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Bruce Stephens
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That's just mean. They're surely much cheaper for GPs/hospitals to buy them in bulk. Here I just ask the receptionist for one. (And when they were closed they had some in a porch outside so I just picked one up from there.)
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Here they just keep a box of sample tubes (2 different kinds) and the collection cups in the foyer for people to collect when they need them.
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I was cross with my other half for buying some from Amazon for an outrageous price when we used to pay £18 for a box of 400 at work. He could have gone down to the surgery as they do have them in a basket on the reception desk.
I asked at the surgery today when I booked a INR blood test I asked for a pot I got one. I asked if there was a easy way to collect it she just smiled and gave a little laugh. I will take it in next wed when I have my bloods done (hope it comes back ok, but we will see)
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Question Does metformin give you more energy ?? Only after I have taken just 1 I feel all charged up about 20 mins after I have taken then come mid to late afternoon I feel not so fully charged up.
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Whilst porridge is considered as a healthy breakfast for non diabetic people, it isn't always a good choice for those of us who are diabetic. Have you tested your BG levels before and 2 hours after eating your bowl of porridge to see what it does to your BG levels? Some people can get away with a small portion, but it is high in carbs and it spikes many people too high or their body can only manage a very small portion.
rebrascora - Now I am totally confused :-(
My nurse said it was good :-( help please What is a good breakfast for us to eat?
I was also told I don't need to do finger pricks to test.
Having a phone FU with nurse later in month but a different one to the one I saw.
My nurse said it was good :-( help please What is a good breakfast for us to eat?
I was also told I don't need to do finger pricks to test.
Having a phone FU with nurse later in month but a different one to the one I saw.
Leadinglights
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Good breakfasts are things like Greek yoghurt and berries with seeds or nuts and some have it with a small portion of a low sugar granola or something like All Bran, eggs in any form, mushrooms, tomatoes or bacon, high meat content sausages, but go easy on the toast. People are often more sensitive to carbohydrates in the morning so choose to have a low carb breakfast.
You don't need to finger prick test but many find it a very helpful way of keeping track or progress between HbA1C tests and to be able to test the impact of your meals on blood glucose.
It enables you to see if the dietary changes you are making are sufficient.
rebrascora
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When @Leadinglights mentions a small portion of low sugar granola or all bran, we are talking more of a sprinkle than an actual portion. Personally, I have less than 10g of a nutty granola with my yoghurt and berries.
What size portion of porridge are you currently having (do you weight it?) and what sort of porridge is it? The individual packets of powdery stuff are often more quickly digested than best quality jumbo or steel cut oats which are minimally processed and therefore likely to release their glucose more slowly.
What have you been having with your porridge? Milk also contains carbs and often people have fruit with their porridge thinking that is also healthy but it very much depends on the fruit as some like banana are much higher carb than others. Berries like rasps and blackcurrants and blackberries being the lowest carb, so usually a better option. If you have a bowl of porridge which contains 35g carbs and say 5g carbs in the milk and then a banana which could be 20g carbs or perhaps some raisins, you end up with a lot of carbs in your bowl at a time of day when many of us are most insulin resistant, so having a low carb breakfast can often have a more beneficial effect on your diabetes management for the day than any other meal..... and in a lot of respects it is the easiest one to sort out because most of us have the same breakfast most days of the week. If you can find a low carb breakfast that you like which fills you up and doesn't spike your BG levels then you have cracked your diabetes management by ore than a third.
Yes, I know that many nurses sadly discourage people from testing. However, most people here on the forum find finger prick testing an invaluable tool in helping them to understand their diabetes and tailoring their diet to what their body can tolerate. It enables them to "see" their diabetes in many respects. So testing immediately before eating and then 2 hours afterwards, you are looking for a rise of no more than 3 whole mmols units. If your porridge spikes you 4 or 5 units higher than you were before eating it, then it is likely to be unhelpful to your diabetes management. Our metabolisms and gut biomes are all different, so there are some people who can get away with porridge and some of us whose BG levels spike badly from it. Just like there are some people who can get away with a slice or two of wholemeal or seeded bread whilst others of us find any sort of bread a bit of a challenge to our system. For me, lentils are more problematic than potatoes and my digestive system seems to be able to extract more glucose from them than they are supposed to contain! It's a pain because I do love lentils, but I only have them occasionally as a special treat because of this. My point is that we are all different and unless you test, you really don't know which foods are OK for you and which are problematic and there is no "one size fit all" dietary advice.
