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Question Re Breakfast Cereals

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Taraven

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Hi everyone!
I have fallen by the wayside a bit (been in denial since Covid lockdown) and trying to get back on track again.
My diabetes nurse has recommended that I reduce my carb intake. I love potatoes cooked any way at all, and brown, multiseeded bread. I have been advised to try to reduce my potato intake (drastically) and also reduce my bread intake to one slice a day, if that.
My question is, are there ANY breakfast cereals that are safe for Type 2 diabetics to eat?
If not, what do all you people with Type2 eat for breakfast.
Thank you all for your help which is appreciated more than you will ever know. I appreciate you just replying to my (silly, for some of you) question.
My best regards and wishes.

Taraven
 
Never found a readily available cereal that is suitable, there are some keto porridges on the market and recipes for low carb porridge but they’ve never been my thing, now for the good news- how about bacon and eggs, omelette, high meat sausage, meats, cheese or left over low carb food from the day before - I often have left overs in fact today I’ve had a bit of belly pork reheated and a hard boiled egg.
 
lovinglife said:
Never found a readily available cereal that is suitable, there are some keto porridges on the market and recipes for low carb porridge but they’ve never been my thing, now for the good news- how about bacon and eggs, omelette, high meat sausage, meats, cheese or left over low carb food from the day before - I often have left overs in fact today I’ve had a bit of belly pork reheated and a hard boiled egg.
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Thank you so much!! I was wondering if porridge would be ok and you answered my (unasked) question very nicely.
I love bacon and eggs and will be eating more of those. I also love cheese and the mediteranean diet with salad items, olives and cheeses. That belly pork sounds delicious too ;D
Many thanks!! X
 
Ronancastled said:
Many of us skip breakfast & eat 2 meals a day to reduce insulin production.
Eggs & bacon are zero carb so any easy goto.
On the subject of potatoes & toast you need to eat to your meter.
Some of us can, some of us cant.
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Thanks Ronan!! Will take what you say on board. Toasted sandwiches done in the airfryer are one of my weaknesses. I must try to either reduce those or cut them out altogether. Thank you, I appreciate your replying.

Best regards

Taraven
 
Taraven said:
Thanks Ronan!! Will take what you say on board. Toasted sandwiches done in the airfryer are one of my weaknesses. I must try to either reduce those or cut them out altogether. Thank you, I appreciate your replying.

Best regards

Taraven
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What about low carb bread( I’ve got mine from low carb company after a recommendation from here). It’s only1-2carbs a slice, not great toasted as doesn’t seem to brown although I don’t have an airfryer. Potatoes spike me so have gone by the wayside.
 
Taraven said:
Thanks Ronan!! Will take what you say on board. Toasted sandwiches done in the airfryer are one of my weaknesses. I must try to either reduce those or cut them out altogether. Thank you, I appreciate your replying.

Best regards

Taraven
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Only you know your own character but I find "cutting back/reducing" things virtually impossible so have to cut things out entirely.
I'm guessing you might the same. Food addiction is a very real thing and cold turkey is often the only way to address it effectively.

edit to add.. as for breakfast - coffee with double cream is all I have in the mornings.
 
Hi. Yes, eggs and bacon are a good idea and what I have. I'm afraid you need to forget cereals other than small portions. I have home-made muesli with loads of nuts and seeds etc in cold milk. Cold oats are much better than 'stewing' them in porridge.
 
Brekkie said:
I’m interested to know about this “all bran breakfast cereal ‘small portion’ too... I’m always interested in the F word (FIBRE) .. so far apart from keto porridge.. no cereal works for me as a T2 and if it’s too small a portion, spikes me and makes me hungry then it’s a “No” from me as I want to maintain my lower BS numbers.

I’m trying to avoid processed foods and cereals are highly processed with often hidden sugars. I’m finding It’s not only the carbs we have to be careful with for good blood sugar control as a T2 but the sugars too.

Our meters are a good guide. I don’t know what your readings are @WHT but mines were certainly not good on cereal (that’s what they give you for breakfast on nhs piling on the weetabix and toast and porridge - no sign of an egg or any protein for breakfast!) and the nurses in hospital saying “ that’s not too bad or that’s ok” just because they were under 10...Common for us newbies to be told that. To just cut our carbs to half and that’s it. And we go away thinking nothing more to do...

Like @bulkbiker I went with cutting out entirely things that spiked me because I know I don’t have the willpower to gradually lower. Fad diets in the past proved that. As a newbie this disease has led me to holistically look at my health the foods I’m consuming and my lifestyle.
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@Brekkie the small portion is like 3 tablespoons of all bran. In the Cals&Carbs book it shows portion size.
 
