Diabetics...what foods dont really increase your blood sugars?
My sister can have an omelette even, and it will raise her BS, despite it being all protein.
4meAndyou · F
You have to select foods by sugar content and carb content. For example, an apple contains a LOT of sugar. Lettuce does not. An omelette, if it contains only eggs and nothing else, should not raise blood sugar.
Unprocessed meat, such as beef, chicken, pork, turkey or lamb, do not contain sugar. Fish, such as salmon, tuna and shellfish, are also free of sugar. Processed meats, such as bacon, cured ham and sausage, sometimes contain sugar as a preservative.
Non-starchy vegetables, such as kale, spinach, onions, cucumbers and mushrooms, have very little natural fructose and no added sugar. Cauliflower, bell pepper, bok choy, broccoli and asparagus are also on this list. Potatoes and winter squashes are starchy and higher in natural sugar content.
(Starchy veggies are corn, peas, and carrots).
Natural dairy foods such as low-fat milk and unflavored yogurt are sugar-free, though lactose converts to sugar in the body. Flavored milks and yogurts typically contain sugar. Unsweetened almond and soy milks don’t contain sugar, though flavored varieties do. Eggs, hard cheese, cottage cheese and tofu also don’t contain sugar.
Fresh or roasted nuts are sugar-free. These include almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, peanuts and macadamia nuts. However, flavored varieties such a honey roasted contain sugar. Plain nut butter doesn’t contain sugar, but some varieties of packaged peanut butter do. (Skippy peanut butter is one of the few varieties that contains no added sugar.)
https://www.reference.com/world-view/foods-contain-sugar-bd1be7f0ca2a6814?
Unprocessed meat, such as beef, chicken, pork, turkey or lamb, do not contain sugar. Fish, such as salmon, tuna and shellfish, are also free of sugar. Processed meats, such as bacon, cured ham and sausage, sometimes contain sugar as a preservative.
Non-starchy vegetables, such as kale, spinach, onions, cucumbers and mushrooms, have very little natural fructose and no added sugar. Cauliflower, bell pepper, bok choy, broccoli and asparagus are also on this list. Potatoes and winter squashes are starchy and higher in natural sugar content.
(Starchy veggies are corn, peas, and carrots).
Natural dairy foods such as low-fat milk and unflavored yogurt are sugar-free, though lactose converts to sugar in the body. Flavored milks and yogurts typically contain sugar. Unsweetened almond and soy milks don’t contain sugar, though flavored varieties do. Eggs, hard cheese, cottage cheese and tofu also don’t contain sugar.
Fresh or roasted nuts are sugar-free. These include almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, peanuts and macadamia nuts. However, flavored varieties such a honey roasted contain sugar. Plain nut butter doesn’t contain sugar, but some varieties of packaged peanut butter do. (Skippy peanut butter is one of the few varieties that contains no added sugar.)
https://www.reference.com/world-view/foods-contain-sugar-bd1be7f0ca2a6814?
4meAndyou · F
@Baybreeze You're welcome. PRE Diabetic. I am trying, a bit unsuccessfully, to control my carb intake and sugars to bring those numbers down.
My best success, in both how I feel and in my numbers, occurs when I eat pre packaged salads for dinner, such as Kale salads, or Chopped Salad. Naturally your sister would have to use a sugar free salad dressing...but they are healthy, no work at all, and she might feel better.
My best success, in both how I feel and in my numbers, occurs when I eat pre packaged salads for dinner, such as Kale salads, or Chopped Salad. Naturally your sister would have to use a sugar free salad dressing...but they are healthy, no work at all, and she might feel better.
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ronisme1 · 70-79, M
@bijouxbroussard im glad for you but all raise mine
ronisme1 · 70-79, M
@cherokeepatti you are correct in the amount they raise is different. Orange juice kills my blood sugar totals. But all fruits raise my blood sugar. And eating is a pain. Trying to keep a diabetic diet and a cardiac diet and a acid reflux diet at the same time is ridiculous. I just eat small amounts of all .
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cherokeepatti · 70-79, F
@1olderguy20 yeah that might work but it can also cause some terrible heartburn if a person is sensitive to it. I can drink coffee and I can eat foods with cinnamon in them but the combo is way too much. Same with chocolate. I drank a chocolate-flavored coffee for a couple months and got some terrible heartburn till I stopped.
cherokeepatti · 70-79, F
LifeIsGoood · 26-30, F
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Pfuzylogic · M
@Baybreeze
Peanuts are mostly protein and fat.
You are always safe with non processed food but BS readings can be flakey.
I take two readings a day and when i increased my units of insulin from 26 to 28 my BS drastically dropped. The level of Insulin is different for each person if you take it.
Peanuts are mostly protein and fat.
You are always safe with non processed food but BS readings can be flakey.
I take two readings a day and when i increased my units of insulin from 26 to 28 my BS drastically dropped. The level of Insulin is different for each person if you take it.
bijouxbroussard · F
Scrambled eggs, with just a little butter don’t raise mine. Fruit like apples, strawberries, blueberries don’t raise it much, either. But it varies with people. A friend can eat a banana without spiking, but I can’t. I was told that an acceptable range after a meal is 100-170, but it should come down with subsequent activity.
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