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<blockquote data-quote="DiabeticGeek" data-source="post: 24471" data-attributes="member: 7961"><p>Delve around these forums - you will find lots of advice on high carb vs low carb diets. Regardless of what dietitians and medics might tell you (which, incidentally, varies) most T2 diabetics find it much easier to control their diabetes on a low carb diet. In fact, I have never heard of a T2 who has managed to stay off medication for long without substantially reducing their carb intake.</p><p></p><p>However, to come back to the porridge question. When I was first diagnosed I was given the standard NHS advice (eat low GI complex carbohydrates with every meal) - and was specifically told that porridge made a good breakfast. I spent my first couple of months as a diagnosed diabetic dutifully eating porridge for breakfast every day. It was only when I got to grips with self-monitoring and interpreting my BG data that I realised this was doing very bad things to me. Now, everyone is different - so you need to measure this sort of thing for yourself. However, for me the problem was that porridge sent my BG up a modest amount, but that it took many hours to come back down again. Foods rich in complex carbohydrates (porridge, wholemeal bread and rice etc.) tend to do that to me. This is a very different pattern from the short spikes caused by simple carbohydrates - and the danger is more insidious. What this means is that if I have porridge for breakfast, then my BG probably won't have come back to the starting point by lunch time - and then the increase caused by lunch is starting from a higher point. If I have carbohydrates with lunch too, then that will knock into dinner and so on. This means that my BG is rising throughout the day - and that leads to much higher averages than is desirable. I now usually have a very low carbohydrate breakfast (usually bacon and eggs). This doesn't send my BG quite as high as porridge - although there isn't a huge difference in the peak - but by the time I have cycled in to work it is usually back down to the fasting level. Mind you that is me - you must find out for yourself what works for you (which is why it is so important that you learn to monitor your BG effectively while you are working out your diet).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiabeticGeek, post: 24471, member: 7961"] Delve around these forums - you will find lots of advice on high carb vs low carb diets. Regardless of what dietitians and medics might tell you (which, incidentally, varies) most T2 diabetics find it much easier to control their diabetes on a low carb diet. In fact, I have never heard of a T2 who has managed to stay off medication for long without substantially reducing their carb intake. However, to come back to the porridge question. When I was first diagnosed I was given the standard NHS advice (eat low GI complex carbohydrates with every meal) - and was specifically told that porridge made a good breakfast. I spent my first couple of months as a diagnosed diabetic dutifully eating porridge for breakfast every day. It was only when I got to grips with self-monitoring and interpreting my BG data that I realised this was doing very bad things to me. Now, everyone is different - so you need to measure this sort of thing for yourself. However, for me the problem was that porridge sent my BG up a modest amount, but that it took many hours to come back down again. Foods rich in complex carbohydrates (porridge, wholemeal bread and rice etc.) tend to do that to me. This is a very different pattern from the short spikes caused by simple carbohydrates - and the danger is more insidious. What this means is that if I have porridge for breakfast, then my BG probably won't have come back to the starting point by lunch time - and then the increase caused by lunch is starting from a higher point. If I have carbohydrates with lunch too, then that will knock into dinner and so on. This means that my BG is rising throughout the day - and that leads to much higher averages than is desirable. I now usually have a very low carbohydrate breakfast (usually bacon and eggs). This doesn't send my BG quite as high as porridge - although there isn't a huge difference in the peak - but by the time I have cycled in to work it is usually back down to the fasting level. Mind you that is me - you must find out for yourself what works for you (which is why it is so important that you learn to monitor your BG effectively while you are working out your diet). [/QUOTE]
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