Breakfast Cereal test ?

[mcdonagh47]

After the recent discussion of breakfast cereals does anyone fancy a joint breakfast test ?
We all eat a COMMON cereal breakfast and report the results.
For example we could all eat two weetabix and 150 ml of milk and report on it.
Two weetabix are 126 calories, the GI is 69 ( medium), the GL is 18 ( highish medium ) and they contain 26 grams of carbohydrate.
Of course the milk of whatever variety you are using would have to be factored in as well.
If you don't fancy weetabix ( they are easy cos you don't have to measure amounts) you might work out the equivalent in another cereal.
Anyone up for it ?

 

[macast]

I'd like to help but I hate cereals 🙂 well... except porridge I'll join in when it is porridge day.... ok?

great idea though 😉

 

[caffeine_demon]

ok then - I had:
42g porridge (mix of regular oats and wheat bran, about 180 mls milk, and coffee.

first thing in the morning test - 8.1 (bit high following yesterdays blowout)
1 hour after - 9.7
2 hours after - 7.5

the increase of just under 2 is fairly consistent.

 

[SweetGuy]

honey nut shredded wheat 14.8 😱

 

[macast]

ok mcd..... I had porridge this morning.
27g porridge (the one that is So Simple lol) with 90ml of semi skimmed milk and 90ml water measured in the sachet
with one cup of Redbush tea (it's herbal for those who haven't heard of it)

morning reading = 7.9
one hour after = 8.2
two hours after = 6.4


but a few days ago I had the same porridge made with 180ml semi skimmed milk and with a plum in it

morning reading = 6.4
one hour after = 15.3
two hours after = 6.6


I've also had the porridge with blueberries in and 180ml semi skimmed milk

morning reading = 7.8
one hour after = 13.4
two hours after = 8.3

so porridge is ok plain with 1/2 and 1/2 milk and water..... but not with fruit

my next porridge will be with 180ml semi skimmed milk and no fruit

 

[mcdonagh47]

ok mcd..... I had porridge this morning.
27g porridge (the one that is So Simple lol) with 90ml of semi skimmed milk and 90ml water measured in the sachet
with one cup of Redbush tea (it's herbal for those who haven't heard of it)

There's not a lot of point testing porridge macast, its been known and recommended as a low GI ( slow burn carbs) since the 1950s.
Its been routine advice for fifty years for diabetics to switch out of cereals into oats such as porridge.
Perhaps you might test it at the half hour, 45 mins, 1 hour and 1 hour 15 to catch your peak/spike ? I did that about eight years ago and found I peaked at about 50 mins after a meal. So when I think on ( not as often as I should), I make sure I am active just before and at that time. Dunno if it makes a difference but I am hoping it blunts the peak.

 

[AnnW]

Is Oats so simple as good as making the original type which is definitely not so simple? !

 

[macast]

Is Oats so simple as good as making the original type which is definitely not so simple? !

Ann..... it is so simple that my grandson now aged 13 has been making it for at least 2 years 🙂

mcd..... I did the porridge as Caffeine Demon had already put up the figures for a version of porridge.... I was just putting mine on here for comparison as I have already done the experiment with and without different fruits for variation 😛

 

[mcdonagh47]

Is Oats so simple as good as making the original type which is definitely not so simple? !

easy porridge ...
-just under half a cup of oats and three quarters of a cup of milk or water.
-mix in a bowl
-two minutes in a microwave, stir, then 30 seconds more.

 

[Caroline Wilson]

Good luck, I look forward to seeing the results. Breakfast for me is usually a sandwich at my desk when I get to work. If I eat before I fo out it affects my tummy.

 

[Catwoman76]

After the recent discussion of breakfast cereals does anyone fancy a joint breakfast test ?
We all eat a COMMON cereal breakfast and report the results.
For example we could all eat two weetabix and 150 ml of milk and report on it.
Two weetabix are 126 calories, the GI is 69 ( medium), the GL is 18 ( highish medium ) and they contain 26 grams of carbohydrate.
Of course the milk of whatever variety you are using would have to be factored in as well.
If you don't fancy weetabix ( they are easy cos you don't have to measure amounts) you might work out the equivalent in another cereal.
Anyone up for it ?

