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Type 2 Breakfast highs

layne56

Member
Messages
22
Location
Lincolnshire Wolds
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Insulin
Hi, I am getting quite depressed about breakfast! I have been given Lixasenitide by the hospital and diabetic nurse has set my Humalog mix to 38 20 24 throughout the day. Blood glucose has been coming down quite well, but now for example, this morning, bloods at 10 then after breakfast (rice krispies/semi skimmed milk) they have shot up to 19 !!! I have changed from cornflakes for a change. I cant eat museli's or any other kind of mixes like that, and the dietician I saw said nothing wrong with what I was having. Any other members got advice for me please
Thank you
 
Well, my first piece of advice would be to give up cereal! It is notorious for raising blood sugars - unfortunately dieticians will insist on the carbs-with-everything diet and it doesn't do us any favours. Low fat doesn't help diabetes - low carb does.

Try eggs and bacon, or eggs and mushrooms, no bread or toast! See if that makes a difference, think you may be surprised.
 
Hi layne56, welcome to the forum, I agree with the other posts about the cereal, cut them out. I am retired too and always had cereal all my life for breakfast, now I have eggs poached / scrambled / with either bacon / mushrooms or tomatoes . please go onto the forum "What Have You Eaten Today" it has meals on there what some of put on daily. Try some of these and then test 2hrs later you will see the difference in the cooked breakfast from the cereal ones. I have changed from semi skimmed milk to full fat milk and have cream in my coffee. Got a lot of this advice from this forum. You will be fine I'm sure stay with us all we will help you. good luck.
 
Well, I would NEVER have believed that - thank you, I never agreed with what dieticians said anyway!!! Will not replace my cereal then, will get more eggs, bacon and mushrooms, I will let you know how I get on. Oh and I will pop over to that forum too
 

Can you send me a link please, i cant find it xx
 
Breakfast can be the hardest meal to get right as most of us are most insulin resistant in the morning. Eggs and veggies are a great option. I enjoy guacamole and celery. I need a high fat VERY low carb BF or I will be random all day. Breakfast does not have to be breakfast food. Left over protein and veggies from the nigh before is great too. I used to eat cold salmon or smoked salmon with cold roasted veggies drizzled with olive oil.
Hard boiled egg salad with veggies is good too.
 
layne56 said:
Can you send me a link please, i cant find it xx
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Hi layne56, do you mean the link for the What have You Eaten Today forum if you do write it in the search box at the top of the page and you will find it or go into recent posts and it may be there. good luck .
 
amgrundy said:
Hi layne56, do you mean the link for the What have You Eaten Today forum if you do write it in the search box at the top of the page and you will find it or go into recent posts and it may be there. good luck .
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Yes i did, but stupidly i Googled it as I thought it was another forum!!!! Durrrrr - my excuse - well erm.... blonde (grey) and turning 60 soon.
Ladybird was kind enough to give me a link to it. I have found it very informative, and now have to really think about what to eat (oh no - the brain has to be used!!) Anymore info about anything is greatfully received, as I am fed up with Nurseies, Doc's Dieticians etc, as they are just causing me so much pain - mentally and physically xxx
 
Just to pipe up - 2 things

Firstly, if you are on fixed insulin, then please don't switch from a high carb cereal to a no carb breakfast suddenly.
You could end up with a hypo.
Do it gradually (maybe half and half and monitor your bg closely)

Secondly, there ate 2 'what did you eat today' threads. One is labelled 'low carb' the other isn't. Last time i checked, there was quite a difference between them! So if you want to read up on Low Carb, try this one:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-have-you-eaten-today.75781/
 
Hi layne56, Glad you got the link, you will soon get used to what you can eat, its the portion size that matters as well, I don't eat big platefuls anymore and have got used to it. Yes your right doctors and dieticians are ok but I truly think they need to listen to us diabetics more instead of just giving us advice in their eyes of what to eat and what they think is best or good for us, they are not testing their foods like we have to do. Good luck stay with us you will be fine.
 
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