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Dec 1, 2011
Devinesign
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Tefal Actifry This was the site I found last night but as you can see, some of their values are a bit daft - one gives 100g of chips as having 0g CHO, yet another gives 100g as having 13.5g. This doesn't seem sensible! Either way I think I will guestimate my values based on oven chips and add a bit !! not very scientific but I think it is the best I can do. |
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Dec 1, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Tefal Actifry http://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calories/tefal-actifryDont know how reliable that is personally.........it seems that the carb value is cut when using it, is that right? |
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Dec 1, 2011
Devinesign
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Tefal Actifry Thank you for the welcome and your response I guessed at the cooking process being similar to oven baking and calculated accordingly (I only took 4 chips as a trial) There are obviously more CPs in the actifry chips than either oven or fried as my blood was 11 when I was heading to bed. The chips loose so much moisture in the cooking that per g of weighed food the carbs are more concentrated. I wish when companies promote a new machine on health grounds they would supply guidance on the range of nutritional changes the machine will make to the food!! Does anyone else use the Actifry? Has anyone cracked the calculation of Carbs with it? Any help will be really really appreciated!! |
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Dec 1, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Tefal Actifry Welcome to the forum.............The carbs and cals book states that both oven chips and chip shop chips have roughly 0.3grams of carbohydrate for every 1g of chips............ But I suppose oven chips have been fried already and you are just reheating............... The oil content obviously has no carbs, however I dont know what kind of changes, if any, frying with less oil would have to the carbohydrate value of the potato.................I would assume it would not be anything significant anyway........... I hope someone else has a better answer........... |
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Dec 1, 2011
Ahmentep
99 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / White Bread or Brown? You mean there ARE people who like Marmite?!!! :-)
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Nov 30, 2011
Devinesign
6 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Tefal Actifry Is there a resource anywhere for carbohydrate content of foods usually done in a deep fat fryer now cooked in the new Tefal Actifry? I have searched online and am getting the variance of 1.3cp per 100 g to zero which is obviously rubbish. I am sooo frustrated at the lack of information on carbs, as calories are covered ad infinitum!! (Rant Over) any help would be appreciated
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Nov 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings Sometimes trying to spot a pattern with the blood sugars is the biggest problem with diabetes................the diabetes fairy is usually the main suspect..............glad your getting expected results now......... |
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Nov 30, 2011
pancreotectomy
3 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings Hi Pancreotectomy here bg now ok dinner time yesterday back down to 7.7 & today my waking bg was just 6. As my Dad used to say "Awkward being born & awkward ever since" just proving him right. |
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Nov 30, 2011
SimonC
78 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / White Bread or Brown? I love the brown bread - not because of the higher fibre, lower GI etc, but because I love the taste. I prefer granary, but will happily eat brown. I have on occasions had the Bergan bread because I was trying to eat an over all lower GI diet - ie I had to endure brown rice as well. It did work but so boring. I'm afraid I find white bread tasteless and so I choose brown - which is what DAFNE allows us all to do - eat what we choose.It is an interesting debate, and I bet it is a bit like marmite, with camps firmly opposed. 
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Nov 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Can anyone hive advice please
If I could bathe in Levemir I would............... 
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Nov 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Me too......... |
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Nov 30, 2011
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / White Bread or Brown?
Thanks novorapidboi26, i think i'm going to stick with my white bread
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Nov 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / White Bread or Brown? More commonly type 2s will need to choose there food strategically, so basically, choose foods that have as little an impact on blood sugars as possible, low GI.Type 1 diabetics taking this approach is also good, but purely a personal choice. If you can eat white bread and get your insulin dose/timing right to manage it without spiking, then theoretically you can eat it without feeling like a criminal...... The burgen bread is lower carb and lower GI, so it needs less insulin and it also gets absorbed much slower, helped by all the seeds etc too......... |
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Nov 30, 2011
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / White Bread or Brown?
