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What did you eat yesterday?

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@Mrsw2811 When I was advised my Cholesterol was a tad on the high side, I bought the following two books from Amazon. Not read them yet so I can't critique them but thought I'd share with you. Hope they help should you decide to purchase then.20200226_124929.jpg
WL
 
Hey Wirralass, the dish on the cover page might be good for cholesterol but it would play havoc with my blood glucose! Take care when you get round to reading it.
 
Anitram said:
Dinner was chicken breast stuffed with mozzarella, mature cheddar and wholegrain mustard, wrapped in smoked streaky bacon. 30 minutes in the oven, then served with a salad. New recipe that my wife found. Delicious and barely any carbs, so was surprised to get a 6.7 two hours later as I rarely go above 6 after a low carb meal. I'd had an upset stomach during the day so maybe that had affected my BG?

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Sounds delicious Martin. Expect it was because you were ill but maybe it was the mustard too? I think that can be quite high in carbs (depending on amount used).
 
Breakfast - 75g skyr, 10g toasted pumpkin & sunflower seeds, nectarine
Dinner - 100g spanish omelette, cucumber, tomato & pepper
Tea - Turkey mince pasta sauce (from scratch with lots of veg) with 80g spaghetti and brocolli
Treat - volvic sparkling l'mon on the walk home (7.7g carbs and very tasty - I wanted to buy a milkshake so this is much better than the 39g in that!)

My colleagues, brother and children have all commented how I look to have lost weight this week and so i'm hoping that the scales on Sunday will show that lower carb and low fat combined are the way to go for me.
 
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but maybe it was the mustard too? I think that can be quite high in carbs (depending on amount used).
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In most wholegrain mustard I've looked at there are only about 10g carbs per 100g product so I wouldn't say stuffing a small amount in a chicken breast would be anything significant to worry about xx
 
Ditto said:
There are carbs in mustard? What, ordinary Colman's mustard? Dang! I spread it on willynilly. I fail at food. 🙂
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Colman's actually has more than the wholegrain's that I've looked at as Colman's has 13g carbs per 100g product, but then again there is wheat flour and sugar listed in the ingredients for it so not surprising xx
 
Docb said:
Hey Wirralass, the dish on the cover page might be good for cholesterol but it would play havoc with my blood glucose! Take care when you get round to reading it.
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This is the problem @Docb ~ having to find a happy balance between the two is a mahoosive nightmare!!!

When shopping I look at the traffic signals on food products ~ if they're all green that's ok but......then I check the carbs & sugar content on the reverse side of the product and.....sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised & sometimes I'm not Grrrr! Headache!
WL
 
I'd rather not post what I ate yesterday coz I lost my mojo! It was a baaaad day for sure😱
WL😱
 
You're usually so good WL, I'm sure one day won't affect you too badly. 🙂
 
Mrsw2811 said:
Thank you 🙂 I hope I will stop craving soon.
Yes, I know that is a big portion, (have been having around half of that) but as it fitted in under the 120g carbs I decided to try and fill myself up. Silly I know!
The nurses last week were advising low carb and low fat and stressed keeping cholesterol low. Are you able to eat high fat and keep your cholesterol low?
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There is a growing school of thought that dietary cholesterol is not related to blood cholesterol. My cholesterol levels have gone down from 5.2 to 4.7 since eating much less carbs and more fat and I eat quite a lot of saturated fat these days so what I am seeing supports that new thinking. My cholesterol ratio is supposedly good even if the overall levels are slightly higher than they would like,

I was also given advice to eat low fat, low sugar, low salt, no alcohol and brown/wholemeal carbs by the nurse but that did nothing to help my blood sugar and by the time I added in very low carb to bring my BG levels down I might as well have been eating cardboard.... it was not enjoyable or sustainable. Once I increased my fat intake I didn't feel hungry anymore, didn't miss or crave the carbs, I started to really enjoy my food and my weight stabilised.

I was very apprehensive about eating more fat as it was contrary to all the healthy eating advice I had been given my whole life but my Dad ate a lot of saturated fats all his life..... fatty meat, butter etc and he had the heart of an ox, so I have always been a little sceptical. Once I started doing some research and watched a few presentations by the likes of Dr Peter Attia, which suggested that the low fat advice of our generation may have contributed to the diabetes epidemic we are now experiencing, I started to feel more comfortable about giving it a go and I definitely feel better for eating more fat along with my low carb way of eating and I no longer get cravings which is liberating.

