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10-08-2006, 05:48 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Elgin, IL
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| | | Pasta Pasta Pasta!!!!!
I found the most amazing pasta in the entire world!!!!! It's called Carba-Nada. Made my Aldente Pasta. http://www.aldentepasta.com/carbanada/carbanada.html
I get it at my local Woodman's and I'm looking for anywhere else that might carry it too. It tastes like regular pasta, has the right texture, no after taste, no bitterness AND two hours after eating about a cup of it my BG was only 127!!!!!!! I did a definite happy dance!!!!! 
__________________  Jacqui Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
5/06 A1C 8
9/06 A1C 6.4
ActoplusMet 15/mg/500mg x 2
Levothyroxine 50mcg x1
Pravachol 40mg x 1
Prevacid 30mg x 1
Clonazepam 1mg x1 (for restless leg syndrome, but he seems to think it will help my migraines too)
Lisinopril 10mg x2
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Exercise
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10-08-2006, 07:42 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,833
| | | I tolerate pasta pretty well. I noticed the carb count for a serving of the Carba-Nada is 24g of carbs (6g fiber) per serving. The regular angle hair pasta that I use has 23g of carbs (2g fiber) per serving. How much more expensive in the Carba-Nada? |
10-08-2006, 08:19 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
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| | | Dreamfield's pasta is quite popular for the same reasons you gave. |
10-08-2006, 09:08 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Elgin, IL
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| | You're lucky with pasta though I know you can bolus to count for it - I can't. I have to really eat right or I pay big time with my numbers. I don't tolerate pasta well at all so this is a real coups for me. I haven't tried (didn't know) about the angel hair thing. All other pasta is around 32 to 46 grams per serving. I figure I'm pretty good with this. It is pricier ($3.99 a bag) but I can enjoy it as a treat here and there and I really only eat about a cup (or less) at a sitting so it'll last me awhile. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Cyborg I tolerate pasta pretty well. I noticed the carb count for a serving of the Carba-Nada is 24g of carbs (6g fiber) per serving. The regular angle hair pasta that I use has 23g of carbs (2g fiber) per serving. How much more expensive in the Carba-Nada? |
__________________ Jacqui Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
5/06 A1C 8
9/06 A1C 6.4
ActoplusMet 15/mg/500mg x 2
Levothyroxine 50mcg x1
Pravachol 40mg x 1
Prevacid 30mg x 1
Clonazepam 1mg x1 (for restless leg syndrome, but he seems to think it will help my migraines too)
Lisinopril 10mg x2
(mostly) Healthy diet
Exercise
"this whole friggin town is uphill....." |
10-08-2006, 09:09 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Elgin, IL
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| | I've heard that Spike, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. I came across the Carba-Nada quite by accident yesterday at the market - couldn't wait to try it for dinner. Quote: |
Originally Posted by spike Dreamfield's pasta is quite popular for the same reasons you gave. |
__________________ Jacqui Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
5/06 A1C 8
9/06 A1C 6.4
ActoplusMet 15/mg/500mg x 2
Levothyroxine 50mcg x1
Pravachol 40mg x 1
Prevacid 30mg x 1
Clonazepam 1mg x1 (for restless leg syndrome, but he seems to think it will help my migraines too)
Lisinopril 10mg x2
(mostly) Healthy diet
Exercise
"this whole friggin town is uphill....." |
10-08-2006, 09:09 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,833
| | Sounds like you are doing awesome.  |
10-08-2006, 09:13 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Elgin, IL
Posts: 209
| | Thanks! I have my days. If there's one thing I've learned about this disease it's that it's a day by day thing. One day at a time...one meal at a time..... Quote: |
Originally Posted by Cyborg Sounds like you are doing awesome. |
__________________ Jacqui Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
5/06 A1C 8
9/06 A1C 6.4
ActoplusMet 15/mg/500mg x 2
Levothyroxine 50mcg x1
Pravachol 40mg x 1
Prevacid 30mg x 1
Clonazepam 1mg x1 (for restless leg syndrome, but he seems to think it will help my migraines too)
Lisinopril 10mg x2
(mostly) Healthy diet
Exercise
"this whole friggin town is uphill....." |
