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SOTR

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Thankyou to ll the people who have supported me here or answered my questions.
I have found the Freestyle Libre to be invaluable to help me with diabetes.
I reported a week ago that the Libre meter showed me at over 14 mmol/litre for a day and I took that as a kick up the backside (I suspect that as someone said the meters read high sometimes as they bed in).
Following a low carb diet and also taking Glycazide and Metformin again I am averaging 8.8 over the last 24 hours and never over 10

Yesterday later on I was feeling a bit out of sorts so did not eat much all day and this seemed to have a beneficial effect on my glucose levels. I don't want to stop eating because I feel ill, but maybe some planned fasting would be a good idea.
I have also started eating smaller breakfasts - natural yoghurt and blueberries this morning.

I had two peaks in blood sugar on Saturday - one from eating porridge for breakfast and one later when I had a bread roll with pakora. I wont be giving up porridge, however I wonder if this is telling me my metabolism has changed and I have to be careful with the carbs.
 
SOTR said:
. I wont be giving up porridge
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I would.. many of us have found it causes huge spikes.

I just gave up breakfast completely extending my overnight fast and just have coffee with double cream throughout the morning.
 
Your meter is giving you some useful information there. Up to you what you do with it. Personally I would not ignore evidence that your system struggles to handle the carbs you're eating.
 
Any particular reason why porridge needs to remain a staple? If it's for regularity, there are other ways to keep regular... With way fewer carbs. Had to look pakora up, but from the sound of it, that and bread would make a massive carb bomb... You might want to reconsider your diet. (Why do I find out about these interesting foods after I can't have them anymore?! )
 
"Any particular reason why porridge needs to remain a staple?"
I should have said I am Scottish! I love my Gloagburn Farm oatmeal - tosted first then mad with milk. And salt!
Porridge is not a staple for me at the moment - it is an occasional treat.

Pakora is lovely, but it seems to be almost unknown in England. In Scotland it is a go-to food for after the pub.

Seriously - these were two treats on Saturday. The Pakora came from a street food market - street food places often put things in buns or provide lots of rice. I guess I just have to be a bit more choosy.
 
When you said the porridge bit I saw a scene from Outlander in my mind: 100% Scotsman Jamie telling the King of France he really should just have some porridge. But yeah, that explains things some, haha. Well, there is a keto porridge, https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-porridge , or a keto coconut porridge, but yeah... That's not the real thing to a Scot, I suppose. (I'm Dutch, I don't exactly do porridge. We're more a cornflakey people, I guess. Or bread, with chocolate sprinkles or nutella.). You'll figure it out. Maybe smaller portions, maybe less often, who knows... You find what works for you. And if you find a little spike acceptable, or can go for a little walk after, what the heck.
 
I have worked in the Netherlands... now you make me think of olliebollen
 
SOTR said:
I have worked in the Netherlands... now you make me think of olliebollen
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Oooh, do forgive me....! There's a stand right outside a garden center in Amersfoort, and when we go there I feel like licking the air, it smells do good! Yeah, the struggle is real.
 
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