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04-01-2008, 05:18 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lowell, MA
Posts: 611
| | | Baby carrots?
Hello all,
I have a bag of baby carrots that I brought to work today. When I search the forums, I get different information thats a little confusing.
So.. carrots are a bi starchy. But, should I avoid having a cup of baby carrots for my mid-morning or mid-afternoon snack? |
04-01-2008, 05:51 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,687
| | | A 1/2 cup of raw baby carrots have the following:
Calories: 35
Total Carbohydrates: 9g
Fiber: 2g
Sugar 6g
Protein: 1g
Karen |
04-01-2008, 05:55 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Landenberg, PA
Posts: 1,255
| | If you need a snack, baby carrots are great. I eat them often and they have very little impact on my sugar. An added bonus is that they take up space reserved for chocolate and count 100% as a vegetable. 
Mike
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Pumping since 2002 |
04-01-2008, 08:01 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,854
| | Rabbits won't eat them. What does that tell ya?  |
04-01-2008, 08:20 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,203
| | | Baby carrots don't spike my sugar because of the fiber. They are good for the **eyes** (bats eyelashes) and they keep me full a long time. A good healthy snack in my book! |
04-01-2008, 10:05 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
| | | I snack on baby carrots often. I love them. I've never noticed a rise in my BG.
__________________ Age: 43
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
•••
[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08  
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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04-01-2008, 10:06 AM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,626
| | | I go overboard with baby carrots and eat the whole bag. They're a favorite of mine. In moderation you should be ok. |
04-01-2008, 10:43 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 6,883
| | | I must be the only person on the forum who doesn't like carrots...to me, they taste as I imagine dirt would taste! I've tried them baked, glazed and raw!
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
04-01-2008, 11:01 AM
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Posts: 5,626
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by princesslinda  I must be the only person on the forum who doesn't like carrots...to me, they taste as I imagine dirt would taste! I've tried them baked, glazed and raw! | WHAT?!?!?!
We're not friends anymore  |
04-01-2008, 11:08 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
| | You ain't right, Linda! You just ain't right!! *giggles*
__________________ Age: 43
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
•••
[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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04-01-2008, 11:16 AM
| | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 6,883
| | Oh come on people...there MUST be other carrot-haters out there somewhere. Orang-colored food just shouldn't taste like carrots (guess I had too many cheetos, circus peanuts and orange sherbet in my "pre-D" life..to me, that's what something orange should taste like !....but I do like beets!
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis) |
04-01-2008, 11:28 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
| | | BEETS!!!!!!!! eW! BLECH!! Now I KNOW you ain't right!! LOLOL
__________________ Age: 43
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
•••
[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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04-01-2008, 02:18 PM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marina del Rey, CA
Posts: 93
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by ladytaz BEETS!!!!!!!! eW! BLECH!! Now I KNOW you ain't right!! LOLOL | I think I have an OLD baby book from my mother, where she tried to feed me beets, and it said I violently spit them out. As far as baby carrots, I love them but my doctor said no matter what you eat, do it in moderation (i.e eat a portion not the whole bag). |
04-01-2008, 02:48 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,583
| | | I should eat more of them as they are great sources of fiber and at least a little colorful, to say the least! Helps many a blah dinner plate.
I think the baby carrots of today (sold mass in grocery stores) are really cut from just regular "big" carrots. A chef told me this...but my MIL swears that just can't be true. But, I think a true baby carrot is much more slender and tender...does anyone know the difference? |
04-01-2008, 03:24 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Livonia, MI
Posts: 521
| | | I eat baby carrots as part of my lunch every day, much for the same reasons as posted prior. I just learned though how much better the organic baby carrots taste than the regular, and they don't cost much more.
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