Baked beans!

Hi,

My pump consultant wants me to try something like beans on toast for breakfast instead of my usual no added sugar Alpen. I do find I usually avoid spikes after breakfast and usually have a decent BG after 90 mins. However, she wants me to see if a change in breakfast will make things even smoother for me. Have to say haven't tried the beans on toast at breakfast yet (ewww!) but did have them for lunch a couple of times. I used the Hovis Nimble wholemeal bread (ie small slices) and a small tin of reduced sugar beans both times, and my levels after 2 hours were around 14! (post-lunch levels aren't usually a prob for me). So am dreading trying at breakfast.

Does anyone else find this and also do you bolus for the full amount of carbs listed in the beans? When I did DAFNE a number of years ago we were told to only count half the amount of carbs. I only tend to knock off a few grams...

Oh by the way, I also use multiwave for all my meal time boluses.

iHs said:

Hi Pickle

Have you tried just using the standard bolus to deliver your insulin instead of multiwave. You might find that your bg levels behave better.

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Hi,

I haven't actually as the multiwave has been working really well for me. But maybe I'll try it for the baked beans! Thanks

Riri said:

I find that normal beans (heinz or branston) on toast (burgen) don't spike me at all and I always bolus for the full amount of carbs in them - one food that does work a treat and causes no spikes for me. How we're all different.

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Hmm, well maybe I'll bolus for the full amount and not knock off 3g/4g or so. I'd had the Heinz benas but the reduced sugar. Hope I can get some better after meal readings as I do like beans on toast! Am yet to feel enthusiastic about it first thing in the morning though! :lol: Thanks.