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Good Afternoon A couple of weeks ago I asked for assistance as, for various such of mobility difficulties causing reliance on other people doing my shopping ,I was unable to have the exact items in my cupboard plus the question of waste food when using small ammounts; your reply was to produce my own menu using the exchange mode. This I have tried but have a difficulty in translating the carbs, protein and fat values into the language of the food labels. A couple of obvious examples to explain.
Your menu will state 6 ounces of yogurt fat-free 1-2% = .5 carbs 2 pros – my purchase of an Activia o%fat yoghurt will state proteins 4.8 per 100g or 6 per carton of 125g
A prepared medallion of salmon equals 30.4g pros and 1.6 carbs.
In your menu lists what exactly does 1 pros 1 carb 1 fat mean and how can substitutes from the store cupboard be made.
Looking forward to an early reply.
Hi, Floyd. Keep in mind that the labels feature grams, and our menus feature exchanges (as are used in diabetic meal planning). The conversions are as follows:
1 carb exchange = 15 grams of carbohydrates + up to 3 grams of protein
1 protein exchange = 7 grams of protein + up to 5 grams of fat
1 fat exchange = 5 grams of fat
1 fruit exchange = 15 grams of carbohydrates
1 vegetable exchange = 5 grams of carbohydrates + up to 2 grams of protein
1 sweet exchange = up to 15 grams of carbohydrates + up to 5 grams of fat
1 free exchange = up to 5 grams of carbohydrates or up to 2 grams of protein or fatHi Ossie-sharon. Thank you for this response, but could I ask a further question. Have I understood correctly, if I replace 1 carb unit, as long as the food consumed for that unit equals in total 7g carbs + 3 grams pros, or change 1pros unit, total food consumed =7 g pros +5 grams fat, is the meal still balanced.
But, for instance for breakfast, what if I exchanged 1 carb unit and 1 pros untin in the same meal, would the total food value have to equal the total of both units, ie 7 g carbs. 10 grams pros and 5 gram fats.
Hope you can clarify.
Many thanks
Brenda
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