Yes mcdonagh I would be up for it, we would all probably vary alot on our pre brekki BS. Mine was double figures this morning Sheena

 

[Steff]

I'd like to help but I hate cereals 🙂 well... except porridge I'll join in when it is porridge day.... ok?

great idea though 😉

Same here I dont hate all cereal but all cereal hates me it causes a spike every time so ill join in on porriadge with you macast one day 😛

 

[Alan S]

After the recent discussion of breakfast cereals does anyone fancy a joint breakfast test ?
We all eat a COMMON cereal breakfast and report the results.
For example we could all eat two weetabix and 150 ml of milk and report on it.
Two weetabix are 126 calories, the GI is 69 ( medium), the GL is 18 ( highish medium ) and they contain 26 grams of carbohydrate.
Of course the milk of whatever variety you are using would have to be factored in as well.
If you don't fancy weetabix ( they are easy cos you don't have to measure amounts) you might work out the equivalent in another cereal.
Anyone up for it ?

Thanks for posing a very interesting test. I'll watch the responses with fascination, especially those where people get a high result so they do it again with a different form of cereal, such as porridge. I'm of Irish ancestry too - to be sure, to be sure 🙂

It took me a while, about eight years ago, to accept that breakfast cereal, with or without milk, consistently raised my post-breakfast numbers well over 10. That was much too scary for me to keep doing it.

My brain now sees cereal at breakfast time as a form of poison, so I won't participate in your experiment. But I will be interested in the results.

 

[donnarob]

Hi Guys,

Being Scottish, I thought porridge wouldn't be too bad, as it releases energy slowly, fills you up and is good for you. How wrong!

Had 2oz of Porridge with made with water/milk this morning and had half a pear.

First thing this morning reading was 7.0

1 hour after breakfast 12.5 !!
2 hours after breakfast 7.8

I will test again in another hour and let you know the outcome.

Donna
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[donnarob]

Hi Again,
3 hours after breakfast and still at 7.8

Will test again in another hour.

Donna 🙂

 

[macast]

Hi Guys,

Being Scottish, I thought porridge wouldn't be too bad, as it releases energy slowly, fills you up and is good for you. How wrong!

Had 2oz of Porridge with made with water/milk this morning and had half a pear.

First thing this morning reading was 7.0

1 hour after breakfast 12.5 !!
2 hours after breakfast 7.8

I will test again in another hour and let you know the outcome.

Donna
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Type 2 - diagnosed Nov, 2010. Hba1c 10.5%, Reviewed Jan, 2011 Hba1c 6.5% Metformin 2 x 500mg

yes Donna.... I thought it would be ok too..... my DSN said to test 2 hours after food.......... but the spike comes ONE hour after eating!!! thanks to AlanS suggestion ... I have been testing 1 hour after food and discovering that many things I thought were ok after 2 hours are not ok after 1 hour!!!

 

[donnarob]

Just tested for the final time after 4 hrs, down to 7.2. Haven't really done much exercise yet so I'm just about to go on exercise bike for a while and it will be interesting to see what that does to my levels.

Porridge is officially off the menu unless anyone can explain that because of it's slow release it takes longer for b/g levels to come down?

Donna x🙂

 

[macast]

Porridge is officially off the menu unless anyone can explain that because of it's slow release it takes longer for b/g levels to come down?

Donna x🙂

remember that you had a pear too 🙂

I got better results without the fruit...... (see my post above)

 

[donnarob]

Hi Macast,

I'll try again tomorrow with organic oats and no fruit....stay tuned!

Donna x🙂

 

[mcdonagh47]

Hi Guys,

Being Scottish, I thought porridge wouldn't be too bad, as it releases energy slowly, fills you up and is good for you. How wrong!

Had 2oz of Porridge with made with water/milk this morning and had half a pear.

First thing this morning reading was 7.0

1 hour after breakfast 12.5 !!
2 hours after breakfast 7.8

I will test again in another hour and let you know the outcome.

Donna
__________________
Type 2 - diagnosed Nov, 2010. Hba1c 10.5%, Reviewed Jan, 2011 Hba1c 6.5% Metformin 2 x 500mg

If you had pear as well it is interfering with the test on the porridge.