Breakfast dilemma

[Mark Parrott]

I haven't even tried a normal slice of bread since diagnosis. Knowing that 2 slices of Burgen send me up 2-3mmols, I daren't try anything else.

 

[Pine Marten]

Lizzis granola with unsweetened almond milk does the trick for me. It is pricey but if you stick to 50g portion it's less than 40p a pop

I found this while shopping yesterday, so tried it out this morning with unsweetened almond milk, and a large coffee (also with almond milk). I couldn't measure it out precisely but didn't go for a large portion. Result:

before breakfast = 5.2 (oh yes )
1 hour after = 9.5 ( 🙄 )
2 hours after = 6.4 ( 🙂 )

So not too bad, and it made a pleasant and tasty change from permutations of tomatoes/mushrooms/eggs/bacon/Burgen or Hovis toast.

 

[Pine Marten]

.....I thought I'd do a 3 hour test, just for the sake of it, and it had gone down to 5.7. I gave up porridge and cereals because they spiked too much, but this granola doesn't seem too bad now and again.

 

[Radders]

.....I thought I'd do a 3 hour test, just for the sake of it, and it had gone down to 5.7. I gave up porridge and cereals because they spiked too much, but this granola doesn't seem too bad now and again.

You could try adding a tablespoon of ground flaxseed to the granola, might reduce the spike?

 

[Pine Marten]

You could try adding a tablespoon of ground flaxseed to the granola, might reduce the spike?

Where do you get ground flaxseed, somewhere like Holland & Barrett...?

 

[Radders]

Where do you get ground flaxseed, somewhere like Holland & Barrett...?

Yes, or Lidl, or most large supermarkets sell it.

 

[Pine Marten]

Ah, thanks, Radders, I'll have a look 🙂

 

[Mark Parrott]

Linseed is basically the same, so either will do.

 

[Pine Marten]

You could try adding a tablespoon of ground flaxseed to the granola, might reduce the spike?

I bought a bag of flaxseed yesterday, so I tried it this morning mixed with the granola.
Results:
before breakfast = 5.7
one hour after = 8.1
two hours after = 7.0

I then had to pop out, but got back in time to do a three hour test = 5.7, back to where I started (though helped by the brisk walk, no doubt).

It did reduce the spike from what happened before, so it will make a nice change now and again. Thanks for the suggestion, Radders 🙂