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captaintom

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Oatmeal is always touted as a great breakfast. Unfortunately, it always spikes
my blood sugar to over 200. It drops down to more normal numbers fairly quickly,
Given the benefits of oatmeal should I continue? If not what is a good alternative
other than eggs.
Thanks
 
captaintom said:
Oatmeal is always touted as a great breakfast. Unfortunately, it always spikes
my blood sugar to over 200. It drops down to more normal numbers fairly quickly,
Given the benefits of oatmeal should I continue? If not what is a good alternative
other than eggs.
Thanks
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It's not touted as such for type 2 diabetics...
So bacon, eggs, sausages (some)
Cheese, ham
Avacados
Greek yoghurt and berries
Or nothing at all

That's my go to for breakfast (not all of one of course!) but anything low carb, doesn't need to be a breakfast specific...
 
captaintom said:
Oatmeal is always touted as a great breakfast. Unfortunately, it always spikes
my blood sugar to over 200. It drops down to more normal numbers fairly quickly,
Given the benefits of oatmeal should I continue? If not what is a good alternative
other than eggs.
Thanks
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@captaintom
Your post doesn't say whether you are T1 or T2? It makes a big difference to whether you can tolerate the carbs in porridge, or not.

I don't think the claimed benefits for porridge outweigh the damaging blood glucose consequences for myself.
But then, that is after testing my blood glucose before and after eating porridge. Pity, cos I love a good bowl of it.

I know there are some who consider porridge a perfect breakfast, but I suspect that they are either not T2, or they haven't carried out systematic blood glucose testing to track what happens to their blood glucose in the 4-5 hours after eating that porridge.
 
Low carb alternative to porridge are to make it with milled seeds or coconut flour and a non-dairy milk with cinnamon or nutmeg as flavouring. Heat and serve hot
Or the night before mix milled seeds with full fat greek yoghurt and soem berries (frozen are useful) let it sit overnight and it thickens up. Serve cold. (Can make several days worth at one time

Always test to see which suits your meter
 
Hi. The benefits of porridge are over-stated and not good for T2. I do have a little home-made museli, no added sugar of course but added seeds. I have that with cold milk. I think the traditional 'stewing' of oats with hot milk/water will add to spiking as it releases the glucose quickly.
 
Porridge is about as carby as it gets so it's going to be a hard no for me; I like it and would have sworn by it before becoming diabetic, but it's just not a good option for T2s. Have something like sausages, kippers, sardines, avocado, mushrooms, cheese, nuts instead.
 
Geordie_P said:
Porridge is about as carby as it gets so it's going to be a hard no for me; I like it and would have sworn by it before becoming diabetic, but it's just not a good option for T2s. Have something like sausages, kippers, sardines, avocado, mushrooms, cheese, nuts instead.
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Actually, even Spam would be better.
 
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