Lets talk bread!

[Adele21]

so i got a blood monitor, and so far it seems ok, (thanks all for the advice ) noticed that if i have 1 slice of wholemeal bread, from an uncut loaf bloods seem to spike to 9.9 highest it was was 11, the other day, ??? the bread so should i switch to a cut loaf seed loaf, or soft pitta,, so confused here
thanks all x

 

[Inka]

What was your blood sugar at 2hrs and what meds are you on @Adele21 ?

 

[Adele21]

hi no meds as yet adn it was 9,9 after 2 hours.

 

[harbottle]

so i got a blood monitor, and so far it seems ok, (thanks all for the advice ) noticed that if i have 1 slice of wholemeal bread, from an uncut loaf bloods seem to spike to 9.9 highest it was was 11, the other day, ??? the bread so should i switch to a cut loaf seed loaf, or soft pitta,, so confused here
thanks all x

All bread is generally high in carbs, and best avoided or portion controlled so you don't see a rise to 10 after two hour. (Note: there are some low carb breads out there, but I find them generally unpalatable so just cut bread from my diet, unless I know I'm going to be doing a lot of walking after a meal!)

 

[Adele21]

thanks, would it make a difference if i switched to say a smaller loaf, 400g one and just have two small slices or make my own wholemeal bread?

 

[Martin.A]

so i got a blood monitor, and so far it seems ok, (thanks all for the advice ) noticed that if i have 1 slice of wholemeal bread, from an uncut loaf bloods seem to spike to 9.9 highest it was was 11, the other day, ??? the bread so should i switch to a cut loaf seed loaf, or soft pitta,, so confused here
thanks all x

Everyone's BG would go up after eating a slice of bread, even non-diabetics. The issue is how quickly does it come down again. How soon after eating did you test? Testing just before eating, and again 2 hours later, is the usual check on how our bodies handle things.

I started to use my wife's GF bread a while back as it is lower carb than normal bread. Two slices for a sandwich works out at 20g carb or thereabouts, whereas two slices of regular bread can easily be not far off twice that. The one she buys is Warburtons Seeded. It's feels less dense than normal bread so if I'm making a sandwich I always lightly toast the slices beforehand.

 

[Adele21]

thank you 🙂

 

[Leadinglights]

thank you 🙂

It is quite easy the underestimate the size of your slice of bread so a good idea to actually weigh it when you have cut it.
My other half makes our bread, all different sorts and so when first diagnosed I weighed the slice and tried to keep it to about 30g which was then about 15g carbs and that with eggs etc for breakfast was fine.
Certainly home made better than any bought bread.
It is more about how much it increases your level after 2 hours so pairs of reading before your eat and after 2 hours are more indicative of how well you have tolerated the bread, up to 3mmol/l increase would be OK

 

[Adele21]

thanks yeah im finding this, so far this seems to be the thing that makes it spike but by time next meal is due its dropped, trial and error i guess, least now im slowly finding what makes it go up x thanks all help is very much appreciated

 

[Maz2]

Everyone's BG would go up after eating a slice of bread, even non-diabetics. The issue is how quickly does it come down again. How soon after eating did you test? Testing just before eating, and again 2 hours later, is the usual check on how our bodies handle things.

I started to use my wife's GF bread a while back as it is lower carb than normal bread. Two slices for a sandwich works out at 20g carb or thereabouts, whereas two slices of regular bread can easily be not far off twice that. The one she buys is Warburtons Seeded. It's feels less dense than normal bread so if I'm making a sandwich I always lightly toast the slices beforehand.

That is useful to know that bread would spike everybody somehow. Sometimes when I see non diabetic/non pre-diabetic friends having bread, potatoes, desserts and all the high glycaemic foods, I very often wonder if their blood sugars are going through the roof. They don't need to test so I suppose they wouldn't know.