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breakfast

Ah, the $64,000 question! Breakfast is tough because so many typical breakfasty things are totally carb based. Bad news for a diabetic I'm afraid.
If you fancy anything involving eggs, bacon, kippers, cheese, deli meats etc., those are a much better choice because they will have a much smaller impact on your blood sugar level, keep you feeling fuller for much longer, and be much better for you generally in a vitaminy sense.

All the best,

fergus
 
Kippers are good and a traditional breakfast!
 
You're quite right I think Skater.
No-one would dispute that veggies are a good basis for any diet, diabetic or otherwise, but I don't think the same can be said for most fruits. Many people seem to find blood sugar levels too difficult to control when eating fruit and would therefore probably benefit from avoiding it.
There are also concerns about the role of fructose in the diet. It has long been assumed that, because fructose is metabolised by the liver, not the panceas, it was safe for diabetics to eat. However, the liver makes a lot of triglycerides from fructose, and can raise LDL cholesterol just as much as saturated fat!
This is one reason to avoid HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) because its combination of glucose and fructose is a double whammy, hitting both pancreas and liver hard.

All the best,

fergus
 
HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) does appear to be very bad news indeed. Fruit and veg in moderation is less of a problem as far as fructose is concerned.
A small amount of fructose, such as what can be found in most vegetables and fruits, is not a bad thing. In fact, there is evidence that a little bit may help your body process glucose properly. http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/fructosedangers.htm
 
I have removed the posting from "aboutdiabetes" because it was basically a link to his/her own website, one that contains advice for diabetics that at best could be decscribed as misleading and at worst downright dangerous.
 
DiabeticSkater said:
Fruits could be very bad indeed for a type 2 diabetic considering the sugar content. you need to be more specific?

Quote from a very knowledgeable guy

http://www.phlaunt.com/quentin/

"Avoid eating the storage organs of plants"

It's a good strategy for avoiding concentrated carb-laden food but in many cases you can consider nuts and berries (in sufficiently small quantities) to be honorary non-storage organs.

Here are some breakfast ideas

http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/ ... fasts.html

Mine are based around protein, good fats, masses of salad and low quantities of carbs (two oatcakes and smoked salmon) for some people even that is too many carbs for breakfast
 
My problem with the breakfast that was advised is....

I don't eat eggs, kippers, deli meats...
Cheese = GOOD!
Bacon = GOOD! If no fat on it, otherwise it's really not nice to my taste.

Sadly I love toast and some fruit......
I couldn't face cheese and bacon in the morning. Or cooking anything...
I'm just a bit too lazy for this diabetic diet thing ;-)

Oh, and I could live on pasta! My problem is mainly that I don't like the taste of meat!
 
The only time I have a cooked breakfast is when I go away on holiday. Otherwise it's either cereal or toast. Toast is starting to cause indigestion/heartburn if it's just margarine on it. Mueseli tastes like bits from the bottom of other cereal boxes. The bits you throw away!! I know cereal is full of carbohydrates but what isn't......
 
It might sound a bit weirdy-beardy, but have you thought about soup at breakfast?
If you make your own, it'll cost buttons and if you use non-starchy vegetables and chicken, for example, is a brilliant start to the day. Especially with the fuel-poverty-credit-crunch winter fast approaching!
All the best,

fergus
 
There is no way I could eat anything like soup or bacon or anything like that I have always eaten porridge. I have never tired of the taste. I make it half semi skimmed/half water, into the microwave on full for a minute give a stir in again for another minute. Sprinkle with some Canderel some cinnamon, a spoonful of flax seeds and a spoonful of lecithin and stir in a little more milk and I am in seventh heaven. Dont feel hungry then until my apple at elevenses
 
Porridge sounds good to me. sprinkle nuts on top? What nuts are low in carbohydrates? Don't think I could eat soup for breakfast though. :lol:
 
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