Breakfast

[sdgray22]

Newly diagnosed type 2 trying to find out what spikes me. Up to now breakfast is a real real problem. Tried Cornflakes, Bran flakes, Porridge oats, all have spikes of 5 to 7 apples and grapes are 4.5. How many eggs a week can you have before cholesterol levels come into play? and would melon be OK to try at breakfast do you think? Or lets be honest I never ate breakfast before would I be better forgetting it and starting to eat at midday like I used to. I just used to have a cup of tea.
Sharon

 

[Northerner]

Newly diagnosed type 2 trying to find out what spikes me. Up to now breakfast is a real real problem. Tried Cornflakes, Bran flakes, Porridge oats, all have spikes of 5 to 7 apples and grapes are 4.5. How many eggs a week can you have before cholesterol levels come into play? and would melon be OK to try at breakfast do you think? Or lets be honest I never ate breakfast before would I be better forgetting it and starting to eat at midday like I used to. I just used to have a cup of tea.
Sharon

Hi Sharon, it's better to have some breakfast, even if it's just a little, as otherwise your liver may decide you are starving and kick out extra glucose and raise your levels more than if you ate! Typical of diabetes! 🙄

As far as I know the recent thinking is that having eggs regularly is not a problem. Dietary cholesterol is only a small part of your total cholesterol as something like 80% is made by your liver and there is some evidence that it you eat more in your diet your liver produces less to compensate. I can have 10 eggs in a week sometimes, not including the egg in other products I might eat, like quiches.

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/healthy_eating/how_many_eggs.htm

Melon is quite high GI, but since it is mainly water it shouldn't have too bad an impact as long as you don't eat it by the kilogram 🙂 Have you considered natural yoghurt with berries and/or chopped nuts - quick, easy and tasty!

 

[slipper]

Newly diagnosed type 2 trying to find out what spikes me. Up to now breakfast is a real real problem. Tried Cornflakes, Bran flakes, Porridge oats, all have spikes of 5 to 7 apples and grapes are 4.5. How many eggs a week can you have before cholesterol levels come into play? and would melon be OK to try at breakfast do you think? Or lets be honest I never ate breakfast before would I be better forgetting it and starting to eat at midday like I used to. I just used to have a cup of tea.
Sharon

I tried many things for breakfast Sharon, and in fact still experimenting but basically settled on a slice of Burgen Soya and Linseed toast, with either and egg or, better for me, a slice of ham. Very little spike.

I am trying wholemeal pitta bread at present, fine for me midday onwards, but getting variable results for breakfast, eg spike up between 2 and 4.5. Not looking promising really.

Good luck, just keep trying.

 

[novorapidboi26]

Yoghurt is what I eat in the morning, 1 pot............

Really I dont feel like eating at 6:30 in the morning, but have to to switch off the DP effect..............

Low in carb and low in GI, and it can be spiced up with granola/some fruit etc........

 

[Medusa]

i was worried about eggs and cholesterol too but i eat loads and at my last blood test mine was low, i think it may be different if you have high cholesterol in the first place maybe?

 

[sdgray22]

eggs and cholesterol

Looked it up at the British Heart Foundation. The nurse yesterday told me no more than 3 a week!! BHF says not how many (you can eat as many as you like) it is how you cook them. boiled, scrambled or poached is fine, but if you put them in a cheese omelette not so good basically it is what you cook them in (oil butter etc for frying) and what you add to them (full fat milk, cheese) it is the the things in the brackets that have saturated fat in them that cause the problems apparently,
http://www.bhf.org.uk/default.aspx?page=12920
If you want the definitive advice. Obviously can't believe what the nurse says then she is still presumably living in the days of Edwina Curry! She put a nation off eating chickens and eggs for ages.

So eggs (I can get organic freshly laid from a smallholding each week)for breakfast and experiment with half a slice of toast. I am also off to buy some low fat yoghurt although I hate real yeuchy yoghurt. I can eat Muller low fat as it is very creamy is there any other ones that do not have that bitter tang like sour milk.?
Sharon

 

[Phil65]

Looked it up at the British Heart Foundation. The nurse yesterday told me no more than 3 a week!! BHF says not how many (you can eat as many as you like) it is how you cook them. boiled, scrambled or poached is fine, but if you put them in a cheese omelette not so good basically it is what you cook them in (oil butter etc for frying) and what you add to them (full fat milk, cheese) it is the the things in the brackets that have saturated fat in them that cause the problems apparently,
http://www.bhf.org.uk/default.aspx?page=12920
If you want the definitive advice. Obviously can't believe what the nurse says then she is still presumably living in the days of Edwina Curry! She put a nation off eating chickens and eggs for ages.

So eggs (I can get organic freshly laid from a smallholding each week)for breakfast and experiment with half a slice of toast. I am also off to buy some low fat yoghurt although I hate real yeuchy yoghurt. I can eat Muller low fat as it is very creamy is there any other ones that do not have that bitter tang like sour milk.?
Sharon

I sometimes have the Activia (Black cherry is yummy) 25g carb.....doesn't spike me 🙂

 

[Fazza]

Up until recently (although I should have been having breakfast) I hadn't really bothered with it.

Now I have porridge - the lazy persons way...

I have some porridge at work that you're supposed to mix with cold water and put in the microwave, but I have discovered that if you skip the microwave bit (too much effort) and just add hot water and stir well then it's just as good!

So my morning routing is that when I get to work, I grab my small bowl and spoon, mix some porridge with a couple of teaspoons of sweetner and a small amount of cinamon (adds flavour and I believe helps with your blood glucose levels) I then add some boiling water to my mix, stir for around 30 seconds and then have my breakfast whilst going through my emails. 🙂

 

[Marier]

Thanks Guys for explaining.I have discoverd since last week after having the Glucose machine in my tummy that Shreddies are a NO NO for me BG went to bout 17/18mmol but the morning i had oats so simple i was great level and didnt spike only few mmol above what my pre breakfast reading was but will give it a go to see what ceareal s upset me
Marie 🙂

 

[Phil65]

Thanks Guys for explaining.I have discoverd since last week after having the Glucose machine in my tummy that Shreddies are a NO NO for me BG went to bout 17/18mmol but the morning i had oats so simple i was great level and didnt spike only few mmol above what my pre breakfast reading was but will give it a go to see what ceareal s upset me
Marie 🙂

Have you tried Whole wheat Cheerios Marie? They actually taste nice and have never spiked me like other cereals have! 🙂

 

[sally43]

This has made very interesting reading to us newbies - so thank you! My son was delighted to see that being diabetic doesn't necessarily mean you have to have boring food! 🙂