Diet/recipe Help Please

HelenYorkshire

Might not be much help but you/he shouldn't go nuts on the fruit as they're still sugary, things like carrot sticks are less sugary and also cheaper
Also things like splenda last ages so that's more a one off.
Have you any room to grow some of the fruit and salad things?
Do you make your own bread at all - I know wholemeal loaves are more expensive but I don't think the flour is i.e. if making your own it wouln't cost to switch.

I'm sure someone much better / more helpful will be along in a minute :rolleyes:

mardatha

I am dithering over a breadmaker as we speak !

Mojisola

If you're going GI you won't want a breadmaker! You'll end up eating loads of lovely homemade bread and that's not very GI.

Shortie

Mardartha, what type is your hubby? I only reakky know abot Type 1 and contrary to popular belief it's totally differnt to type 2 so not sure how much help I can be....?

mardatha

He's been told for ages that he's borderline type 2, and last lot of blood tests when we phoned up, they said he has crossed the border! No help as yet on diet or anything, waiting for appts .

jaxw

HI
I am type 2 as well
I spend more on fruit & veg but less on cakes & biscuits.
Suggestions - mix pulses & beans through casseroles, pasta sauces etc - buy big bags of beans, cook & freeze portions to add to salads & main dishes
Porridge lower GI & cheaper than other cereals
Add dried apricots to porridge and carry as Low GI snack - but on BOGOF big bags in supermarket, Julian Graves Or Holland & Barrat
Oatcakes - lowere GI than other crackers, OK on their own as a quick snack. Lots of nice flavours too. Work out cheaper as you don't eat as many
Get booklets free from Diabetes UK website also recipes on the website http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Food_and_recipes/Recipes/
Borrow cookbooks from local library
adverise on feecycle for any diabetic cook books people are finished with
Sweet potatoes are lower GI but dearer - cook half sweet pots & half ordinary & mash together lovely on top of fish pie or shepherds pie
Home made bread esp Lildls bread mix much cheaper than bought.

margaretclare

DH is a Type 2 diabetic, has been since 1981. I agree with jaxw above. I don't think it's necessarily a case of spending more, just buying different (healthier!) things.

You need to keep some Lucozade in the house in case he goes 'hypo', especially in the night. DH keeps glucose tablets by him wherever he is - in the car, on his desk, by his side of the bed. 3 glucose tablets will bring his blood glucose level out of the danger zone, and should be followed by some long-acting carbohydrate i.e. GI.

That said, we really don't make a big deal out of it. We buy fresh fruit but then we don't buy 'ready meals', snacks, cakes, biscuits or sweet puddings. So it all evens itself out really. If we bought some of the things that people load up their trolleys with in the supermarket I don't know what it would cost!! All processed and not good for them I'm sure.

The ONLY breakfast cereal you can get which isn't loaded with sugar, apart from porridge, is Shredded Wheat. DH eats bite-size Shredded Wheat with Splenda.

DiabetesUK have a huge amount of useful information - look at their website.

HTH

katie_jane_2

hi, my husband has had to go on a low cholestrol diet at 31 due to his weight and family history of heart disease,although this isnt the same as your situation i can sympathise and some of our changes may help you to cut the costs and still eat how you now have to
1. bought a bread machine wholemeal/grananry is cheaper this way after initial outlay
2. turkey is cheaper than chicken there are 101 ways to cook it on this site alone
3.experiement with flavours in the last month i have invented own salad dressings and sauces from ingredients i wouldnt usually buy such as chillies fresh garlic etc.
4.potato wedges not chips
5. replace cheese with cottage cheese not the same i know but a low fat alternitive at least .
6. veg curry i make in giant vats and freeze in portions to top brown rice and serve with low fat naan breads or great with jacket pots and cottage cheese.
7.carrots and raisins for infront of t.v.
8 i now buy 250g of steak mince and pad it out with veg instead of buying 500g of ordinary mince.
9.buy brown pasta and rice soon get used to it and price isnt much different.
10.i have found that im buying less crisps biscuits meat etc so the expensive stuff weighs this up .so price increase hasnt been to dramatic.
good luck and if you want the vegy curry recipe let me know

mardatha

wow, thank you all xxx really. Whatever life throws at you its nice to know your not alone !
We eat porridge every day anyway, we dont eat curry KJ but thanks anyway , and I think a breadmaker is a must. I suppose all the fruit and salad stuff will be balanced out by the no biscuits//sweets/cake. Sweet potatoes --maybe its the name that puts me off, I will try them, and wholemeal pasta I didnt know about. TY all !

Rikki

katie_jane wrote: »

hi, my husband has had to go on a low cholestrol diet at 31 due to his weight and family history of heart disease,although this isnt the same as your situation i can sympathise and some of our changes may help you to cut the costs and still eat how you now have to
1. bought a bread machine wholemeal/grananry is cheaper this way after initial outlay
2. turkey is cheaper than chicken there are 101 ways to cook it on this site alone
3.experiement with flavours in the last month i have invented own salad dressings and sauces from ingredients i wouldnt usually buy such as chillies fresh garlic etc.
4.potato wedges not chips
5. replace cheese with cottage cheese not the same i know but a low fat alternitive at least .
6. veg curry i make in giant vats and freeze in portions to top brown rice and serve with low fat naan breads or great with jacket pots and cottage cheese.
7.carrots and raisins for infront of t.v.
8 i now buy 250g of steak mince and pad it out with veg instead of buying 500g of ordinary mince.
9.buy brown pasta and rice soon get used to it and price isnt much different.
10.i have found that im buying less crisps biscuits meat etc so the expensive stuff weighs this up .so price increase hasnt been to dramatic.
good luck and if you want the vegy curry recipe let me know

Recipes are always welcome. :j