[Sca-cooks] OT - need help with low/noncarb snacks.

[Bronwynmgn at aol.com]

Hey, folks,
As some of you know, I've recently been diagnosed with gestational diabetes.  
While I've been able to keep my sugars down, it seems I'm not getting enough 
calories and my ketones are going up.  If I can't get it under control with 
diet, I'll have to go on insulin for the duration of my pregnancy, which I don't 
want to do.  I know there are a bunch of folks on here with experience with 
low-carb diets, and I thought you might be able to help.  Whether the food is 
period or not doesn't matter, as we aren't planning on attending any events 
before the baby is born.  Therefore, if you'd reply privately, that would 
probably be best.

My current allowed levels are 3 servings of carbs (15 gm/serving) per meal 
and a mid-morning and midafternoon snack containing 1 carb serving and one 
protein serving.  My evening snack has already been trimmed to a protein serving 
only, as my fasting sugars have been slightly high.

What I need are suggestions for either snacks containing 1 carb and one 
protein, but relatively high calorie; or non-carb (translated as 5 gm of carbs or 
less) snacks that I could add to my midmorning and mid-afternoon carb and 
protein snacks.  I'm only allowed a 2-3 servings of artificial sweetners per day as 
they are not sure of the effect of these on the baby.
It would also be helpful if they are things that can be eaten out of hand, as 
I often have to sneak them in while driving from one work site to another.

Many thanks for any help you can give, and I'll try to keep the ensuing 
discussion off-list as much as possible.

Brangwayna