Cherries

chrisinbrum said:
I think it's useful to remember that the DAFNE 'rules' about whether you inject for certain foods might not suit everyone. for me, eating cherries I'd inject, and if you buy a punnet from the supermarket it will probably have the nutritional info on the back of the label - look underneath the lid for it.

DAFNE also says don't inject for nuts or pulses...I know that if I don't then I'll be high within a couple of hours! I just use the carb value on the packet label and treat them like any other food. I think the amount might make a difference though - as a veggie I'm going to base a meal around lentils or have a bowl of cherries, not just one or two!

Sorry, but any fruit/veg bought in labelled punnets is a complete NO NO! Just yuk....
For heavens sake, can't you buy fresh, hand picked and get them weighed?
Please, please resist all these wrapped/packaged/regurgitated F&V
My stress levels are off the richter scale, thanks to some of the comments on here!

from where, stuff in tubs are fresh are they not............?

There's fresh, ...................and there's proper fresh

Does 'proper fresh' mean you personally pick fruit from the trees or bushes?! Well I do on my allotment, as well as buying fruit in supermarkets when I want to; that way I can check the CP value of what I'm eating!
It's not really helpful to a discussion on the CP value/injecting for cherries to criticise what you 'think' my shopping habits are, is it??
Don't buy them if you don't want, but there's no harm in having a look at the label while they're on the shelf if you want to is there?

The point I was trying to make is that I've found that I need to inject for some foods that DAFNE says I shouldn't need to, so I confirm what the CP value is and take the appropriate QA - I've found what works for me, other people might need to do the same

sarahg said:
Hi thanks for this i have been doing the DAFNE thing for over a year now and really happy with the way things are going until this week had a bowl of cherries for dinner did not find the carb on the DAFNE list, so looked on line injected as the advice from the carb counter i found on line (for 2.5 CP as the weight was a fair amount). BG fine when went to bed then 2 hours later had horrible hypo should have looked here first. i shall look as this advice page from now on first thank you