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Is There Any Cereal That Is Ok To Eat For Breakfast.

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BaffledGary

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I'm wondering if there is any cereal that is ok for breakfast.
I was going to have porridge, but then read it's a red food.
so can anyone reccomend a cereal i can have?
i dont like cooked breakfasts would prefer a bowl of cereal or something very simple. a smoothy or something.
 
I think @Brunneria has a recipe she enjoys. you could also try a search here and on Google. There are a number of low carb cereal recipes online
 
Full fat greek yogurt with a few berries or crushed nuts, low carb muffins, cold hard boiled egg, cheese. leftovers from the night before. There is no law saying breakfast has to be traditional breakfast foods.
 
It depends on what you personally are able to eat some here do eat porridge and are fine with it You can only try to see how it affects you
 
I'm a porridge eater. Just had to reduce portion size. Yes its carby, but its filling and I don't then want to snack. I also go for home made muesli. My better half has concocted a recipe that's way less carb than the shop bought stuff, and tasty. Shreddies I find seem to be relatively filling for their bg hit. But you've gotta try n test. Good luck.
 
BaffledGary said:
I'm wondering if there is any cereal that is ok for breakfast.
I was going to have porridge, but then read it's a red food.
so can anyone reccomend a cereal i can have?
i dont like cooked breakfasts would prefer a bowl of cereal or something very simple. a smoothy or something.
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I have weetabix with hot milk
 
BaffledGary said:
I'm wondering if there is any cereal that is ok for breakfast.
I was going to have porridge, but then read it's a red food.
so can anyone reccomend a cereal i can have?
i dont like cooked breakfasts would prefer a bowl of cereal or something very simple. a smoothy or something.
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I eat 50 grames of oat flakes with 250 ml of yogurth everyone morning,.
 
I have porridge and banana - seems to be OK. Bought some rice crispies cos I thought they would be sugar free - no chance!
 
jimfraser said:
I have porridge and banana - seems to be OK. Bought some rice crispies cos I thought they would be sugar free - no chance!
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Are you testing your levels after eating porridge and banana to see what it does to your blood? Also please remember it is carbohydrate that pushes your bloods up not just sugar. Nearly all carbs are converted into sugar once inside your body.
 
BaffledGary said:
that would be counter productive, as im 24 st and trying to lose it. cant skip meals. thank you for the reply though
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Sorry mate but I'm living proof you can skip meals and loose weight. Stopped having breakfast from the day after I was diagnosed. Have gone from 23 stone to 17 in 10 months.
 
Try a bullet proof coffee for breakfast.
You'll not want to eat for hours.
 
I can handle porridge so long as it has a spoonful of coconut oil in it.
If I have no coconut oil in which is very very rare I bung a spoonful of butter in.
 
I find a good breakfast for me is Freekeh or Spelt grains (1/4 of a pack as sold by Merchant Gourmet) mixed with plain yogurt (100-150g) sweetened with something like agave or maple syrup (the wholegrain slows its absorption really well) and topped with fruit. This can take me through a heavy training session a couple of ours later without blood sugar crashes - I'm type 1 on a basal- bolus regime...
 
gymbob said:
I find a good breakfast for me is Freekeh or Spelt grains (1/4 of a pack as sold by Merchant Gourmet) mixed with plain yogurt (100-150g) sweetened with something like agave or maple syrup (the wholegrain slows its absorption really well) and topped with fruit. This can take me through a heavy training session a couple of ours later without blood sugar crashes - I'm type 1 on a basal- bolus regime...
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This will work for someone on insulin that can cover it but not usually so much for a type 2 that is not on insulin. This breakfast would spike me into the teens very quickly, some might be able to get away with the grains but most could not tolerate agave or maple syrup. And the fruit just adds to it. This meal is very carb heavy.
 
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