Bran Oatmeal with Carbs and Bread Substitute Advice

I make bread, using my original white bread recipe I add in as many low carb and fibre options as possible - so much that I add in some baking powder to help it rise, the recipe is in my blog.
However - I have to make little rolls in muffin tins and then freeze them, otherwise I'd eat too much.
I am no longer seeing diabetic test results, but I am back to the state I was in my 40s, weight gain is easy and weight loss really difficult.
I am just about maintaining, though I am becoming stronger and losing volume.
A diagnosis I wore XXL and now I can wear M.

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Hi @Klpville,

They do still have the protein rolls at Lidl stores here in Germany. They go by the name of "Eiweißbrötchen" and are triangular in shape as @bulkbiker mentions. They are about 10g of carbs per 100g, so one of the lowest carb choices of bread available. When I had them, I hardly saw my blood sugars move at all. They are also pretty large, so half a roll should probably fill you up.

Klpville said:

Does that mean that any healthy diets do not include any oatmeal and bread at all?

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Absolutely not.

But for those with T2D who are insulin resistant and following a low carb diet approach, they are not really appropriate.

Klpville said:

Hi @ziggy_w,

Danke schön! I really do appreciate your help! I would write in German but I'd like all the others to understand it too Right, that's exactly what it is "Eiweißbrötchen" means "protein bread" in English. It's that simple. Love it here in Hamburg, real nice place Lots of opportunities to practice my German as well.

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Hi @Klpville,

Hey, very cool that you are in Hamburg. I grew up in the North of Germany, even further up north then you are right now. Hamburg definitely is a very charming city. I'm located in Wuppertal and commute to Cologne for work.

If you have questions as to where to get some of the low-carb/keto foods/ingredients, I am more than happy to help.

Klpville said:

I still eat one little slice of bread per day (13 carbs) and one apple per day (12 carbs). That's roughly about all the carbs I get per day. I hope my apple a day will keep the BG away

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Careful. Careless talk costs lives.

Yes, me too.

Klpville said:

Shelves in stores and shops are literally jammed with all sorts of food for vegetarians / vegans and people who do not eat gluten, but there is basically nothing for diabetics and low carb eaters..

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The normal low carb foods we all eat like meat, fish, cheese, eggs, yogurt, cream, butter, green vegetables, mushrooms, avocados, berries and nuts I take it are all available in Germany and I read somewhere that they do about 80 different varieties of sausages so some of those I am sure would be low carb. Are there any other specific low carb foods you would like to see on a low carb shelf if shops had them

Klpville said:

For example your "80 different varieties of sausages" are not sorted out. You have to grab each pack, turn it over, and read through the labels for ingredients. The same applies for yogurt. I'd say 90% of all types and brands of yogurts normally have tons of sugar added. You have to grab them one by one again, either put your glasses on or bring over a magnifying glass as usually it's all in small print so to speak. Now your shopping experience turns into endless hours of reading through many thousands of labels of all sorts of stuff... If the store / shop / mall is huge you are facing about "800 varieties of yogurt" and you cannot just buy any you wish, you have to grab every single one out of 800 and read their labels first in order to find out whether it has carbs and sugars or not...

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You do like to make things difficult. Look for Bratwurst, find a low carb one, next time get the same one. Look for a plain yoghurt, find a low carb one, next time get the same one. Not really a problem.

Klpville said:

That's how the matters stand. I would definitely buy the same one again. However, I won't be able to do it before I sort them out first and choose the "correct" ones.

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Yoghurts are pretty easy.. anything with fruit will be bad so you want plain and as high a fat content as poss.. that probably reduced your 800 to about 20 max immediately. Hope that helps.

Klpville said:

I just also realized that there was no eating out for me any more.. When you cook it for yourself you're 100% sure on carbs, sugars, and stuff in your meals, but I guess no chef / restaurant will care about this. Are there any restaurants / cafes for diabetics?

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Again, don't make things difficult for yourself.
Of course you can eat out.
I do so regularly and I am on a carnviore way of eating that is much stricter than most low carb ways of eating.

You can eat all not-mucked-about-with meats, fish and eggs.
All salad and above ground veg.
You can have cheese instead of pudding.
We get indian and chinese takeaways (chosen with care, of course).

I love food and have never accepted that low carbing is a restrictive or miserable existence, and I have never let it affect my social life*. I went Gluten Free a couple of years ago, and simply apply the same positive Can Do attitude to that, too. I am an expert in which local restaurent have the best omelettes, mixed grills, steaks, GF burgers and seafood platters. Some of the cheeseboards are sublime. I choose chicken shashlik, butter chicken or tandoori when we go to a curry house. All are delicious. Only last week I encountered the most fabulous Breakfast Omelette I have ever eaten, in our local garden centre cafe.

In about 30 years of eating low, lower carb, keto and now carnivore, I have only been into about 5 eateries where there was nothing I could eat. Everywhere else has had something I can enjoy and leave satisfied, even if I leave some of the food on the plate at the end of the meal (usually the carby side dish).

*except for a couple of times where it has provided me with the most superb opportunity to avoid an excruciating social gathering that I didn't want to go to in the first place!

Klpville said:

Hello everyone!

1. Would highly appreciate it if somebody could advise please, what do you substitute / replace bread with? Is there an option to buy /find low carbs bread? Normally, it's about 15 carbs per one little slice of any bread...

2. I found this Whole Grain Bran Oatmeal over here but it contains 53 grams of carbs! That's a whole lot as far as I understand. Here is the full list of its ingredients:
Nutritional value/100g: energy 1550 kJ (370 kcal), fat 8.0 g (of which saturated 1.6 g), carbohydrates 53 g (of which sugars 1.3 g), dietary fiber 12 g, protein 15 g, salt 0 g.
Vitamins and minerals / 100 g: B-1 vitamins 0.5 mg (45%), folic acid 47 ug (24%), iron 5.6 mg (40%), magnesium 137 mg (37%), zinc 3.9 mg (39%).

I don't think it's the right oatmeal to eat is it? Even though it contains fiber, vitamins, and all the other useful stuff, the number of carbs (aka sugar molecules) scares me. In fact, its glycemic index is supposed to be low as well but with this number of carbs.. I am not sure.. Any advices / comments / suggestions? Many thanks in advance!

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Try Rye bread - just stand +look at ingredients - found a 9g per slice in Tesco (May be the 400g loaf)
Make ur own keto bread (almond flour/eggs) diet doctor/ gnom/gnom.