I have discovered that there is a lot of reading for me to do in this Forum

[Gelphyn]

I have found information on some foods, e.g., Oats and Cauliflower to be elusive or absent, but in a short reading session here plenty of examples have surfaced. I am very keen to continue reading, but the following is an attempt to direct that reading to specific subjects.

Every other day I have Overnight Oats for breakfast, basically:
1. Prepare the 'dry mix' - a
2.dd milk - stir or shake - place in fridge overnight - ready to consume for breakfast. Not everyones idea of breakfast.
To put it into perspective 50gm oats - 400ml soya milk but this would be pretty boring so I added to the 'dry mix' a selection of ground seeds/beans amounts varying from 8gm to 15gm dependent on seed type. As time progressed a desire to 'improve' the experience has led to adding small amounts of cinnamon and turmeric and later frozen fruit mainly berries.
The current recipe is 200ml soya milk, 20gm oats, 10gm pumpkin seed, 10 sunflower seed, 10 chia seed [not ground], 4gm cinnamon, 4gm turmeric, 15gm cacao [kak-kow] beans, a small banana hand pulped is a nice addition. Leaving overnight in a cool place thaws the fruit while keeping the milk cool.

 

[Leadinglights]

A rough estimation of your Oats breakfast concoction would be 40g carb which many would find too high for them without increasing their blood glucose too much.
Cauliflower is something very low carb and people use as a substitute for rice and as a good addition to curries or in cauliflower cheese, the sauce made without flour just cheese and something like philadelphia or creme fraise.

 

[Gelphyn]

I apologise, to all, for the above Post.
Sidetracked by an incoming an Response to another Post a Draft of the above was saved, because I had lost a partial Post previously by not Saving a Draft. However in this case when I returned to this Post it could not be found on any Forum page, a trick used previously of returning to the appropriate Forum where it was originally created failed the Post Title was simply not in the listing. Setting about recreating the original Post had just been started when the above Post from Leadinglights arrived enabling me to click on the Link.
My Post above is in a mess, fortunately not as messy as when attempts to Tabulate Ingredients, Appropriate Weights and Other Related Info were made. I am shocked to find it still exists in a 'work in progress' state.
The 40gm Oats measure version of my concoction started years before DT2 was on my health horizon, I realised at the next serving that there was too many Oats and in any event tastier additions were needed. The Oats were promptly adjusted to 20gm, with seeds and other ingredients returning it to, what I considered to be a satisfying meal that removed that 'snacking' feeling. The next task is for me to determine if the chosen portions are correct from a DT2 POV.
Clearly my 'fantasy' style of concoction has to give way to BG reality.

The above 'work in progress' foul up was intended to be about the following:
I would be most interested to hear about problems with a mixture, specified by individual component weights.
E.g., Oats - ##gm; Pumpkin Seeds - ##gm; Sunflower Seeds - ##gm; etc; etc: until max carbs to keep within realistic Blood Glucose levels are reached, as verified by an appropriate monitoring system.
I could probably do this if there is a Food - Weight - Carb Value Chart available?

With regard to both Oats and Cauliflower it seems strange that these foods have not been mentioned in any 'official' Organisation web or printed documentation that I have read over the last week or so. My reading has covered a substantial quantity od documents. These include the NHS Desmond On-Line Course and supporting hard copies of multiple subjects, plus the myDesmond web site.
Because I have searched for these foods information was found within Forums, and the reference to Cauliflower being substituted for Rice was amongst the results.
Why would something with the potential of Cauliflower be left out of Vegetable Lists, even if it only helps to satisfy a hungry body? It certainly works as a 'filler' for me and is always part of my midday Main Meal.

 

[helli]

With type 2 you need to keep an eye on carbs.
Cauliflower is low carb so is often mentioned, especially as a rice replacement.
Oats are higher carb but slow absorption (low GI) so some people with type 2 can tolerate them .

You mentioned testing blood sugars previously. This is the only way to know what you can tolerate.

If you struggle with finger pricking, give Libre a go. They have a free trial available at the moment.
It is not perfect (there are many many threads explaining the limitations) but as you are not using it for insulin dosing but to detect rises, the accuracy is less of a problem.

Whilst waiting for your Libre, you may benefit from tracking the carbs in your food. Google is your friend but be aware American websites include fiber in their total carbs whereas in Europe, we exclude fibre from the total carb number.

 

[Kaylz]

I could probably do this if there is a Food - Weight - Carb Value Chart available?

There aren't different values for the same food but different weight charts really, we have to work that out ourselves, your breakfast all seems to be items that probably come in a packet with the nutrition information probably printed on it, if it gives value per 100g then just divide the nutrition information by 100 and multiply by the weight of your portion, I think that's what your getting at anyway but your posts are rather confusing in parts, sorry xx

 

[MikeyBikey]

A bit off topic but I think cauliflower is disgusting! 😱 Even worse than sprouts thst I hope Boris and Lord Frost will ban! 🙄

 

[rebrascora]

Halloumi and cauliflower curry.... Yum!

 

[Leadinglights]

What became my bible when first diagnosed was the book Carbs and Cals which has many foods listed with pictures of portion sizes, weights, carbs, cals, etc. There is also an app but that is now a subscription service now. Some people use an app Nutracheck.
A google search for the food item and carbs should give you the carbs in g/100g or look at your packets for Total carbohydrate.

 

[helli]

A bit off topic but I think cauliflower is disgusting! 😱 Even worse than sprouts thst I hope Boris and Lord Frost will ban! 🙄

I agree about cauli but I would put it on a par with sprouts