Porage

That has been 15 days now where I have been very careful about what I eat and have attempted to lower my carb intake gradually. I started off around 150g of carb and have managed to reduce that further to 50g. I have now lost 13 pounds and hope to have my first stone off by tomorrow.

There is one thing that I miss a great deal and that is my Scott's Old Fashioned Milled Porage oats. The Carbohydrates come in at 33.4g with semi-skimmed milk.

By lowering my carbs I have brought my blood glucose levels down to 4.8 fasting and an average of 6.4 2 hours after meals. Nothing that I have eaten so far has sent my glucose levels through the roof. The highest was 8.1 2 hours after a chicken curry with brown rice.

I have read somewhere that Porage although high in Carbs is okay as the carbs release is slower than other foods. Is this right?

My Porage is made with Milk and salt (as it should be :wink: ) and I suppose the only way I will know if it effects me detrimentally is to test.

If it is slow release I assume that it would be beneficial rather than detrimental?

Appreciate any advice.

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weeezer said:

Every time I eat porridge for brek (had some today, yum) my bg levels are stable til lunch. Should eat it every day really! It's the only food I can rely on keeping me steady, I'm on an insulin pump so can input the carbs I eat precisely, but it's still the only food that I know what I'm gonna get bg wise.

Miracle food! (Make mine with a pinch of salt and squeeze of honey!)


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A squeeze of honey. Have to say I have never even considered that. Every since I was a wee Laddie it was only ever made with salt and water, no added bits and bobs.

I have been struggling to get through the day with a breakfast consisting of egg, peppers, mushrooms, tomato and a wee bit of onion but was a little concerned at the high carb content of Porage (old Scottish spelling). The carb content will exceed the carbs I have been down to in the last couple of days (30g).

Anyway I appreciate the post weeezer. Let's see how my BG levels look around 10am tomorrow morning.

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Good afternoon all.

Day started well with another couple of pounds off. Now lost 15 pounds since the 17th of April.

Woke up this morning to a reading of 5.5. 40g of porage made with water and a wee bit of salt and eaten with 125ml of semi skimmed milk. 2 hours later reading of 5.7.

I shall enjoy my porage in the morning guilt free

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stuffedolive said:

I too have a porridge habit. However, I have taken to mixing my 15g of jumbo rolled oats half-and-half with 15g oatmeal bran, 1/2water 1/2 semiskim milk, and cinnamon (as this is good for controlling BGs). Its much lower on the carbs but it is unfortunately the texture of wallpaper paste. roblem:

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That's okay if you enjoy wallpaper paste :wink:

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yoda said:

Hey , Yes definitely a slow release food ......... try it uncooked with cold milk, that will be even longer lasting , as it cooks in your stomach. I heard that the Scottish sheppards used to eat it like that , this would enable them to be energised for hours out in the countryside....
Also its great for reducing cholesterol, as all the bad stuff sticks to the porridge !!
Enjoy !!

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Yoda you have peeked my interest. I will give that a wee go in the morning

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