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Spike after breakfast
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Lakeslover
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All of the things you mention would cause spikes for me because of the level of carbs.
If your preference is for toast then there are low carb breads available on line. They are expensive though. I like a low carb sourdough made by a company called Robert Andrew, but it isn’t the lowest possible low carb bread. I haven’t seen low carb marmalade but I think a company called srsly might do a low carb jam.
Scrambled eggs should be fine on their own…add an extra egg to fill you up if you need to. Or try scrambled eggs with bacon, or cheese. Or another option is Greek yogurt with berries, or with a low carb granola. Keto hana make a range of nice ones available on line and I think in Waitrose and Holland and Barret.
If your preference is for toast then there are low carb breads available on line. They are expensive though. I like a low carb sourdough made by a company called Robert Andrew, but it isn’t the lowest possible low carb bread. I haven’t seen low carb marmalade but I think a company called srsly might do a low carb jam.
Scrambled eggs should be fine on their own…add an extra egg to fill you up if you need to. Or try scrambled eggs with bacon, or cheese. Or another option is Greek yogurt with berries, or with a low carb granola. Keto hana make a range of nice ones available on line and I think in Waitrose and Holland and Barret.
Everything you list (apart from the eggs) is carb-heavy. If you eat carbs in any quantity, you should expect to see your blood glucose rise. That's quite normal. Are you getting unusually high levels? What are the actual values before eating and at two hours after eating?
It may be that your rise comes later than 2 hrs, maybe try testing at 3 hours. I used to find that sometimes I had good numbers at 2 hrs but higher at 3hrs when I was eating carbs when first diagnosed. Especially porridge
Those figures aren't really all that high and are not spikes. You've probably got a touch of dawn phenomenon, where your liver is upping your glucose to give you a start in the morning. Adding carbs via a carby breakfast will usually stop the DP but your BG will still see the effect of the additional eaten glucose.
There's little you can do about that directly, but these days I can stop mine rising with three almonds. Seems to reassure my liver I have food. It possibly/probably will lessen as your liver gets used to lower BG levels overall. Took mine months to adjust, though.
I buy a low carb "bread" selection from SRSLY low carb. They do excellent bagels and good wraps. They also have a nice cinnamon bun with a couple of raisins, and some rolls, which are a bit lacking in taste but are much better fried in bacon fat and then used for bacon sandwiches. If I recall correctly, there are 6g carb in each wrap, and the other items are lower - under 3g for the rolls, for example.
Everyone's different, so there really isn't an "average" rise. And it also depends on how long you let it go on rising. As an experiment, I once tested hourly from six am - steady slow BG rise, all liver-produced, until I got bored at 2pm and had something to eat.