10-10-2006, 11:03 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Elgin, IL
Posts: 209
| | Where do you get angel hair that's 23 grams of carbs in a 2 oz serving? The only angel hair I've found has the same bloody 42 carbs per 2 oz that all other pasta seems to. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Cyborg I tolerate pasta pretty well. I noticed the carb count for a serving of the Carba-Nada is 24g of carbs (6g fiber) per serving. The regular angle hair pasta that I use has 23g of carbs (2g fiber) per serving. How much more expensive in the Carba-Nada? |
__________________ Jacqui Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
5/06 A1C 8
9/06 A1C 6.4
ActoplusMet 15/mg/500mg x 2
Levothyroxine 50mcg x1
Pravachol 40mg x 1
Prevacid 30mg x 1
Clonazepam 1mg x1 (for restless leg syndrome, but he seems to think it will help my migraines too)
Lisinopril 10mg x2
(mostly) Healthy diet
Exercise
"this whole friggin town is uphill....." |
10-10-2006, 11:34 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Elgin, IL
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| | I finally found Dreamfield's pasta and reading the box I was totally perplexed. The carbs for a 2 oz serving are 42, the same as regular pasta! What makes it so good if it's the same carbs? Quote: |
Originally Posted by spike Dreamfield's pasta is quite popular for the same reasons you gave. |
__________________ Jacqui Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
5/06 A1C 8
9/06 A1C 6.4
ActoplusMet 15/mg/500mg x 2
Levothyroxine 50mcg x1
Pravachol 40mg x 1
Prevacid 30mg x 1
Clonazepam 1mg x1 (for restless leg syndrome, but he seems to think it will help my migraines too)
Lisinopril 10mg x2
(mostly) Healthy diet
Exercise
"this whole friggin town is uphill....." |
10-10-2006, 01:45 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
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Originally Posted by JacquiS I finally found Dreamfield's pasta and reading the box I was totally perplexed. The carbs for a 2 oz serving are 42, the same as regular pasta! What makes it so good if it's the same carbs? | Fiber should be counted from the carb count...  |
10-11-2006, 03:12 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Massachusetts USA
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Originally Posted by JacquiS I finally found Dreamfield's pasta and reading the box I was totally perplexed. The carbs for a 2 oz serving are 42, the same as regular pasta! What makes it so good if it's the same carbs? | Dreamfields claims that most of the carbs (37 grams) are not digested, hence effectively has only 5 grams of digestible carbs. I tried it once, and my numbers went way high, so I haven't gone back. Others have had better experiences.
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10-11-2006, 05:12 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
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| | | I would like to know what an "indigestible carb" is... |
10-11-2006, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Cyborg I would like to know what an "indigestible carb" is... | I have no idea what they man by "indigestible carb". I don't have good luck with regular pasta, but I have tried Dreamfield and had good luck. I did make lasagna with it. I used my regular recipe and Dreamfield. I had good results.
I did find that you have to cook Dreamfield Pasta a little more than usual.
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10-23-2006, 12:03 AM
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| | | I cant take regular psata either, thats why I have cut down on it. Have yet to try the new pasta and will tell how it goes... |
10-23-2006, 08:29 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North Carolina
Posts: 175
| | | Dreamfields
I tried dreamfields last night. They claim 40+ carbs in 2 oz of dry pasta (same as my usual "regular" pasta) but only 5 are "digestible". I have gotten pretty good at calculating my dosages when I eat pasta. I was 153 before dinner, ate and did my normal routine. 2 hours later I had climbed to 210. Took my correction (goal of 100) and four hours later I was up to 282. Took another correction and my lantus before bed. This morning was still at 229.
If I add up my dosage at dinner and my correction factors, it comes out to be almost exactly the dosage I would have taken if I had eaten my usual pasta and I still would have been high.
I don't think I really believe the 5g claim. But, it does taste great!
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