Brekkie said:
Ok thanks @WHT. If you don’t mind letting me know which brand and if it is sugar free? I did see some bran flakes(not much of flakes as shape like all bran cereal) in Holland and Barratt once and it was sugar free that I wanted to test out to see if it spikes me but I couldn’t find it again the next time I went in.
I’m just about able to tolerate 1 tbsp of wheatbran in my keto porridge but have to be super duper strict about that - I eat to my meter and only teenie weenie bit of raspberries on occasion.

Thank you
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This is just your supermarket all bran .
 
lovinglife said:
Never found a readily available cereal that is suitable, there are some keto porridges on the market and recipes for low carb porridge but they’ve never been my thing, now for the good news- how about bacon and eggs, omelette, high meat sausage, meats, cheese or left over low carb food from the day before - I often have left overs in fact today I’ve had a bit of belly pork reheated and a hard boiled egg.
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Considering cholesterol also has a knock on effect to blood glucose levels high fat diet wouldn't be recommended either.
Carbs per say aren't bad it's the quality and quantity you eat. Porridge is excellent as low GI.
Take a look at low GI as apposed to low carb
 
5432Lynne said:
Considering cholesterol also has a knock on effect to blood glucose levels high fat diet wouldn't be recommended either.
Carbs per say aren't bad it's the quality and quantity you eat. Porridge is excellent as low GI.
Take a look at low GI as apposed to low carb
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Taraven said:
Hi everyone!
I have fallen by the wayside a bit (been in denial since Covid lockdown) and trying to get back on track again.
My diabetes nurse has recommended that I reduce my carb intake. I love potatoes cooked any way at all, and brown, multiseeded bread. I have been advised to try to reduce my potato intake (drastically) and also reduce my bread intake to one slice a day, if that.
My question is, are there ANY breakfast cereals that are safe for Type 2 diabetics to eat?
If not, what do all you people with Type2 eat for breakfast.
Thank you all for your help which is appreciated more than you will ever know. I appreciate you just replying to my (silly, for some of you) question.
My best regards and wishes.

Taraven
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I had similar issues. Almost every cereal in the supermarkets have added sugar. The absolute lowest I could find was plain bran sticks, but that's still carbs. Some suggest eggs, but they don't always sit right with me.

What I've settled on is finding the highest fat and lowest natural sugar yogurt (currently Yeo Valley extra thick) with a handful of various nuts and seeds thrown on. Fills you up and I actually really enjoy it.
 
5432Lynne said:
Considering cholesterol also has a knock on effect to blood glucose levels high fat diet wouldn't be recommended either.
Carbs per say aren't bad it's the quality and quantity you eat. Porridge is excellent as low GI.
Take a look at low GI as apposed to low carb
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Cholesterol does not effect blood sugar as far as anything I’ve read so not sure where you’ve got that from. However the same diet that gives you high blood glucose is likely to raise cholesterol - and contrary to your and popular belief almost all type 2 in here that have gotten good control of their bgl (and have also improved their cholesterol ratios) have done it by eating more fat and less carbs.

Carbs for a type 2 are a problem regardless of colour or type. Even the ones that absorb a little slower (low GI) still absorb and still have to be dealt with at some point. Lower GI might be better than high GI but that still leaves a lot of room for issues. Glycemic load is a better predictor of what food might do to us. This page has an explanation link of what this is and why it is better as well as lots of visual examples. https://phcuk.org/sugar/

Porridge is kryptonite to most of us. Test on a meter before and after (1,2 and maybe even 3 hrs later or until you return to pre porridge levels) to see what it does to you.
 
Taraven said:
Thanks Ronan!! Will take what you say on board. Toasted sandwiches done in the airfryer are one of my weaknesses. I must try to either reduce those or cut them out altogether. Thank you, I appreciate your replying.

Best regards

Taraven
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Try Nimble brown bread. Its the lowest carb bread that I have found. 2 slices are equal to one slice of ‘normal’ bread. I share your weakness for bread and potatoes. Purition can be used to make keto porridge ( google it!).
The great British porridge company do a high protein porridge. Just have a very small portion. With potatoes, new potatoes have the lowest carb content. Cooled and re heated potatoes have a lesser affect on glucose levels.
 
5432Lynne said:
Considering cholesterol also has a knock on effect to blood glucose levels high fat diet wouldn't be recommended either.
Carbs per say aren't bad it's the quality and quantity you eat. Porridge is excellent as low GI.
Take a look at low GI as apposed to low carb
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Do you use a meter to test before and after porridge?
Many of us find we just shoot up from porridge, low GI or not.

As for dietary fats and cholesterol, when I was diagnosed 6 years ago, my cholesterol was high, lipids out of whack.
Cut the carbs, upped the fats, no statins, and all my lipids are well in the green zone now.
 
Great thread, which also came up in the newsletter. I love my breakfast cereals but as time goes on realise it isn't worth it. I'm more likely to think of a cereal as dessert now and I'm talking cornflakes or Alpen NAS.
All the best with it.
 
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