little changes can make a big difference

Sid Bonkers

Sid Bonkers

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Customer helplines that use recorded menus that promise to put me through to the right person but never do - and being ill. Oh, and did I mention customer helplines :)
phoenix said:
basmati and brown rice are much slower and easier on the glucose levels.
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I have always eaten Basmati rice as it is considerably less sticky and starchy than ordinary long grain rice, I also rinse it in cold water before cooking and this washes out more starch, or so I am told :)

The difference now is I only have a very small single scoop of rice rather than completely covering my plate with the stuff before adding a mountain of meat :lol:
 
Patch

Patch

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mullaneder said:
i find when i eat brussels sprouts with a meal it really lowers my sugar levels
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It's not just Brussels Sprouts. Pretty much all green veg is a powerful weapon against BG spikes! String Beans, Brocolli, Spinach - they're all great for Diabetics...

I've also noticed a small change in BG (going the right way - down!) after eatting pickled onions. it turns out that vinegar is good stuff too.

Eggs have a minimal effect on BG... I like nothing more than 4 eggs scrambled with a dash of double cream for breakfast.
 
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Patch said:
Eggs have a minimal effect on BG... I like nothing more than 4 eggs scrambled with a dash of double cream for breakfast.
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Not so for everyone Patch. As an insulin user I followed with interest Fergus's messages about using eggs for breakfast on their own or with bacon and mushrooms.

For some unknown reason I found that a plain 2 egg omelette raised my bg levels to way above 12 mid morning. This was with a starting bg reading of 4.8 and using my usual basal dose plus 4 units of bolus. I was quite surprised to see how high my bg had gone even though I had not eaten any carb. I did not bother to correct and just wait until lunchtime and then do a bg test. Guess what, it had fallen just to 10 so was still way too high. If I had eaten my usual breakfast of half slice of toast and used the same amount of insulin, my bg would have been about 6-7 mid morning and then drop back to 3 or 4 by lunchtime.
 
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