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Brumfoodie
DAFNE Graduate
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 10 posts |
I'm off to Japan in a few weeks and have not found many Japanese foods with carb values listed .I know that the standard Japanese rice is low GI and that sushi contains added sugars so I would allow 1CP for each piece. Noodles would be my "safe "option as I think the portions equate to pasta and they are serve with clear soup and vegetables. Is there anyone out there who has any information or links to suitable sites? |
QQ
DAFNE Graduate
Singapore General Hospital 2 posts |
Living in Japan for a few months I find that the food there are generally lower in carbs. If you have difficult calculating the CP, head to their convenience stores to get your food instead. Almost all their food there, including packed bento, contains nutrition labels like carbs and fats. |
Brumfoodie
DAFNE Graduate
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 10 posts |
QQ - Thanks for the help and advice. I've laminated the kanji for carbs so I can keep it to hand. |
Brumfoodie
DAFNE Graduate
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 10 posts |
The carb content of food in Japan turned out to be pretty simple to estimate. Rice served with a meal was typically 3tablespoons worth -3CP- and noodles were similarly constant in quantity. Portions were small but there was a wider variety of different items in a meal so I got plenty of practice in totalling tiny numbers. I added 0.5 CP to the total of each meal to allow for the sugar included in sauces and pickles served with rice. It seemed to work. Only problem? Eating a fried egg served on a flat plate using chopsticks - but thats another story... |
JayBee
DAFNE Graduate
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 587 posts |
Ooops, I missed this conversation! I've been to Japan twice (once in 2007 and again in 2011) and not had any troubles with food really. Like in the UK, most foods came with labelling which made eating only about as challenging as it is at home. You can get a whole delicious noodle or rice bowl with the carb info in quite a few places! |
Gander 7 posts |
Sushi is quite easy to estimate actually, particularly maki. As you say there is some sugar in the rice but I find if I have six maki rolls it works out about 70 grams of CHO. Some of the starters are heavily sugared however and best avoided altogether - apart from the seaweed! |