best porridge

[Cath40]

wow thats great..... mine was 7.3 this morning and 13.0 2 hours after breakfast again :-( and thats with taking a gliclazide aswell

Think my mistake is making it with milk
will try again tomorrow and make it with water and see if that works

 

[noblehead]

Well the steel cut oats arrived and I've had porridge for lunch I made the recommended serving for 1 person using 50g and 1 cup of water and some salt and simmered them for 15-20 mins (not a super-fast snack). Started with BG before lunch of 9.2 (high for me but had a hypo so was rebounding). After 1 hour still at 9 so no spike with these. Will report back the 2 and 3 hour readings later when I hope my BSs will have come down with the correction included in the bolus. Loved the taste and the chewiness of them - nothing like the packs of quaker rolled oats so not to everybody's taste I guess.

So which brand did you go with Riri?

5.7 after the 2 hour mark. Result!

Great result btw

 

[Riri]

I ordered them from Amazon and they're called 'now Real Food' . I think the company are based in Edinburgh, I got free prime delivery with amazon but they were expensive at over £7!! I have worked out that they will last a month so I'm ok with that.

 

[AnnieC]

Any one know what quinoa porrige is like for BG levels

 

[Riri]

No sorry Annie.
Meant to say with this type of steel cut oats I've just seen a recipe that says to fry in a little butter the night before (until it gets a bit nutty smelling) then add the water and salt and bring to the boil and then just switch off the heat and cover and it will be ready to re-heat quickly the next morning. Apparently it gets creamier but not soggy. Going to try that tonight now that I'm on a porridge roll!!

 

[noblehead]

I ordered them from Amazon and they're called 'now Real Food' . I think the company are based in Edinburgh, I got free prime delivery with amazon but they were expensive at over £7!! I have worked out that they will last a month so I'm ok with that.

That's great Riri I shall take a look, I'm well stocked with porridge for now but will save the website for when I'm running out

 

[Cath40]

have just seen the mornflake on sale in home bargins to 49p a bag also the do them in ready made sachets aswell 12 for 99p

 

[Riri]

Just to let you know I had it for breakfast and my blood sugars were at 5.4. Now something told me to bolus on a dual wave basis so I gave myself 2 units up front and 1 unit over a 2 hr extended period. Major hypo territory after the 1 hour mark so that didn't work. Glad I didn't bolus the full 3 as usual - something told me that starting at a much lower reading (was over 9 last time) may give me problems. Not sure what to do next time as I was seriously over blousing and no rise in BSs later either. Think I may just reduce the dose to 1 unit (from 3) bearing in mind the above. **** - thought I'd cracked this one!

 

[anna29]

Cant tollerate porridge well at all
It spikes me hugely - plus hard to digest comfortably .
So I leave it well alone .

Hubby however loves and swears by flannigans irish brand of porridge though .
It is more coarse in grain and appearance than some other brands .

With me its like trying to digest concrete

 

[noblehead]

Just to let you know I had it for breakfast and my blood sugars were at 5.4. Now something told me to bolus on a dual wave basis so I gave myself 2 units up front and 1 unit over a 2 hr extended period. Major hypo territory after the 1 hour mark so that didn't work. Glad I didn't bolus the full 3 as usual - something told me that starting at a much lower reading (was over 9 last time) may give me problems. Not sure what to do next time as I was seriously over blousing and no rise in BSs later either. Think I may just reduce the dose to 1 unit (from 3) bearing in mind the above. **** - thought I'd cracked this one!

I eventually got some steel cut oats from Holland & Barrett Riri and tried it this morning, have to say it has a really nice nutty taste and I do like the texture.

I put 50g of oats in the pan last night with water and brought it up to boil, I then turned it off and covered it and reheated this morning adding some milk, seeds, blueberries and yoghurt, definitely will be getting some more from now on

 

[Kat100]

I am loving oats for breakfast, made with almond milk, with a bit of cinimmon and a squeeze of lime x
Keeps me going all morning.....

 

[ElyDave]

I might give those steel cut oats a bash if I can find any. Personally I do go with the rolled oats and I use the big fat whole ones rather than ground/milled.

I add almond milk, frozen berries, chopped fruit, nuts, seeds sometimes make savoury porridge etc.

I find quite frequently that my blood sugar actually drops if I dose based on carb content due to the low GI.

 

[noblehead]

Is the almond milk not overpowering, I've never tried it before.

 

[iHs]

For some unknown reason....Everyday Value porridge plus 2dsp crushed almonds made up using boiling kettle water plus 1dsp thickish plain yogurt works a treat... not high in carb and get good bg levels 2-3 hrs later


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[ewelina]

Any one know what quinoa porrige is like for BG levels

I eat quinoa porridge and I think it doesnt cause much spike (Im on insulin type 1 but dont need much to cover this poridge). I cook it with cinnamon, vanilla extract and almond or soy milk (and a bit of sweetener). you can add pumpkin and sunflower seeds too

 

[Riri]

I use the alpro unsweetened almond milk on cereal - it's lovely. ElyDave - what do you do in respect of bolusing with your porridge? Glad you like them Nobelhead

 

[ElyDave]

Is the almond milk not overpowering, I've never tried it before.

Not really, it's a very mild flavour. I can't stomach normal milk, but I can drink a cupful of this as cocoa quite happily.

Much lower carb than normal milk as well

 

[ElyDave]

I use the alpro unsweetened almond milk on cereal - it's lovely. ElyDave - what do you do in respect of bolusing with your porridge? Glad you like them Nobelhead

I find the Alpro milks to have a funny tang to them. I prefer the Blue Diamond unsweetened

I normally make it for me adn my son in the morning and I've found that 1 mug = 100g oats, add a mug of berries, comes in at 30g carbs. I usually bolus at 15:1 for breakfast, and only worry about the drop if I'm driving afterwards.

Typically I might go from 5.5 to 4.8 2hours later, not enough to worry about a hypo unless I'm starting low.

 

[Tinkle]

Hazelnut milk is really yummy too. I moved to soya about 2 months ago and have almond or hazelnut too. Tastes yummy in coffee. My tummy seems to tolerate it a lot better than normal skimmed milk x


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[noblehead]

Not really, it's a very mild flavour. I can't stomach normal milk, but I can drink a cupful of this as cocoa quite happily.

Much lower carb than normal milk as well

Thanks Dave, I was just curious as to the taste, I make my porridge with half milk half water so the carbs aren't a problem.