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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2633170" data-attributes="member: 480869">I’m assuming this is a cut and paste.First oats do not actively lower glucose. That is a misleading statement. No food actually lowers levels. They might be neutral, raise it a little or a lot. Some foods will raise it a lot less than others. But it depends what you are comparing it to.As seen in the post above bacon and eggs will raise it less, cornflakes or many other cereals will likely raise it more.Second the fibre slows digestion so the carbs hit you slower (hopefully allowing insulin to keep up). But you still have to digest them all meaning that it takes longer to return to pre meal baselines and keeps both blood glucose and insulin raised for longer (than the equivalent carbs without the fibre). A long slow lower rise as opposed to a shorter higher spike. Neither are good for you.  Fat does a similar thing with regards to slowing digestion of carbs eaten but without the extra carbs that come with many fibre sources. So pretty much all the claims here in relation to blood glucose depend very much indeed what you are comparing it to - a more carby option (so an improvement as claimed) or simply fewer carbs (which would be even better)Your meter, testing before the meal and until the levels return to premeal, will give you answers what these foods do to  your body. Check more than once as different days might have other factors also effecting levels.</blockquote>

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