Breakfast... rice crispies

[Lilian]

1. Rice crispies with skimmed milk BG spikes high and quickly. Feel hungry again quite soon
2. Rice crispies with cream BG spikes high but not so quickly. Not feeling peckish for a bit longer
3. Fried egg, slice bacon, few mushrooms BG slight spike and not quickly 🙂 Lunch already, I have just had breakfast. 🙂 or
3. Hard boiled egg, slice ham, slice cheese " " " " " " " " " "

I am rather partial to Avocado and prawns.

 

[SB2015]

It is definitely the total carbs that you will have an impact on your BG.
I tend to ignore the 'of which sugars' . The only thing that that might tell you is how rapidly the carbs will convert to glucose (higher sugar higher GI, quicker conversion to glucose)

For any carbs eaten you need insulin ( different amounts for different people), that will come from your pancreas or injected.

It drives me potty that the news and TV talk so much about 'sugar' and obesity, it is CARBS that overwork the pancreas.

 

[Grogg1]

1. Rice crispies with skimmed milk BG spikes high and quickly. Feel hungry again quite soon
2. Rice crispies with cream BG spikes high but not so quickly. Not feeling peckish for a bit longer
3. Fried egg, slice bacon, few mushrooms BG slight spike and not quickly 🙂 Lunch already, I have just had breakfast. 🙂 or
3. Hard boiled egg, slice ham, slice cheese " " " " " " " " " "

I am rather partial to Avocado and prawns.

for the first time since diagnosed I had 2 slices of low carb bread toasted for breakfast yesterday and within 2 hours I was starving. Normally have eggs or bacon with no bread for breakfast and last till lunch time easily in work. So while I enjoyed the toast at the time I won't have it for breakfast again as it's empty food. I will limit myself to one slice with egg or bacon instead. This testing lark and noticing what you eat really informs you and maybe if every obese person was given a meter even if not D and could see impact on empty food on their body and how it doesn't fill them up they could lose weight. Has to be worth a trial.

 

[Lilian]

I think they go on about sugar to try and make things less complicated and confusing for the non - diabetic. Sort of one easy step at a time. If parents can just not over indulge their children in sweets and sugary products (and themselves) it will be a start. As non diabetics their bodies will probably be able to handle any other carbs.

 

[Ralph-YK]

Becky - you need to be looking at total carb -

Jenny - Is total carbs more important than the sugars in the carbs? I thought the latter, but I'm still fairly new at this and still learning.

It's the carbs.

 

[Platty1953]

Some great advice on this thread. I did a DAFNE course a few years ago (it's called WIDAC where I live but basically the same thing). On the course they stress it is TOTAL CARBS you look and take the appropriate amount of insulin for every 10g of carb. Sally's response was spot on.

 

[Radders]

I think they go on about sugar to try and make things less complicated and confusing for the non - diabetic. Sort of one easy step at a time. If parents can just not over indulge their children in sweets and sugary products (and themselves) it will be a start. As non diabetics their bodies will probably be able to handle any other carbs.

Also sugar rots your teeth and eating it as a child develops a sweet tooth which makes it harder to cut back.