Just to be clear, I am not saying your porridge is problematic for your diabetes, but it could be and the only way to find out is by testing.
What size portion of porridge are you currently having (do you weight it?) and what sort of porridge is it? The individual packets of powdery stuff are often more quickly digested than best quality jumbo or steel cut oats which are minimally processed and therefore likely to release their glucose more slowly.
What have you been having with your porridge? Milk also contains carbs and often people have fruit with their porridge thinking that is also healthy but it very much depends on the fruit as some like banana are much higher carb than others. Berries like rasps and blackcurrants and blackberries being the lowest carb, so usually a better option. If you have a bowl of porridge which contains 35g carbs and say 5g carbs in the milk and then a banana which could be 20g carbs or perhaps some raisins, you end up with a lot of carbs in your bowl at a time of day when many of us are most insulin resistant, so having a low carb breakfast can often have a more beneficial effect on your diabetes management for the day than any other meal..... and in a lot of respects it is the easiest one to sort out because most of us have the same breakfast most days of the week. If you can find a low carb breakfast that you like which fills you up and doesn't spike your BG levels then you have cracked your diabetes management by ore than a third.
Yes, I know that many nurses sadly discourage people from testing. However, most people here on the forum find finger prick testing an invaluable tool in helping them to understand their diabetes and tailoring their diet to what their body can tolerate. It enables them to "see" their diabetes in many respects. So testing immediately before eating and then 2 hours afterwards, you are looking for a rise of no more than 3 whole mmols units. If your porridge spikes you 4 or 5 units higher than you were before eating it, then it is likely to be unhelpful to your diabetes management. Our metabolisms and gut biomes are all different, so there are some people who can get away with porridge and some of us whose BG levels spike badly from it. Just like there are some people who can get away with a slice or two of wholemeal or seeded bread whilst others of us find any sort of bread a bit of a challenge to our system. For me, lentils are more problematic than potatoes and my digestive system seems to be able to extract more glucose from them than they are supposed to contain! It's a pain because I do love lentils, but I only have them occasionally as a special treat because of this. My point is that we are all different and unless you test, you really don't know which foods are OK for you and which are problematic and there is no "one size fit all" dietary advice.
Just to be clear, I am not saying your porridge is problematic for your diabetes, but it could be and the only way to find out is by testing.
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Thank you all 🙂
So my porridge I have been having is Quaker oats so simple Strawberry no added sugar and I use semi skimmed milk.
I think it might be a good idea for me to finger prick myself (Hmm it would take a while to stop as on warfarin)
Can you recommend a good test kit please? or should I talk to my other Nurse when I have phone FU later in month?
I know we are all different with the way our bodies work I have problems with my guts for 2 years almost since my heart op.
I had been having a little amount of Alpen with yogurt on and chopped fresh apple but was told that's not good either :-(
I know that Bananas are high in sugar so not had for ages. I like raspberries and strawberries and blueberries as well so maybe go back to having those ?
So my porridge I have been having is Quaker oats so simple Strawberry no added sugar and I use semi skimmed milk.
I think it might be a good idea for me to finger prick myself (Hmm it would take a while to stop as on warfarin)
Can you recommend a good test kit please? or should I talk to my other Nurse when I have phone FU later in month?
I know we are all different with the way our bodies work I have problems with my guts for 2 years almost since my heart op.
I had been having a little amount of Alpen with yogurt on and chopped fresh apple but was told that's not good either :-(
I know that Bananas are high in sugar so not had for ages. I like raspberries and strawberries and blueberries as well so maybe go back to having those ?
rebrascora
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A quick google shows that the Oat So Simple Strawberry No Added Sugar is 64g/100g and one sachet (32g) contains 21g carbs, so assuming you just have one sachet and maybe 5g carbs in the milk, it isn't too bad for a carb total of about 26g but that doesn't necessarily mean to say that your body can cope with that. A single slice of medium wholemeal toast with 2 scrambled eggs would be about 14g carbs so nearly half that, just as a comparison. Not saying your body could handle that either, but the less carbs the less it can raise your BG levels.
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