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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / January 2004MacDonalds
Is there any meal I can eat at MacDonalds. I took my Grandchildren last night, I had chicken nuggets and chips, with a sweet & sour dip, and it put mt BG up to 14. Have I to avoid this in future. Never eaten there before! Cascade > Is there any meal I can eat at MacDonalds. I took my Grandchildren last > night, I had chicken nuggets and chips, with a sweet & sour dip, and it put > mt BG up to 14. Have I to avoid this in future. Never eaten there before! And also need to find out more about carbohydrates and their effects on blood sugar levels. Chips and sweet n sour sauce alone are hefty in carbs, the nuggets have some but a better choice than a burger. I go for the salad, dunno if you get salads there, they are fairly new to Australia. Unless you eat the guts out of a few quarter pounders and nix the bread then you aren't really going to feel satisfied after a Maccas meal, too many carbs for the piddling amount of food. > Is there any meal I can eat at MacDonalds. Bottle of mineral water and ..er.. NK > > Is there any meal I can eat at MacDonalds. > > Bottle of mineral water and ..er.. Black coffee - no sugar. On a serious note, I find that it's the fries and, in particular, the shakes that raise my bg. If I have a burger, I go to BK [1] and have a bacon double cheeseburger (with the bun), and don't have much of a problem. It could just be me, though. [1] Mainly because I loath McDonalds.  SignatureSteve Brassett Type 2 DX May 2003 - Pills, diet & exercise > > > Is there any meal I can eat at MacDonalds. > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > [1] Mainly because I loath McDonalds. Agreed, ditch the fries and drink only water, coffee or one of the huge range of diet soft drinks they have (er....one) I can get away with taking the top half of the bun off a burger, chucking it away and eating the rest of it. Like Steve, I prefer BK. Interesting that McD's copy of the whopper seems to have no taste whatsoever. Go easy on the dips when you are having chicken - haven't checked the stats, but I suspect there is enough sugar in the dips to give you heart failure from reading the carb count. I know that dieticians tell you that you can have sauces, but this usually translates to "you can wave the bottle in the vicinity of the plate, with the cap on" once you have taken their portion sizes into account. -------------------- VBH Dx(17-Oct-03) : A1c 10.2 : 102Kg Latest : A1c: 7.7 : 92Kg : Met 3x500 --------------------- > Agreed, ditch the fries and drink only water, coffee or one of the huge > range of diet soft drinks they have (er....one) After watching like a hawk to make sure they did really fill your cup from the diet tap! Always used to annoy me pre-dx when I got diet after asking for regular coke - would cause a lot more than annoyance to have the opposite mistake now. I've solved the problem by no longer eating at McDonalds, not through any attempt to be virtuous but after a couple of years of healthy eating I just don't like their food any more. Quite a change from eating a 1/4 pounder, large fries + coke plus an extra couple of cheeseburgers almost every week pre-dx. > I can get away with taking the top half of the bun off a burger, chucking it > away and eating the rest of it. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > vicinity of the plate, with the cap on" once you have taken their portion > sizes into account. I was caught by over-sweetened sauce in TGI Fridays a few weeks ago. Had some peppercorn sauce with a burger and fries and injected what I thought was a suitable amount of insulin then three hours later I was at 13.4 mmol/l :-( SignatureIan Harding Dx T1 Jan '02. MDI Humalog and 2x Hypurin Bovine Lente Thanks for all your helpful replies. It really is great support. Cascade > > Agreed, ditch the fries and drink only water, coffee or one of the huge > > range of diet soft drinks they have (er....one) [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > thought was a suitable amount of insulin then three hours later I was at > 13.4 mmol/l :-( > > On a serious note, I find that it's the fries and, in particular, > > the shakes that raise my bg. The milkshakes are suicidal!!!!!!! After a very poorly weekend a couple of months ago I will strongly recommend never ever having a McD's Shake without a fully capable pancreas to help you out! Surfin' > Is there any meal I can eat at MacDonalds. I remember being in Macdonalds about 15 yeras ago with the kids. A girl collecting the waste came to the table next to us. "Can I have your rubbish please ?", she asked the man sitting there. "Sorry, luv. I've just eaten it", he replied. |
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