool used to have a walnut inside too.

 

[Northerner]

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I remember when they drool used to have a walnut inside too.

Yes, I do too! 🙂 If I'm honest, the walnut was probably my least favourite part as a kid 🙂 Particularly liked the dark chocolate, coffee cream ones 🙂

 

[Mark Parrott]

I'm obviously too young to remember to walnut inside.😉

 

[Austin Mini]

We love to snack on nuts. Lidl is the place to buy them.

 

[Annette]

When I was at home, my big sis loved those. But hated walnuts. So she (and the rest of the family) got the chocolate, and I got her walnut.

 

[Austin Mini]

When I was at home, my big sis loved those. But hated walnuts. So she (and the rest of the family) got the chocolate, and I got her walnut.

They didnt suck the chocolate off first then give you the nuts, did they Annette?

 

[Annette]

They didnt suck the chocolate off first then give you the nuts, did they Annette?

No,my mother would prise it off with a sharp knife and then proceed to scrape off any remaining chocolate bits to ensure none of them got near me

 

[Pine Marten]

They didnt suck the chocolate off first then give you the nuts, did they Annette?

Ooh, I used to suck the chocolate off first and scoff the nuts - *drool drool* - first chomp the one on top, and then the lovely chocolatey one inside...

 

[trophywench]

One of the 'good' French chocolate brands, does an 85% dark choc bar, with roasted almonds in it - made for a limited period every year, some years I miss it completely. But when I don't it's hard not to completely clear the supermarket shelf. It is - literally - divine!

 

[HOBIE]

I snack on nuts. People laugh at work because you open my top desk drawer and there are little pots of nuts in there for me to nibble during the day!

It often depends on what mood or what I like to taste to what type of nuts

 

[KookyCat]

I eat loads of nuts quite probably too many! No impact on blood sugar really although if I eat a lot (I use ground almonds for lots of recipes) they do cause a bit of a bump many many hours later. Good for overnight hypo prevention I've found 🙂 I love em all, but my favourites are pistachio, cashews (bit more carb in those than other nuts), almonds, walnuts and pecans. I buy big bags of nuts from the local market and then dry roast my own with spices. Yumsky 🙂

 

[GregP]

I eat loads of nuts quite probably too many! No impact on blood sugar really although if I eat a lot (I use ground almonds for lots of recipes) they do cause a bit of a bump many many hours later. Good for overnight hypo prevention I've found 🙂 I love em all, but my favourites are pistachio, cashews (bit more carb in those than other nuts), almonds, walnuts and pecans. I buy big bags of nuts from the local market and then dry roast my own with spices. Yumsky 🙂

I noticed on the nutrition info that cashews were much higher carb than some of the others. Should I be avoiding them?