Eggs and blood sugar

[Benavraham]

I have T2D which does not require medication, but I have to be careful about what I eat. Boiled eggs, fried eggs, and omelets do not increase my blood sugar, but Scotch Egg does . . . very much. Any ideas why?

 

[MissMuffett]

Hi It’s probably the sausage meat that surrounds the egg. Sausage meat contains rusk or some sort of binding agent so that’ll be the reason yourBG goes up

 

[AndBreathe]

I have T2D which does not require medication, but I have to be careful about what I eat. Boiled eggs, fried eggs, and omelets do not increase my blood sugar, but Scotch Egg does . . . very much. Any ideas why?

In addition to @MissMuffett 's comment, if it had a breadcrumb coating, that would also be a culprit candidate.

Whilst a Scotch Egg contains an egg, it's only part of it.

 

[MissMuffett]

In addition to @MissMuffett 's comment, if it had a breadcrumb coating, that would also be a culprit candidate.

Whilst a Scotch Egg contains an egg, it's only part of it.

@AndBreathe oh yes I forgot about the breadcrumb coating! Double whammy

 

[mansingh01]

I have T2D which does not require medication, but I have to be careful about what I eat. Boiled eggs, fried eggs, and omelets do not increase my blood sugar, but Scotch Egg does . . . very much. Any ideas why?

Hi, it’s the batter around the scotch eggs

 

[Ushthetaff]

Had a look online typical values for scotch egg carb content is 16-18g per egg, would be a couple of units of fast acting for me

 

[Lainie71]

I have T2D which does not require medication, but I have to be careful about what I eat. Boiled eggs, fried eggs, and omelets do not increase my blood sugar, but Scotch Egg does . . . very much. Any ideas why?

Scotch egg will be the sausage meat and the breadcrumbs. Eggs are good but if I have too many boiled ones I bloat and get bunged up! That's the problem at the moment, I am full of.......... lol

 

[Outlier]

A good slosh of mayonnaise on your cold boiled eggs might well address that particular issue. Probably rather yummy on hot eggs as well.

 

[KennyA]

I have T2D which does not require medication, but I have to be careful about what I eat. Boiled eggs, fried eggs, and omelets do not increase my blood sugar, but Scotch Egg does . . . very much. Any ideas why?

Scotch eggs are boiled eggs plus sausage meat plus breadcrumb. Typical sausage meat might have 30-40% oatmeal or similar filler. Some are even higher in carb - I think Morrison's do a "sausage" that is only 30% meat. Bread is typically around 70% carb. Breadcrumb, being dried, may be much higher. I'd guess around 20g carb per scotch egg, which is about my total daily carb intake.

So I'd expect to see a substantial BG impact from that amount of carb in the short term. If you test before and at the +2hr mark after eating, you'll see how well or otherwise your system dealt with it.

 

[mouseee]

I've made my own in my past slimming world life! I used good quality sausages with 100% meat and used the filling to cover the boiled egg. No breadcrumbs on the outside but sprinkled with rosemary salt and then baked in the oven.

 

[ajbod]

Use crushed pork crunch as a coating, this is the very light pork scratchings.

 

[Omar51]

I have T2D which does not require medication, but I have to be careful about what I eat. Boiled eggs, fried eggs, and omelets do not increase my blood sugar, but Scotch Egg does . . . very much. Any ideas why?

I am a pre and heavy egg user, lots of boiled, some fried and omelets. Limit two yolks and a lot of whites. Love organic brown eggs. Eggs do not raise my BG too. No Scotch eggs. I think Scotch eggs are wrapped with carbs and perhaps some processed meat. I never ate Scotch eggs and don’t want to!

 

[Jasmin2000]

I've made my own in my past slimming world life! I used good quality sausages with 100% meat and used the filling to cover the boiled egg. No breadcrumbs on the outside but sprinkled with rosemary salt and then baked in the oven.

This. Google keto scotch egg and you'll find loads 0.5-2g per scotch egg recipes. Don't need to a slimmer or be keto = they just taste better.