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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
My bs came down very quickly but I follow a different diet to you. There is a diet out there called low carb high fat. Basically ditch sugar, rice, bread, pasta and potatoes and eat meat, fish, eggs, cheese, cream, loads of veggies. The rationale is that your body converts starchy carbs into simple sugars which then are released into your blood. Your body produces more insulin because of the increased sugar. The insulin takes the sugar to your major organs where it is then changed into fat and stored around your major organs.
See http://www.dietdoctor.com
If you see your porridge oats as sugar, although slow release and starchy carbs as sugar would you still eat them?
Although I'm not going ultra low carb, I have cut down on carbs a lot, and hardly ever have bread (apart from an occasional slice of Burgen), rice potatoes or pasta and when I do, it's in small quantities. The porridge was by way of an experiment because a (T2) GP friend of my wife said that she has it because it's a filling breakfast that doesn't cause her too much of a spike. Clearly the experiment didn't work for me though I might try a lesser amount. Breakfast is the meal that I really struggle with as I can't have cereals or toast and, by & large, much though I love cooked breakfasts, I can't wallop one down every day.
We're all different.....