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winglets

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There is some confusion here over whether Weetabix classifies as high GI food or low GI food!?
Traditionally it is meant to be low GI as it induces a slower release of insulin, is this correct?
 
Weetabix 69 a mars bar is 68. They got a telling off for saying it was slow release energy some time ago. The factory has done most of the digestive hard work for you by grounding it up.
 
Resurgam said:
It hardly matters - 2 biscuits with milk is about 30gm of carb IIRC - that is about three or four times what I can eat in a morning
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So does that mean then your 2 hour postprandial reading would/should be more or less the same number you started with before you had it (given that it's not slower release meaning that the peak would be the one hour mark?) ?
 
winglets said:
So does that mean then your 2 hour postprandial reading would/should be more or less the same number you started with before you had it (given that it's not slower release meaning that the peak would be the one hour mark?) ?
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Yes if you are not diabetic.
 
I can only conjecture as I do not eat grains, but I would expect two Weetabix would have put my blood glucose up to about 20 mmol/l at 2 hours and kept it high, like the bread I experimented with when I first got my meter. Grains meant a 36 hour elevation in BG for me. I do not ever see the same or lower BG 2 hours after a meal, I try to keep the increase to 2 whole numbers.
 
personally i would not touch it. The Good. Most low-carb cereals aren't terribly low in carbohydrates. Cerealscontain mostly grains, and grains are carbs. Special K (22 grams), Wheaties (22 grams), and Cheerios (20 grams) represent sizable chunks of your daily allotment ofcarbohydrates, even though they're low in sugar and high in fiber.
 
winglets said:
There is some confusion here over whether Weetabix classifies as high GI food or low GI food!?
Traditionally it is meant to be low GI as it induces a slower release of insulin, is this correct?
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It seems to depend on how our individual bodies react to it. How did it affect you after testing 2 hours and 3 hours after trying it?
 
This is like asking me if I wish to get shot by a 6mm gun or a 8mm gun, when I know that both are very bad options…….
 
winglets said:
So does that mean then your 2 hour postprandial reading would/should be more or less the same number you started with before you had it (given that it's not slower release meaning that the peak would be the one hour mark?) ?
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That may be the case if you just ate the weetabix, but who does that? Any milk or cream added to it will make a difference to when you return to where you were when you started. The GI index is worthless unless you eat that food in isolation. Food combinations are crucial to when it will peak and when it will drop.
 
PS, If I was willing to risk eating weatabit, I would have the Mars Bar instread, as I like them better.
 
I used to eat Weetabix and when diagnosed the nurse told me it was a good breakfast. She did give me a meter and told me to test. She changed her mind when I showed her my meter readings. I think it went up by about 5 points in 2 hours. I changed to scrambled eggs. I did try other cereals but got similar results.
 
I have 2 weetabix for breakfast and my bgs go up to about 18 thats about 12mmols 2 hrs after eating but 2 hrs later im bk down to around 6mmols
 
Just to show we can all be different, Weetabix hardly shifts my BS at all. Not that it is much of a favourite of mine either. Also my carb tolerance is in general better in the morning than later in the day. Now Oatmeal on the other hand ...
 
I love weetabix. I inject 20 mins before and 2 hours after. My BS is absolutely fine. Different reaction for everyone i suppose
 
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