You would have to make up your own mind about whether fat is good or bad, but bear in mind the low fat advice was based on research done 70 years ago using data which is now strongly believed to be flawed at best and possibly also cherry picked. A huge and very lucrative food industry has been built on the back of that research and so there is a lot of power behind maintaining the status quo.
 
rebrascora said:
There is a growing school of thought that dietary cholesterol is not related to blood cholesterol. My cholesterol levels have gone down from 5.2 to 4.7 since eating much less carbs and more fat and I eat quite a lot of saturated fat these days so what I am seeing supports that new thinking. My cholesterol ratio is supposedly good even if the overall levels are slightly higher than they would like,

I was also given advice to eat low fat, low sugar, low salt, no alcohol and brown/wholemeal carbs by the nurse but that did nothing to help my blood sugar and by the time I added in very low carb to bring my BG levels down I might as well have been eating cardboard.... it was not enjoyable or sustainable. Once I increased my fat intake I didn't feel hungry anymore, didn't miss or crave the carbs, I started to really enjoy my food and my weight stabilised.

I was very apprehensive about eating more fat as it was contrary to all the healthy eating advice I had been given my whole life but my Dad ate a lot of saturated fats all his life..... fatty meat, butter etc and he had the heart of an ox, so I have always been a little sceptical. Once I started doing some research and watched a few presentations by the likes of Dr Peter Attia, which suggested that the low fat advice of our generation may have contributed to the diabetes epidemic we are now experiencing, I started to feel more comfortable about giving it a go and I definitely feel better for eating more fat along with my low carb way of eating and I no longer get cravings which is liberating.

You would have to make up your own mind about whether fat is good or bad, but bear in mind the low fat advice was based on research done 70 years ago using data which is now strongly believed to be flawed at best and possibly also cherry picked. A huge and very lucrative food industry has been built on the back of that research and so there is a lot of power behind maintaining the status quo.
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Thank you. I'll do some research about the effects of dietary fat on cholesterol and look at Dr Attia.
I agree that 'low fat' is not necessarily good, I try to avoid 'fat free' products and have smaller amounts of full fat e.g. real butter and don't get worried about eating 'natural' fat in nuts.
Changes to my diet and taking metformin so far haven't reduced my BG (though I have been tested for MODY awaiting results,which could explain that). It did however help weight loss which I see as positive as it will help reduce risk of other complications. I plan to see if low carb helps lower BG at my next test and will switch if it doesn't.
Really appreciate your viewpoint and you taking the time to explain, thanks again.
 
Hope you're all good today. Yesterday's food...

B - Oatso simple coconut porridge made with unsweetened almond milk. Nectarine.
D - 100g Spanish omlette, cucumber & pepper. 40g dried apricots.
T - 1/2 skinless chicken breast, 45g pasta with chilli pesto, grated cheddar cheese, broccoli
Treat - 1 small jam teacake

Just resisted going to a Greek gyros stall with colleagues, instead i'm having an extra piece of fruit with lunch (much better than a big pitta!)
 
Today I (it'll be what I ate Yesterday tomorrow 😉 ) ate

1 halloumi burger with a fried egg on it.
1 cup of fully caffeinated coffee.

lunch.
Chicken casserole made with three drumsticks, 1/4 onion, some cauliflower, some mushrooms, 1/2 a beef oxo cube, 1/2 small jar of baby artichoke hearts, rosemary, oregano and a sprinkle of garlic powder. Served with half a pouch of Konjac rice.

Afternoon meal - two home made keto chocolate eclairs!!

Made with almond flour, coconut oil, psyllium husk and flax seed with whipped double cream with a sprinkle of powdered Truvia and topped with melted chocologic chocolate. Each eclair has about 2 - 3 g carbs only.
I had a cup of decaffeinated coffee with them.

Just tested my blood sugar an hour after eating them - 5.8 mmol/L

I will test again in an hour to see if it has shot up but I don't think it should do. I got quite a lot of exercise whipping that cream!
 

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4 tbspn porridge / almond milk, mug of tea.............Lunch: cold meats, coleslaw, olives. Sugar free jelly & 6 raspberries.......... Dinner: steak, 5 chips, mushrooms, tomato,small glass red wine (no more than a 1.6 rise anywhere all day)
 
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Hi all,

B - oatso simple coconut porridge with unsweetened almond milk.
D - small Greek yoghurt, kiwi & nectarines
T - half a chicken tikka kebab on pitta with salad & some chips!
Treat - one of the hubby's giant chocolate buttons

Not a great end to an otherwise good day, but the kids wanted a takeaway and after a long week a work I gave in easily!
 
more than likely both! @Ditto. The chicken will be fine, its protein but i would suggest make some cauliflower 'rice' (grate it, add a llittle curry powder for flavour, boil 2 mins,drain well, I squish in a sieve to let the water out, & fluff it up) eat as much of it as you like - its all good. Funnily enough I had it tonight with pork mince curry. A BIG plate full - no ill effects.
 
I feel like I had a good day today:

Breakfast: 90 second keto bread with berries and chia seeds.
Lunch: salad of pepper, cucumber, carrot, tomatoes, avocado, raisins, comte chease and coleslaw.
Dinner: a couple of slices of pizza, coleslaw, raw broccoli, salad bits. Pudding: raspberry mouse made from sugar free jelly and Greek yoghurt.
 
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