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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1573438" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Buckwheat's got a lot going for it. Apart from being full of minerals etc etc, it's full of stuff called chiro-inositol which seems to lower blood sugar by acting as an insulin mimic in ways I don't pretend to understand. </p><p></p><p>Don't have the reference to hand, but I recall reading something about a part of China where it was a staple instead of rice, and the reported rates of diabetes was pretty much nil, although it's difficult to believe anything reported from a rural area of a communist country.</p><p></p><p>Although I'm T1 and have a bit of scope with carbs by, well, injecting insulin, I do make a few adjustments: white rice, potatoes throw me out, brown rice, buckwheat seem to actually level me.</p><p></p><p>I sometimes do this: boil some buckwheat groats (available in any real food or Polish shop, hell, even Tesco does them), fry some lardons of ham, chestnut mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, samphire, plate it up with some tabasco chipotle sauce on top. On the face of it, the buckwheat is a large amount of carbs but my levels barely shift and stay stable for a few days after.</p><p></p><p>It's from the same family as rhubarb, which often gets a positive T2 write up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1573438, member: 374531"] Buckwheat's got a lot going for it. Apart from being full of minerals etc etc, it's full of stuff called chiro-inositol which seems to lower blood sugar by acting as an insulin mimic in ways I don't pretend to understand. Don't have the reference to hand, but I recall reading something about a part of China where it was a staple instead of rice, and the reported rates of diabetes was pretty much nil, although it's difficult to believe anything reported from a rural area of a communist country. Although I'm T1 and have a bit of scope with carbs by, well, injecting insulin, I do make a few adjustments: white rice, potatoes throw me out, brown rice, buckwheat seem to actually level me. I sometimes do this: boil some buckwheat groats (available in any real food or Polish shop, hell, even Tesco does them), fry some lardons of ham, chestnut mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, samphire, plate it up with some tabasco chipotle sauce on top. On the face of it, the buckwheat is a large amount of carbs but my levels barely shift and stay stable for a few days after. It's from the same family as rhubarb, which often gets a positive T2 write up. [/QUOTE]
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