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I went to a dietitian the other day. If I eat any snacks in the day time they have to be zero carbs. Any suggestions? Does cheese count if it is zero carbs or is that considered a milk?
Also any suggestions for protein for breakfast? 1 oz
Here is a recipe you can try out. I hope you will like it.Hello Michele1974!! So the dietician gave you a diet telling you what carb intake to allow for each meal and each day? I am thinking you could subtract some carbs from meals to allow for snacks as long as its within the daily allowance. But I am just going by what my dietician told me.
An excellent reply. I have to watch my cholesterol as well. I really struggle keeping my saturated fat requirement down as well.Just a quick caveat to go with all the helpful suggestions here. 0-carb meat snacks can be high in protein but also jack up your cholesterol if you overdo them.
Meat sticks are especially culprits because you may not have the willpower to eat just one for a snack, and just two can be the equivalent of a square meal's worth of meat. They're heavily processed sausages so can also contain much higher levels of fat than a small breast or steak serving. Egg yolks of course as well; a single egg gives almost a day's complete worth of cholesterol.
I came into diabetes with elevated cholesterol levels and have to reduce them. But I was recommended to restrict meat products to lunch or dinner and resort to plants and dairy for snacks, jazzing up with herbs and spices. Every diabetic's needs are of course individualistic, so none of this may apply to you. Have your physician also go over your dietitian's plan so he's aware of your eating habits at your next physical.
Fat still confuses me alotJust a quick caveat to go with all the helpful suggestions here. 0-carb meat snacks can be high in protein but also jack up your cholesterol if you overdo them.
Meat sticks are especially culprits because you may not have the willpower to eat just one for a snack, and just two can be the equivalent of a square meal's worth of meat. They're heavily processed sausages so can also contain much higher levels of fat than a small breast or steak serving. Egg yolks of course as well; a single egg gives almost a day's complete worth of cholesterol.
I came into diabetes with elevated cholesterol levels and have to reduce them. But I was recommended to restrict meat products to lunch or dinner and resort to plants and dairy for snacks, jazzing up with herbs and spices. Every diabetic's needs are of course individualistic, so none of this may apply to you. Have your physician also go over your dietitian's plan so he's aware of your eating habits at your next physical.
Source:Cutting Carbs out of the Diet is Recommended for People with Diabetes
Believe it or not, I still run into people whose doctors told them to cut fat out of their diet, not carbs, as if it were fat, rather than carbs that raises blood sugar.
Doctors still rarely advise their Type 2 patients to try cutting down on carbs to improve their blood sugars, though this is changing, and some doctors, who have several patients who have normalized their blood sugar with a low carb diet are starting to recommend carb restriction.
But even though he may not be an enthusiastic low carb proponent, your doctor should be aware that cutting as many grams of carb out of your diet as you can is a safe, effective way to lower blood sugars, and that all the recent research about low carb diets shows that they work and that they improve, rather than worsen, cholesterol levels. Your doctor should also know that the evidence now is that the low fat diet worsens lipids and doesn't prevent heart disease, so that there is no reason right now to prescribe a low fat diet for someone with Type 2 diabetes.
Even for non-diabetics the evils of certain kinds of meat are sometimes a gross exaggeration. Pork and bacon in and of themselves are not bad for you. No meat is bad for you. I believe the claim that it's worse is because when you go through all of the healthy processes like trimming off fat and fat-less cooking, servings of pork and bacon still contain more sat fat than chicken or turkey breast. But who eats pork every day besides Homer Simpson?Fat still confuses me alotand I think there is alot of hoopla about it. Just this week I heard on the evening news that red meat is now safe to eat, but not bacon, LOL. I love eggs, meat and mayo, lol.
I do know even back in my diabetes classes when we talked about fat, they still only recommended of 2 eggs per week.