Spike after breakfast

[Rosie9876]

Morning, I'm having trouble with spikes after breakfast! I've tried porridge, whitabix, scrambled eggs on 20gram soda bread brown. I would rather just have white toast with marmalade but that's not going to happen is it

While white toast with marmalade may not be the healthiest of options, even if it is low-carb, you can indulge on occasion if you wish with low carb toast and sugar-free Stute marmalade. Waitrose sells a fine cut version, which I occasionally enjoy, but not too much as it is sweetened with sorbitol - not great, possibly laxative, in higher doses. It doesn't affect my blood sugar. Stute jams and marmalades are also sold on Amazon.

 

[Mark T1]

I agree with Rosie9876: Stute jams and marmalades are a good alternative but go easy with them as sorbitol can wreak havoc with your stomach as it can have a laxative effect. Regarding bread, I use Warburtons Danish brown as is has a low carb count at around 9 carbs per slice. Brown soda bread can be quite high in carbs which might contribute to your sugar spikes. Porridge on the other hand, especially natural rolled oats, is a low GI food. Combine this with either water or skimmed milk and a drop of Sugarly sweetener and this might help

 

[Resurgam]

I found that a small amount of carb at breakfast stopped my liver tossing out glucose - a single tomato with my scrambled egg and cheese, pork chop with some stirfry or steak and mushrooms with a little onion does the trick.

 

[Rosie9876]

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.

Thank you for mentioning Robert Andrew sourdough bread. I finally decided to splurge on it. Arrived today. I had a cheese toastie for lunch. Yummy. It extends what can be a rather boring range of food. I had previously tried another low carb bread, but I didn't really like it.

 

[Dr Harriet]

Morning, I'm having trouble with spikes after breakfast! I've tried porridge, whitabix, scrambled eggs on 20gram soda bread brown. I would rather just have white toast with marmalade but that's not going to happen is it

Same problem with me. Maybe taking a walk or some exercise after the breakfast?

 

[Dee1960]

Already do that

 

[Dr Harriet]

i stopped oats, good for others not for me. I no longer have the tough spikes. Possibly take porridge at another time of the day. Weetabix in my country has sugar... so i take it when am aware of what it will do.