Chapter 4 - “Hay”, What About Fiber?Want More Diabetes Info? Search HERE
Peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, yams, potatoes, and beans, even though they may have adequate amounts of fiber, are nonetheless high in carbohydrates as well. Salad greens, spinach, celery and radishes, on the other hand, have negligible amounts of carbohydrates, but are indeed high in fiber. Nuts and seeds are high in fiber, but they have varying concentrations of carbohydrate content. Which particular nuts and seeds our bodies can tolerate as type II diabetics will vary from person to person. If you have type II diabetes, and you’re making an effort to control it with a restricted carbohydrate intake (which I believe is the ideal method), it’s very important for you to discover which high fiber, low carbohydrate vegetable sources you can safely enjoy and include plenty of those foods in your daily diet. Twenty-five grams of fiber per day is a typical minimum daily recommendation. There is one particular bit of information about fiber that you’ll read in various publications, or even hear from doctors, nurses and nutritionists (if you haven’t already) that could actually be harmful to you if you’re a type II diabetic. There’s a theory in popular nutrition circles that a person can consume carbohydrates in combination with fiber and for every gram of fiber you’re consuming, you can completely avoid all of the effects of that same amount of carbohydrates. You see this on labeling everywhere, especially on the snack foods. These labels pronounce in big, bold letters, “Only 3 grams net carbs!” The red-lights-and-sirens warning here for the carbohydrate sensitive person (the type II diabetic) is the word buried right in the center of the proclamation – that little word “net.” Any time you see the word “net” before the word carbohydrates, it means that the labeler has used this popular method of calculating the carbohydrates. That is to say that they have determined the actual carbohydrate content of servings in the package, subtracted the fiber content per serving and then proudly labeled the difference as “Net Carbs". But packaging laws, thankfully, still require them to put the actual, full carbohydrate content onto the back of the package.
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