[Diabetes-Talk] Was wondering about Progresso soup?

[Lisa Belville]

Hi, Terri.


I usually have the Progresso garden vegetable or the cream of mushroom 
soup with one or two Schwan's turkey and pork meatballs thrown in or, if 
I don't have those, I'll use 1/2 of a fully cooked Italian sausage link.


One of the things I did when they officially diagnosed me as a Type II 
diabetic was go see a nutritionist.  She looked at my current A1C, 
weight, etc. and gave me a daily limit of 160 carbohydrates.  It's not a 
hard and fast number, gut it's a general number I try to shoot for.


If you read the label on the Progresso soup, it's very low in sugars and 
fiber, but has 18 carbs per 1 cup serving, which isn't bad, but if you 
eat the whole can, it's double that.  Also, there are 650 milligrams of 
sodium in each one cup serving.  So the salt is there even if you can't 
taste it.  That's not a bad thing, but it's good to be aware of.  Salt 
and sugar can be very sneaky. <sigh>


If you know what your daily carb intake is, this would be helpful in 
figuring out what you should eat and when.


Lisa


Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com

On 7/27/2021 7:08 AM, Terri Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> Hello everyone,
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> I hope you all are doing well.
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> I was just wondering, what do you all think of Progresso soup?
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> Is this a good option for people with diabetes?
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> If so, are some of their soups better than othres?
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> I am trying to find lunch options for myself. I am still really 
> struggling with this. Eating is still a pretty big issue for me. I've 
> made a lot of changes, and I know I am making some progress. But I 
> know I still have a ways to go.
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> I was considering buying a few of the soups that weren't condensed. 
> But I thought I would just see what you all thought. I appreciate the 
> knowledge, experiences, and opinions you all have to offer.
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> Thank you,
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> Terri
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