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Kellog's All Bran Flake Cereal

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EndymionXT

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Hello,

I'm still new to diabetes type 2, and was wondering if the cereal is ok to eat or not?I typically throw in some blueberries with the cereal as well. If this cereal is not good, what recommendations would you suggest for me for cereal brands?

Ingredients:
Whole grain wheat, wheat bran, sugar, corn and barley malt extract, salt, Vitamins and minerals: iron, thiamine hydrochloride, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, zinc oxide.

Nutrition link
https://www.allbran.ca/en_CA/products/all-bran-flakes-cereal-product.html#nutrition-modal
 
I don't know of any cereal which is good to eat - have you checked the carb content?
 
Um. I dont know how to check carb unfortunately... i only got the diagnosis today. How would i go about checking it?
 
EndymionXT said:
Um. I dont know how to check carb unfortunately... i only got the diagnosis today. How would i go about checking it?
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Hi @EndymionXT , welcome to the forum. The carbohydrate content is on the nutritional label which is often on the back of packs. I’ll go look it up for you,

Feel free to ask any questions about diabetes , we’ll do our best to help..
Have you been given much advise by Gp or nurse yet ?

You’ll find lots of info on this thread
useful-links-for-people-new-to-diabetes
Just scroll down to the T2 section
I suggest you start with
Maggie Davies letter
Then test review adjust by Alan S

If you would like to start testing , it’s unlikely you will be provided with a glucose meter , many here use The SD Codefree meter which you’ll find a link to there is one of the cheapest ones to self fund the ongoing cost I’d the testing strips
 
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Here it is .
You can safely ignore the of which are sugars as they are already included in the carbohydrate content

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I totally ignore the traffic light system on the front of packs as it doesn’t contain the info I really need
 
A 30g serving is small, like a teeny sad cereal puddle in the bottom of your bowl, and 2/3 of that is carbs. Add milk and that’s a v carb heavy breakfast.

I couldn’t eat that, some could. One thing I’ve learnt really rapidly on here is we are all very different, and even our requirements change. I’ve been diagnosed less than a month, and during that month I’ve gone from being able to tolerate 1/2 cup oats to having to ditch them for a non carb breakfast.

I was encouraged to get a blood glucose monitor and test, and I agree with everyone here who thinks this is the right thing to do. It’s the only way you can see if what you’re eating is working for you.
 
Test, but don't let it take over.

I found the carbs I could tolerate, then moved on and reversed my diabetes.

As said, it can go the other way though, and you become more carb intolerant.
But normally diabetes moved glacially, so you should be fairly stable when you find what works for you
 
30g of cereal was once referred to on another forum by someone as 'an Elf's portion' LOL
 
trophywench said:
30g of cereal was once referred to on another forum by someone as 'an Elf's portion' LOL
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Fortunately this forum has a very good base in reality, rather than fantasy land of happy elfs. But at least it's seasonal, LOL
 
trophywench said:
30g of cereal was once referred to on another forum by someone as 'an Elf's portion' LOL
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They’re not wrong. That would stave off my hunger for around 10 minutes, then I’d have my head in the fridge.
 
Madeline said:
They’re not wrong. That would stave off my hunger for around 10 minutes, then I’d have my head in the fridge.
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I assumed that was trophywench pointing out they were just mouthing off as usual?
30g of cereal is a normal, standard, portion, a good old mini box of cereal from the variety packs of my childhood days.
That would still last me the morning now.
 
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It wouldn’t for me, I’d be a sad and hungry little Elf. Those boxes are for children. And the little people, obviously.
 
Madeline said:
It wouldn’t for me, I’d be a sad and hungry little Elf. Those boxes are for children. And the little people, obviously.
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I think it just depends what you get used to eating. I used to be the same.
Diabetes was a wake up call, now I eat eat a lot less generally.
Which isn't a bad thing for me.
 
I know!! - but I have to say @travellor - a variety pack amount is quite enough for me at any time and always was - or one Weetabix, one Shredded Wheat, one whatever. However I know practically everyone eats more than that every morning and doesn't automatically lay it down as body fat like what I always did and still do. There again I've no idea how much 'brown' fat any of us have, though that sort of fat around our organs has much more to do with whether our body can cope, than a simple old fashioned spare tyre around our waist does.

Eating no more than our fair share (ie the amount our body actually needs rather than eating whatever it is willy nilly) of such over processed carbohydrate, has got to be the way to stay healthy?

Personally - I'd love my body to be more like an elf's than mine - petite and attractive!

It's a bit odd really - I have size 5.5 feet and have always had to make sure I got new shoes as soon as the stock appeared since 5, 5.5 and to a lesser extent 6, were the most common sizes and so they sold out pretty quick. Now - it's still hard - because very few ladies have feet that small. Dad had size 11 and mom was 5.5, big sis was a 5.

Our grandson wore size 11 when he was also 11! - and granddaughters from both our daughters have all got size 7 - or more. They are also a lot taller than my generation. 6 foot girls are nothing unusual these days instead of being an oddity 50 years ago, let alone 70. WHY are people just getting bigger?
 
Better nutrition I think. Look at the Dutch, they’re giants and consume a lot of dairy. Mad old bit of generalising there, but I’d put money on it being down to nutrition.
 
My go-to cereal is Lidl’s Really Nutty Muesli. Four heaped tablespoonfuls, a few slices of banana or some berries such as strawberries, raspberries or blueberries and a little milk. A slice of toasted Burgen with egg to follow. Maybe not for everybody but works for me.
 
My A1C test result was that I am currently 6.5 of 7.0, My doctor said that I currently do not need to take medication but I must eat healthy diet, and exercise before I take my next blood test in 3 months to see if it went up or not... So the cereal I got I am taking it as is not good for me. even though I'm now using almond milk ? what breakfast is quick and filling that I should consume instead. I am currently 25 years old
 
The nutrition information seems to show that it is 82 percent carbs so that is really bad news, and you add banana and berries - it is not something that I would even think about eating - having almond milk will not help at all, as basically you are taking in food which will simply turn to sugar as it is digested.
I eat meat or fish as part of every meal, and low carb foods, less than 11 percent carbs, so I don't spike.
 
Ljc said:
Here it is .
You can safely ignore the of which are sugars as they are already included in the carbohydrate content

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I totally ignore the traffic light system on the front of packs as it doesn’t contain the info I really need
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Excuse my ignorance , as I have just been diagnosed with T2, can you please tell me if any what the acceptable level of carbs is? As I thought the cereal would have been ok, as I have said I am recently diagnosed and don’t have a clue about diabetes.
 
Scotfalconer said:
Excuse my ignorance , as I have just been diagnosed with T2, can you please tell me if any what the acceptable level of carbs is? As I thought the cereal would have been ok, as I have said I am recently diagnosed and don’t have a clue about diabetes.
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It depends on what diet, and actions you choose to take.
I chose to test all foods I ate with my meter, made up a list of ones that didn't spike me, and lost a lot of weight on a low fat diet, followed by the Newcastle diet. The main benefit of my approach was I seemed to have reversed my diabetes, and now eat a Mediterranean diet.

As you have read, others prefer to control their blood glucose by avoiding carbs on an ongoing basis, and find their own level of low carb diet.
 
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