You’ve heard Aaron and I both getting thrown by the unexpected low number of carbs in popsicles. (here and here).
The other night I got another surprise about the surprisingly high number of carbs in the pita bread I was eating (55 grams!)
What other foods have you been taken aback by which were much higher or lower in carbs than you would have thought?
By Nic on 19 January 2010 at 9.35 am
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Aaron wrote
Milk! I didn’t ever think that milk had carb in it but lo-and-behold it sure does. I used to drink litres of it when I was high because I found it quenched my thirst better.
I also clearly remember the shock of the paediatric nurses in 1991 as an 8 year old when the nurses at Timaru public hospital discovered that Just Juice has CHO in it despite it saying “No added sugar” on the packet! A crack up now but not so funny at the time really…
Sarah wrote
Thai takeaways – how much sugar do they put in the sauces? You’d think a chicken dish would be safe, but I gave myself a heap of insulin last night but still I was 17 2 hours after. Also naan bread – I love it, but I avoid eating it since one piece is about 70 grams. Actually Indian food can be carbo crazy – what with the basmati rice and lentils that take a couple of hours to actually reveal their carbo hearts. Times like that I wish I had a pump for square boluses.
Nic wrote
there is something crazy going on with Indian and Thai food. The carbs in it seem to pack a punch even hours later – often I’ll think I’ve ‘got away’ with it if I measure my BG an hour or two later but four hours later I’ll be at 15 or 16. I avoided altogether in pregnancy, just too hard to control, even with a combo bolus (would find it hard to match up the insulin when the carb punch was going to hit)…
Aaron wrote
Tell me about it. I used to HATE eating out because I never know what is going in – you just can’t tell and I find that I almost always go high or low as a consequence.
Chinese food is like that too. My solution – eat meat. Always.
Lisa wrote
Tip for Thai add 50% more insulin 40% up front 60% spread over 6 hours….. Works for us after much trail and error. The Key is 50% more carbs than you work out.