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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Floraidh" data-source="post: 2606386" data-attributes="member: 571684">My OH is 71 and has multiple health conditions. It's been a slow progress but he has gradually been able to get his BG lowered. We managed to reduce the spike caused by porridge by doing a couple of things.1. Switching to oat bran porridge (oat bran has 46g carbs per 100g, rolled oats 66g per 100g. Almost 1/3 less carbs. Oat bran takes only 2 to 3 mins cooking in a pan. I've never tried making it in the microwave.2. Cooking the porridge and then chilling it overnight in the fridge. I usually cook enough for a few days and pop it in the fridge and reheat in the microwave. I understand that the cooling overnight creates some resistant starch, which doesn't affect blood glucose numbers the same way.I hope that might help you bring you numbers down a bit. Let us know how you get on.</blockquote>

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