Beans on toast!

[KayC]

Can i ask why your test strips maybe taken away?? i thought self testing was a good idea??

Because I've found out that many (or all?) T2 people don't have test strips on prescription, from some posts I read on this forum.
I wondered why I'm still supplied with them, and now think that it's because my diagnosis used to be T1. I'm still under the care of a big hospital so my local surgery,who supplies tablets and equipment, haven't been informed that I'm T2.
That's my guess, anyway.

btw Simon, we've found you here!!!
HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR DOCTOR????????!!!!!!!!!!!😱😱
Sorry this is the first time I shouted at a person I don't know well!

 

[simonrudd]

thats really weird - my surgery prescribed test sticks and lancets to me - i've only had a couple of refills so far but i hope they don't take them away - i'm only just starting to get the hang of self testing

 

[KayC]

thats really weird - my surgery prescribed test sticks and lancets to me - i've only had a couple of refills so far but i hope they don't take them away - i'm only just starting to get the hang of self testing

Hi Simon, I'm still a newbie, so please don't believe what I said.....It would never happen to you! If my GP says he is not giving me test strips any more, I will firmly tell him that I need them to take good care of myself.🙂

 

[lanzlady]

I love beans on toast but was told by my GP not to have them as a small
can contains 6 teaspoons of sugar! had to laugh Alison about rinsing the sauce off them has your GP tried them like that


Lanzlady

 

[richardq]

My dietician said that baked beans were great... (which is fine by me!) sauce rinsing never mentioned!

 

[lanzlady]

Hi Richard,

isn't strange how the medical profession can be so different in their advice I haven't touched them since Jan this year maybe I will give them a try again
and then test.



Lanzlady

 

[Emzi]

Beans and toast is always a winner for me, i do find that after any exercise my bloods go sky high and then drop after and i usually need a piece of fruit before bed to make them level again

Em

 

[richardq]

It is very strange how asking different parts of the NHS seems to give you different answers. I confessed to mashed potato (about the worst form of carbs for spikes apparantly) with sausage and beans, and the dietician said that was fine, as the beans were so low GI that it would compensate for the mash...

 

[Jill]

Beans and toast is always a winner for me, i do find that after any exercise my bloods go sky high and then drop after and i usually need a piece of fruit before bed to make them level again

Em

Why do the experts recommend exercise if it increases blood sugars? I thought it was supposed to lower it. I'm so confused with all this.

 

[Northerner]

Why do the experts recommend exercise if it increases blood sugars? I thought it was supposed to lower it. I'm so confused with all this.

What can happen is that stress hormones like cortisol and adrenalin can be (depending on the exercise intensity and type) produced during exercise which cause the liver to release glucose and raise levels. However, the cells of the body become more insulin sensitive because of the exercise, so more of the glucose is taken up, which causes levels to fall again! Also, the liver will seek to replenish its stores of glucose after depleting it during exercise so this removes more glucose from the blood.

The net effect of all this is that exercise generally lowers levels and (for those pumping or injecting) less insulin is needed.

If you try exercising when your levels are too high, you may not have enough insulin to process the glucose, so it can rise higher (usually for those on insulin).

It's complicated! 😱

 

[Jill]

What can happen is that stress hormones like cortisol and adrenalin can be (depending on the exercise intensity and type) produced during exercise which cause the liver to release glucose and raise levels. However, the cells of the body become more insulin sensitive because of the exercise, so more of the glucose is taken up, which causes levels to fall again! Also, the liver will seek to replenish its stores of glucose after depleting it during exercise so this removes more glucose from the blood.

The net effect of all this is that exercise generally lowers levels and (for those pumping or injecting) less insulin is needed.

If you try exercising when your levels are too high, you may not have enough insulin to process the glucose, so it can rise higher (usually for those on insulin).

It's complicated! 😱

Northener - once again I'm indebted to you for your help. Yes, it is complicated but you have explained it very well for me. Thank you. Jill

 

[WHT]

I love beans on toast but was told by my GP not to have them as a small
can contains 6 teaspoons of sugar! had to laugh Alison about rinsing the sauce off them has your GP tried them like that


Lanzlady

EXACTLY!!! LOL! I love beans on toast with cheese and poached egg. Now I don't do the toast and instead have polenta, beans and mushrooms.

 

[JimBear]

When I am carb counting, I only count half the carbs for baked beans (essentially, the sugar in the sauce), as the carbs in the beans themselves take a long time to release and I end up hypoing if I count the full amount.

The bags bread comes in should have the nutritional info on them, but if it's a baker's loaf, you should be able to contact them and ask them for the nutritional information. I have done that with the supermarket bakery to find out what the carbs are in their split tins (white bread), but I prefer the pre-packed granary loaves for sarnies. I don't weigh the brown bread as it's about right per slice, but the white I always weigh each slice (before toasting!)

 

[Drummer]

Beans on toast are just too many carbs piled on too many carbs for me - I saw that you have medication - but beans on toast is not a meal I would ever consider having even if there was nothing else to eat.

 

[Hepato-pancreato]

Beans on toast & whiskey for our Prime Minister after a hard Brexiting!!!

 

[KARNAK]

Beans on toast my BGM he say High 🙄🙄.

 

[Matt Cycle]

Beans on toast with brown sauce. Delicious. You can make your own beans in tomato sauce and it's up to you what you put in it. I don't do that myself I just open a tin.

 

[Caz73]

Can I also the question about exercise. Went out for a jog Sunday evening (first one since diagnoses 6 weeks ago) felt great as have lost over a stone came back showered and tested and bloods where 10.1 after being a consistent level of btn 5-6 for the last 2 weeks. I thought exercise is meant to lower them? When I go out walking my bloods are low so not sure why they were up after my jog?

 

[DatGuyRhodesyYT]

Can I also the question about exercise. Went out for a jog Sunday evening (first one since diagnoses 6 weeks ago) felt great as have lost over a stone came back showered and tested and bloods where 10.1 after being a consistent level of btn 5-6 for the last 2 weeks. I thought exercise is meant to lower them? When I go out walking my bloods are low so not sure why they were up after my jog?

THE ANSWER TO EXECRISE IS DO SOME

 

[Drummer]

Can I also the question about exercise. Went out for a jog Sunday evening (first one since diagnoses 6 weeks ago) felt great as have lost over a stone came back showered and tested and bloods where 10.1 after being a consistent level of btn 5-6 for the last 2 weeks. I thought exercise is meant to lower them? When I go out walking my bloods are low so not sure why they were up after my jog?

No - exercise releases glucose for the muscles to absorb as they use up their own supplies/
A higher level of fitness and a more in balance metabolism, perhaps resulting in lower insulin resistance will, in the end mean that the glucose is sucked out of the bloodstream fasterso the higher levels aren't 'caught' by the testing - but at the moment I suspect that it is just a matter of keeping on doing things to become more like those little ancestors of ours who were very active, travelled around/ran away quite a lot and did not have a fridge full of food on hand.