Dinner tonight

[Brunneria]

At the risk of provoking outrage I have porridge most mornings: 25g (dried weight) of oats, salt, a teaspoon of stevia, because I can't stand unsweetened porridge, and made with water (no milk). In conjunction with a cup of coffee and goat's milk, it raises my BG by round about 1 point after 2 hours. May not suit everyone, other breakfasts are available, your vote will not count but may be charged for, terms and conditions apply etc.....

Lucky sod.

Suggestion: don't have it every day - you might jinx yourself.

 

[Yorksman]

She is also a diagnosed type 2 diabetic as of July this year. Is there any cereal suitable?

Porridge is low - medium GI but does spike many people to begin with. It did me until I got more active and lost weight. It is by its nature easily digestible and that is why it is given to sick people as gruel.

To slow digestion down down don't use rolled oats but use steel cut oats. They take a long time to cook, at least 30 mins but usually 1 hour. You can see from the photo what the difference is:

Foods which are manufactured to be quick and easy to cook are also quickly and easily digested. I often put mine in a slow cooker the night before and in the morning, they are wonderfully creamy.

 

[jay hay-char]

Hey if you're lucky enough to eat it without a spike then fair play to you! I'm all for people eating what works for them! The op is spiking after starchy carbs hence my suggestion of lchf! @fionamarie have you thought about keeping a food diary? I did when first diagnosed. I also recorded my readings before and after food. It helps you work out what you can and can't eat.

It's funny how much variation there is between people. Whilst I'm not a full-on low carb, high fat nut, I estimate that I presently eat maybe 100g of carbs per day in total and I have cheese, butter, full fat yoghurt and various other things that are officially verboten. I go for porridge because it's slow release and stops me from feeling hungry before lunch time and - as others on here have mentioned - it's not massively carb-infested, certainly not when compared with weetabix, shredded wheat and/or instant porridge, which normally contains quite a lot of sugar (probably more in some brands than others). Also, a 25g dry weight portion isn't a massive bowl full once cooked.

I guess it just underlines the need to pay attention to how things affect you - rather than necessarily other people - and to eat to your meter....

 

[Scandichic]

It's funny how much variation there is between people. Whilst I'm not a full-on low carb, high fat nut, I estimate that I presently eat maybe 100g of carbs per day in total and I have cheese, butter, full fat yoghurt and various other things that are officially verboten. I go for porridge because it's slow release and stops me from feeling hungry before lunch time and - as others on here have mentioned - it's not massively carb-infested, certainly not when compared with weetabix, shredded wheat and/or instant porridge, which normally contains quite a lot of sugar (probably more in some brands than others). Also, a 25g dry weight portion isn't a massive bowl full once cooked.

I guess it just underlines the need to pay attention to how things affect you - rather than necessarily other people - and to eat to your meter....

Out of curiosity, do you eat lentils? I love them but always weigh a pound heavier the next day so only have them once a week! Beans and pulses have a similar effect.

 

[jay hay-char]

Out of curiosity, do you eat lentils? I love them but always weigh a pound heavier the next day so only have them once a week! Beans and pulses have a similar effect.

I do, from time to time, and pulses as well. Like porridge, I don't have masses of them (see my mention of chickpeas, above) which may help limit the rise in BS - I try to, and mostly succeed in, keeping post meal increases to <2 points. I haven't noticed that pulses make me put on weight and I seem to be keeping my BMI around the 23 mark at the moment, which is a considerable improvement on how things used to be . Some things work better than others: I love chilli, but kidney beans seem to have more of an effect than some other pulses and legumes. I'm only about 4-5 months post diagnosis, so I'm still learning about everything, really.

To revert to the topic of breakfast, the irony is that I'm not a huge fan of porridge, particularly when you can't use milk to make and add to it, or golden syrup to drizzle over it , but it's warming and filling and that's what you need at this time of year. Though I love a good fry-up, I just don't have the energy to embark on one first thing in the morning, or the inclination to eat it even if I were to cook it.

 

[pavlovsdog]

My porridge earlier on in the week caused a big spike although it was a packet ready made to which i just needed to add milk. think i will try the oats

I found the ready made porridge affected my bg too much, however porridge oats seem to be less of a problem. I suspect it's because the ready made porridge has lots of other stuff added to it.