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what is the best thing to have for breakfast

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courty13

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i was just wondering if people can give me there choices for breakfast i use to have cheerios but noticed there was a good amount of sugar and would be appreciated for any help thanks
 
courty13 said:
i was just wondering if people can give me there choices for breakfast i use to have cheerios but noticed there was a good amount of sugar and would be appreciated for any help thanks
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hi, I find porridge is quite good, slow release, or you could try eggs, poached, scrambled or boiled or bacon, sausage they are all very little in carbohydrate value, so bacon omelet would be ideal,

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ive just recently moved and im waiting to go and see the diabetic specialist at the hospital so i can go through it all with them aswel i also got told maybe crunchy nut might be ok aswel but it came up as 13 sugars on a slimming website last night i used to have ready brek weetabix aswell but i find it difficult at the minute to try and get my levels back to how i had them before i had a really bad hypo
 
All cereals contain a considerable amount of sugar so if you are concerned about that you need to stick with wheat biscuits or plain porridge.
 
As long as I do the right amount of insulin, I eat whatever I want for breakfast - within reason! Usually have 1 slice of granary or wholemeal bread with low fat spread, but I've been known to have Coco Pops, Crunchy Nut and even Frosties for breakfast!

I also found Belvita breakfast biscuits, a yoghurt and a banana to be quite filling and I can eat it ay my desk at work if running late!

I find porridge sends my BG sky high and I just don't feel well after eating it, so I always avoid that.
 
Six days out of seven I eat traditional porridge oats (40g serving) for my breakfast together with semi-skimmed milk/water, yogurt, blueberries, pumpkin seeds and linseed's, all together it works out at just over 40g of carbs, on a weekend I'll have boiled eggs with toast or scrambled eggs on toast.

What ever you do don't buy the instant porridge oats as they are highly processed and high on the glycemic index, oats are fantastic at lowering cholesterol and very filling, I never feel hungry after eating them and don't feel the need to snack before lunch.

As always it's best that you test your bg postprandial to see what effect any breakfast has on your diabetes control, what suits one person may not suit another but you should make sure it's as nutritious and filling as possible.
 
thanks for all the replys off all of you i might look at trying some omelettes over the weekend or doing the extra bit of insulin for like my cheerios or crunchy nut we sometimes have a sneaky bacon or sausage sandwich for breakfast
 
thanks for all the replies everyone so far gary u know when u said bacon and sausage was that just them on there own grilled
 
2 Scrambled eggs and smoke salmon. No carbs and keeps you fuller for longer, become my staple breakfast since starting to low carb xxx
 
Since I'm on a low carb diet, I usually have 3tablespoon of oatmeal. The mixed vegetable scrambled with egg and different variety of meat. Like fish, egg, some sausage. And half of an avacado. It has about 16-20 grams of carb and it last pretty long too


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Snap.... me too gary... dont feel at all hungry 2-3hrs later either and virtually no budge in bg levels.

Avacado is also brilliant at sustaining bg levels so that they dont budge. I dont bolus for them at all and again dont feel hungry either.
 
I personally never eat cereals, but my grandson and I had what he calls "dippy egg " for breakfast this morning. He had soldiers, I didn't. Took all of 10 minutes to prepare, but a long time for a 2 1/2 year old to eat.
Scrambled egg is even quicker and when there's time, a fry-up of bacon, egg and mushroom is delicious.
I'm planning on making up a granola of crunched nuts and seeds and perhaps some chunky rolled oats.Dessicated coconut would work, but unfortunately, I hate coconut. Will have to see if I can handle it.
Hana
 
I have weight watchers strawberry whip made with whole milk with a seed mixture sprinkled in it and blueberries. I make it the night before and put it in the fridge so I can just get it out and eat it the next morning. I find this very useful as I am not a morning person and want something that's quick before having to rush off to work.

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I have plain oats with sliced banana and/or apple and just enough milk to turn it into a thick slurry ... useful also for filling in small cracks in walls! Keeps me going for about 2 hours when I have a mid-morning snack, typically a slice of unbuttered toast (just prefer it that way) with peanut butter or marmite. For me, 4 hours between eating is too long, so a mid-morning/afternoon snack gets me by and stops me grabbing something 'silly' to eat. I wouldn't personally touch anything in packets from the shelves, since, apart from the sugar content, air is free :crazy:
 
IMHO fatty protein is the best thing to have for breakfast, good old eggs and bacon with the fat left on of course. Not so much the sausage and blackpud cos they're more carby than protein really. I also sometimes have the odd pannini filled with sliced meat and salad stuff for brekkie. Alternatives are crackers topped with egg mayo/cheese & onion and of course the morning cuppa with single cream. That gives me a decent amount of fat to keep the brain working and enough protein to stave off hunger pangs.

If I ate cereal and milk for breakfast and tea with milk, I'd simply have a very gurgly, rumbly, odd sounding tummy for most of the day.
 
Thanks once again for all the responses back I'm on novomix insulin twice a day at the min do u think if I grilled bacon and sausage and fried a egg maybe that I would only need to do a small amount of insulin cos it might not affect my level that much
 
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