I so much prefer white bread but an awful lot of diabetics i believe have brown (ie bergen) so i don't know whether i'm doing right or wrong having white. Gill |
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Nov 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Can anyone hive advice please Hey there,the first thing I always look at is BI, and at risk of sounding like a broken record [all my other posts], I would put to you that your BI is not correct ,and therefore trying to work out your QA needs will be difficult at best.......... Example: Sunday 20/11/2011 6.49 - 7.49: No carbs or QA insulin on board, your blood glucose went up, suggesting your evening BI of 22 is insufficient,however could also be signs of the dawn phenomenon, to confirm DP you should do a 3 am test. 12.43 - 15.00: No carbs but 2 units of correction, your BG still went up, suggesting your BI in the morning is also insufficient. you could confirm this by having a carb free dinner also. Later on the week you moved your BI up, which is good, but you may need to go further................I personally move my BI dose up 2 units a time, unless there is only a small increase in BG. So just be patient, and keep increasing your BI dose till it hold you steady, both overnight and during the day.....................my doses are 32 in the morning [6.50] and 38 in the evening [22.00], the later evening dose is because it help with the DP. |
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Nov 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / White Bread or Brown? As you probably guessed from my other response, I will eat any kind of bread, unlike a lot of folk, both type 1 and 2 who choose there bread carefully, I dont know if I SHOULD be doing this, but I dont.............
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Nov 30, 2011
novorapidboi26
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Topic: General Discussion / annoyed and fed up All good advice so far.....................And correct too, I left my DAFNE course far from on top of things, it takes a while to get your background requirements sussed accurately, and only then can the carbs/insulin ratios be established, stick with it............. And enjoy your time out, dont worry too much about the carb count, as it will be a guess anyway.............just keep testing..............
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Nov 30, 2011
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / White Bread or Brown? Hi,Who has white bread & who has brown bread? Gill |
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Nov 29, 2011
wrijoanne
5 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / Can anyone hive advice please I have been on Dafne after 20 years type 1 for approximate 1 month can anyone advise me on my readings please thankyou |
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Nov 29, 2011
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / annoyed and fed up
Happy Birthday for tomorrow
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Nov 29, 2011
ketostix pla...
25 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / annoyed and fed up Hi TcMonkey, I completed Dafne in March and the most important advice stick with it as it does work and become second nature. I am my own worst critic and if things dont work im guilty of over analizing. I never used to test and to be honest relied on luck for many years. My blood sugars are better but when I completed course they went bad, until I got on top of ratios and real world living. Your not on your own and very good sources of advice are available on here and your Health Care consultants. Keep smiling and have a great birthday!!! Dean
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Nov 29, 2011
Dave Marshall
7 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / annoyed and fed up Hi , Yes I agree with Theresaz it took me a few months to start getting my BG where I wanted them , but stick with it DAFNE does work ,
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Nov 29, 2011
theresaz
13 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / annoyed and fed up Hello I'm sorry to hear that. i did Dafne probably about 5 years ago now or more and from memory it took me at least 3 - 5 months and to get things to a stage where I understood what I was doing and felt in control. The reason was that it took that time of writing results down and looking back, analysing them and spotting patterns. Also I needed to remember that every day in my life is different. ie. I eat different things every day, have different amounts of exercise, sometimes dirnk alcohol, have a cold etc, etc. Don't be too hard on yourself it just takes time and the benefits were worth it. I wiould go out and enjoy your dinner and not worry. My consultant always told me one blood sugar that wasn't right was neither here nor there so just do the best you can. I eat out quite a bit and even after years of practice it's really difficult to get carbs right in restaurants and being currently addicted to MasterChef and seeing the hidden sugars etc that is put in food I can see why. I hope this is of some encouragement and Happy Birthday for tomorrow. |
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Nov 29, 2011
tcmonkey80
41 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / annoyed and fed up Hey everybody, I've been doing the Dafne way for 2 months now. Have been diabetic for 7 years. My readings are worse now then when I guessed how much insulin to take.. well that's how it feels, to be honest I didn't test very much, until now.....just so annoyed because I am putting everything into the Dafne way and it just isn't happening.Plus its my birthday tomorrow and I'm worried about going out for dinner and not counting carve right. 
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