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Beth mck

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Hi

Just looking for some breakfast ideas, most things I eat tend to raise my levels, can you let me know what you guys are eating please :)

I usually have all bran or weetabix, but both of these raise my levels by more than 2 so want to avoid

Thanks
 
I usually have Poached eggs on low carb loaf (Srsly) with avacado, spinach and plum toms or scrambled eggs with avacado spinach and plum toms. Basically I avoid all cereals and toast etc.

I have only been T2 for 4 months but as a prediabetic for 10 years have eaten the above religiously for the last few years (although previoulsy was normal toast rather than low carb.
 
gogobroom said:
I usually have Poached eggs on low carb loaf (Srsly) with avacado, spinach and plum toms or scrambled eggs with avacado spinach and plum toms. Basically I avoid all cereals and toast etc.

I have only been T2 for 4 months but as a prediabetic for 10 years have eaten the above religiously for the last few years (although previoulsy was normal toast rather than low carb.
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Hi @gogobroom - did you make the switch to lo-carb bread after your T2 diagnosis in October? Does it appear to be help manage your levels? Thanks
 
Beth mck said:
Hi

Just looking for some breakfast ideas, most things I eat tend to raise my levels, can you let me know what you guys are eating please :)

I usually have all bran or weetabix, but both of these raise my levels by more than 2 so want to avoid

Thanks
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I eat eggs, poached, scambled, fried - whatever. Normally with bacon or sausage. Sometimes make 90sec bread and make a bacon or sausage sarnie. Very occasionally I have porridge; it doesn't 'spike' me, but I am wary of it's high carb content. Also full fat greek yoghurt with a few blueberries or raspberries works well for me and is just as quick and easy as cereal.

Not touched cereal since I was diagnosed in Nov/Dec except once where I was ravenous and had nothing else to hand.
 
Keith Saunders said:
Hi @gogobroom - did you make the switch to lo-carb bread after your T2 diagnosis in October? Does it appear to be help manage your levels? Thanks
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Hi - Yes I did, I've been using a CGM and a single slice of "normal bread" raises my BG by around 6 mmol/l sometimes it would return to within 2 by 2 hours, sometimes not. I have found Srsly seeded or loaf doesn't raise BG much at all, the above breakfast with Srsly I prob get around a 2 mmol raise then back down again with an hour. I find the seeded one is much nicer than the loaf but both are ok and a great substitute, in my opinion.
 
Don’t think of it as breakfast because that puts you in mind of “breakfast” foods, it’s just your first meal of the day so can eat anything that doesn’t spike your blood sugars. I eat the usual eggs, bacon, cheeses & meats but I also sometimes have leftovers from my low carb meal the night before, I also make salads up in jars especially in the summer. Today I had fried mushrooms and some green beans & asparagus that was left from dinner last night. I did low carb pizza on Saturday night and had a couple of slices for breakfast on Sunday. Try to think outside the box :)
 
I'm going as low carb as I can, and breakfast is between noon and 2pm for me - I'm having buttered broccoli and hard boiled eggs quite frequently. This morning I was a bit hungrier than yesterday so also had an avocado with lime juice (just a sprinkle) and apple cider vinegar.
 
There are some decent (though pricey) low carb breads. Having some of that with whatever form of eggs is pretty good.
Other options are an omlette with added veg, cheese and meats.
A lot of people on here go for Greek Yoghurt, but it's one of the few foods I can't stand.
Something I do like is "keto sheet pancakes", made mostly with almond flour. You bake the batter and cut it into squares, which you can reheat whenever you need it - handy if you dont have much time in the morning. The recipe I use is: https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/keto-sheet-pan-pancakes/#recipe
 
lovinglife said:
Don’t think of it as breakfast because that puts you in mind of “breakfast” foods, it’s just your first meal of the day so can eat anything that doesn’t spike your blood sugars.
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Good suggestion about changing the mindset. I'll have to work on this. Thing is, I don't want to cook at breakfast time. I'm on autopilot for the first hour or so. Making toast or cereal with coffee was about my limit up to the time I found out I was at risk of pre-diabetes.

Cereal has been ruled out. I have been able to eat one slice of wholemeal toast (with vegemite and chia seeds) without getting a huge spike, but that's not enough to sustain me most days. Unfortunately my glucose can't handle two slices of toast.

I tried two fried eggs this morning, on a slice of toast, with coffee. It was enough to squish the morning hunger pangs but it's not something I want to do every day. (The heart people advise no more than seven eggs a week, and I need to limit red meat, too, because of heart and iron.) In any case, glucose still went up more than I'd like.

I'll dig out my thinking cap and maybe have a go at preparing some meals in advance for breakfast, and keeping them in the fridge.

Does anyone have other ideas for an easy (not cooked) breakfast that's low in carbs, or at least doesn't cause a spike - apart from yoghurt?
 
If you have time/inclination to catch up on modern nutritional concepts you'll see that, the 'eggs and red meat are baaaad for you' idea is way out of date but still recommended by certain health care people who either haven't kept up or are pushing a vegan agenda.

Breakfast - I don't eat it as I do intermittent fasting, but you could have any cold meat or egg mayo prepared the night before.
 
Outlier said:
the 'eggs and red meat are baaaad for you' idea is way out of date
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For a person without any cardiac-related problems, that may be so. I don't know.

Everyone's different so I can only speak for me. I'm okay with accepting the current research that points to the advisability of people with a wonky heart not overdoing red meat in particular, but also eggs to a lesser extent. I have noted that eggs are no longer the "no no" they used to be 50 years ago in regard to healthy heart diets, but I can only stomach so many of them, so I don't think I'll have any trouble having less than 8 eggs a week.

I need to avoid having too much red meat for another reason as well as cardiac problems. I also have over-the-limit transferrin saturation, which may cause problems with various organs (iron). I've been advised to limit steak to around 150g a week, which is fine by me. (My father had haemochromatosis, but I don't - I've only got one allelle that they know of.)

Since asking about breakfast, I've remembered that I quite like sardines. Maybe I'll have those (and other fish) for breakfast when I don't feel like eggs. I'm sure that over the coming weeks I'll think of other edibles for brekkie variety :p
 
Any easy idea is to cook an extra portion of whatever you have in the evening, and eat that portion as your first meal the next day.
"Break fast" doesn't have to be certain foods only, just low carb
 
Breakfast has never really been a particular issue for me as i've rarely eaten it since my teens so I've had around 50 years practice not having to eat breakfast cereals etc. So I'd agree that's it's probably best NOT to think of it as "breakfast" but instead as it being your first meal of the day, then you don't have to restrict yourself to the usual breakfast type foods. As a bonus you're then also free to "break your fast" whenever you need to eat. Low carbing usually means you're eating foods that sustain you for longer so it's not ralways necessary ro top up with quick fix carby breakfast cereals etc.
 
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