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TrishSA1

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Hi I am newly diagnosed as type 2 and high cohlestrol having been told to eat loads of oats I have found that after I have eaten oats my sugar spikes. What do you eat for breakfast?
 
I have a bowl of Greek yogurt with crushed walnut halves stirred in. Other good low carb breakfasts are omelette or bacon and eggs
 
Half an avocado smashed with celery sticks

High CHO generally comes from carbs not fat, especially not mono fats. Many of us have found our CHO improves with a low carb higher fat diet. Some of us minimize saturated fat but others don't.
 
Low carb bread, toasted with peanut butter.
Or
Cold sausage or slice of ham with egg mayonnaise
Or
Scrambled eggs
Or
Mushroom omelette

Any cereal spikes me, as does yoghurt with berries.
 
Almost all the things they told us raise cholesterol actually don't.
 
I just made a pancake with coconut flour I used..2 tablespoons coconut flour 2 eggs some water.. not to much.. or you can use coconut milk beat the batter or put in a blender to mix put a knob of coconut oil or any oil that you use in a frying pan add batter and cook until golden on both sides then have a filling of your choice in it sweet or savoury. Mine was grated cheese mixed with chopped spring onion tomato and mayonnaise

PS when I say something sweet I don't mean something with sugar in it maybe just berries and a spoonful of greek yogurt or cream if you have that to top it
 
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Hi shredded wheat sends my bg levels sky high I know we are different in what foods we can tolerate. I stick to eggs, mushrooms. tomatoes, cheese or peanut butter, in moderation. This morning I had 1 slice of dry cured bacon with peanut butter / 2 small slices of gluten free bread. Good luck
 
TrishSA1 said:
Hi I am newly diagnosed as type 2 and high cohlestrol having been told to eat loads of oats I have found that after I have eaten oats my sugar spikes. What do you eat for breakfast?
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Without doubt - the most important meal of the day. Welcome. Here's the science
Breakfast - the most important meal of the day. It fires up the metabolism, gives your body much needed nutrients and gives you energy to get you through at least some of the day.

I'm a biology graduate, I know a reasonable amount about nutrition (but not an expert) and I'm now back in the gym training for the next challenge. Also T2 (Oct 15, weight loss six stone so far)

Oats do help reduce cholesterol, but as you have seen, they can also lead to a sugar spike. You need something that will help with cholesterol but not cause a sugar spike:

My breakfast is one whole egg and five egg whites in an omelette accompanied by a bile of spinach and some tomatoes fried in olive oil and garlic. I am currently experimenting with having a banana too - for other reasons - and so far - no sugar spike.

The breakfast is taking after my first gym session of the day (30-40 mins on treadmill and stationary bike). The carbs are extremely low. The purpose of the meal is to give me protein, some fats and lots of minerals and vitamins. The tomatoes are good for the colon, the garlic good for the blood, spinach - iron, banana - great all round benefit for nervous system and blood pressure. I cook in olive oil - a good fat so good for cholesterol management and only one egg yolk. (I train 3-4 days a week in a powerlifting gym - I need to eat a lot of eggs - typically 12 a day - sometimes more. (I'm great at making omelettes!)

Additional for cholesterol - oily fish - I try to eat 4-6 tins of sardines a week and also one or two meals of poached salmon - all good protein sources and the fats are the right kind of fats.

'High cholesterol' is not necessarily anything to do with how much fat you eat but it is everything to do with the ratio of good fats to bad fats.

It seems to me that many T2 diabetics follow a high fat low carb diet. You just deal with the fats with exercise - it is normal to walk (something more spritely than window shopping speed) for 30-40 mins per day.

The best all round advice though is to start testing to monitor how your body reacts to certain foods at certain times of day. Exercise daily and make sure you include the right kinds of fats - avocados, nuts, olives, olive oil and oily fish - e.g. sardines and fresh salmon.

Good luck.
 
I would also say though that I have to carefully weight my shredded wheat bitsize only 40g no more, I was probably having too much beter or any cereal!! I also have breakfast then don't sit down for a couple of hours busy getting ready, getting to work etc. I have read somewhere the best way to lower is to move around don't sit down straight after eating, move around walk for at least 10 minutes not sure if it helps or not??
 
As regards to eggs my grandson used to hard boil six eggs then just eat the whites and discard the yolks he no longer does this but did not seem to suffer any ill effects from it. He is not diabetic but is into body building and wanted extra protein.
 
Eggs is good. Boiled, scrambled etc. with cheese. mushrooms, bacon, sausages, ham, Start the day with a good breakfast. Then go for a two mile walk. It helps the digestion. Unless of course, you have to work.. But that may also help digestion or not, depending on your type of work. Sitting down is not the best answer but many have little choice in that respect, but do keep as active as possible. But whatever you do, keep smiling.
 
During the week I have bran flakes with chopped nuts and either raspberries or blueberries or Paleo Foods Pecan granola with fresh berries and at weekends it's either scrambled, poached or fried eggs on seeded bread.
 
Most days I have 1/2 avocado and a boiled egg. Sometimes for a bit of a change I might have 2 grilled portobello mushrooms topped with 30g goats cheese and a few pine nuts grilled again to melt the cheese.
 
Now summer is here (!! I hear you laugh at this!!) I am resurrecting the chia seed pudding with berries for breakfast. Eggs in any form. Cream cheese pancakes with berries and cream.
 
Eggs are my go to breakfast, in many ways. Scrambled with lots of grated cheese. Or poached (learn how to, it's easy) - for weekends I'll do spinach, ham, poached egg and hollandaise sauce (bought - maybe 6/7g carbs). Feels like a treat.

Also look for low carb sausages - Heck good, also Black Farmer. You can then do 'almost' a full English.

For easy days though I do boiled eggs, 7 minutes and done. Never had luck with porridge, spikes me too much - and cereals are a no go.

One cereal type option I need to try is this http://www.ditchthecarbs.com/2015/03/06/grain-free-cinnamon-crunch/ - says 7g of carbs per serving.
 
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