RE: [IPp] Re: low carb tortillas
Beware, though. Some things, you really do have to bolus for the net carbs, or
you'll have a kid who bottoms out. The Carb Smart ice cream bars with chocolate
on the outside don't take a full carb bolus. They don't even take half a bolus.
I really think you have to test every new thing out. I usually start with half
the total carbs, and see what it does. Sometimes it's too much, sometimes not
enough. Once in a while, it's just right. Just like everything else related to
diabetes!
Catherine, mom to:
Madeline - 9 Austin - 8
Emma - 5 (dx 10/9/02 - pumping Cozmo)
Abigail - 3 Genevieve & Gracie - 1
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Is anyone else that's trying low carb lifestyle finding that you still have
to bolus for the total carbs and not the net carbs? If we subtract the fiber
from the total carbs and bolus like Atkins says we go high. We still have to
bolus total carbs. It makes you wonder with everyone saying Net carbs is all
that affects blood sugar and insulin levels?? While skiing in Colorado last
week
I
found Mission Low carb white and wheat tortillas! They taste great and we
were excited that Jake wouldn't have to take a lot of insulin for them, but he
went high after eating fajita's made w/ them and only bolusing for the Net
carbs. He ate the same meal w/ them later and bolused the total carbs w/out
subtracting the fiber and did fine. At first I was kinda upset and felt like I
had gone to a lot of trouble to bring a whole lot of these home from 20+ hours
away to find they weren't really low carb for Jake and us, but then I thought
about
how much fiber we were getting in them and decided they weren't so bad! A
large white flour tortilla had 17g of fiber and the large wheat tortilla had
21g of fiber! They taste great and we would have to eat a lot of bowls of
cereal
to get the same benefits.
Also, I found boxer's w/ pockets at a Big K out there!!! They are
really Joe Boxer sleep shorts and we just pull the drawstring out. They still
have the wideband of Joe Boxer elastic to hold them up and look and feel just
like
boxers! Best of all they were clearanced for $5 a pair! If you have a teenage
diabetic son, you can imagine how excited we got about this! It's not very
cool to run around the house or locker room w/ the guys and not have Joe
Boxers!
They are great and we have enough to last till Jake13 is thru w/ college!!!
Trena (mom to Jake 13)
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