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Foods that you thought would spike you surprisingly dont

Julie702 said:
@Sable_Jan - had a look at my jars and they are called crushed chillies. I have two jars, one is Schwartz and one is Sainsbury's own. They do appear to have some seeds, but I hadn't heard that you shouldn't eat pepper seeds.
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Thanks Julie. Might get some then. Anthony Worrall etc says flakes in his recipes but may mean same as you have.
 
Julie702 said:
@Sable_Jan - had a look at my jars and they are called crushed chillies. I have two jars, one is Schwartz and one is Sainsbury's own. They do appear to have some seeds, but I hadn't heard that you shouldn't eat pepper seeds.
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Of course you can eat the seeds! They can be very hot though.
 
I am very surprised indeed that oat porridge made from pin head oats and eaten with cream doesn't raise bg noticeably while rolled oats and milk adds 4 or 5 mml/L. I love oat porridge so am very happy to have found this out.
 
Totto said:
I am very surprised indeed that oat porridge made from pin head oats and eaten with cream doesn't raise bg noticeably while rolled oats and milk adds 4 or 5 mml/L. I love oat porridge so am very happy to have found this out.
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Oats that have been highly milled and refined have a higher gi value than those that haven't, so products such as Instant Oats (Ready Brek) are rated higher than those that are less processed such as Pinhead & Steel-Cut Oats, plus the fat content of the cream helps slow down the absorption of the carbs.
 
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Totto said:
Of course you can eat the seeds! They can be very hot though.
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I'll bear that in mind, don't like "hot" in chillis, curry etc. You can tell by my seed reference I don't use them much ;-)
 
But it still the same amount of carbs.

I start with bacon and eggs, then porridge.
 
Totto said:
But it still the same amount of carbs.
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It is, but low gi foods have less of an impact on bg levels, but given that you start off with bacon and eggs first the fat content of your breakfast will help to slow down the digestion of the carbs in the oats, that's why I add seeds and natural yogurt to my morning porridge.
 
Totto said:
First and main?

I'm not afraid of food. I eat a lot when I eat but I don't snack and I work hard.
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Can't physically work hard but do eat biggish meals. Never a multi course breakfast tho nor normally any other meal - last nites 3 course dinner almost as rare as hen's teeth and spread over couple of hrs
 
I,ve been making mince pies last weekend & the ones I made with homemade mincemeat had very little effect on my BG but the idustrial ones raise it if I just sniff one, so I agree with the theory that shops tend to "fill" their products with cheap stuff to cover the fact that sometimes there not so good. Back to the kitchen for me- only two pies a day though
 
Think the shop made ones also have sugar in the pastry as well as syrupy sweet mincemeat.....
 
Take away chinese sends me into outer space but home made chinese doesn't and home made is nicer!!!!
 
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