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[rebrascora]

Low Sugar Granola and porridge oats are both high carb foods about 60% carbs, but depending on your metabolism and gut biome they may break down slowly enough for your insulin response to keep pace.... or it may not. As mentioned by @Leadinglights, the only way to know for sure is to use a BG meter to test before and then 2 hours after eating to see how your body responded. Swapping to a lower carb option (not sure if you eat eggs?) or creamy Greek natural yoghurt with your berries and perhaps some mixed seeds and chopped nuts will almost certainly be less likely to inflate your BG levels on a morning than those two current breakfast choices. Yoghurt is about 5% carbs and berries between 5 and 10% depending upon which ones you choose. You could have just a sprinkle of your granola on the top to use it up and to give it some texture/crunch which would add another 5-10g carbs depending upon how much you sprinkle. Many of us find this works well as a low carb breakfast and the fat in the yoghurt makes it more filling and provides slow release energy until lunchtime. Omelettes with salad and coleslaw are another tasty and filling option and short of potatoes, you can have whatever filling you like. If I have a 2 or 3 egg omelette with salad, I rarely need anything more until the evening. I like omelettes as they don't beg for bread like the runny yolk of other cooked eggs or scrambled which feels like it needs to be served on toast.

 

[Liùsaidh]

Can anyone tell me what a hypo feels like. I felt very unwell this morning and don't know what caused it. Whether it's the diabetes or if there something else wrong with me

 

[Inka]

Can anyone tell me what a hypo feels like. I felt very unwell this morning and don't know what caused it. Whether it's the diabetes or if there something else wrong with me

You’d be unlikely to have a hypo on no diabetes medication. I suggest you speak to your doctor. There could be so many causes.

Having said that, if your blood sugar has been high for sometime and is now lower, then even though it’s not hypoglycaemia, you can have what’s called a false hypo (normal blood sugar but your body feels like it’s low because it’s used to running at a higher blood sugar).

Hypo symptoms are weakness, sweating, feeling faint, trembling, tingling lips and face, confusion, uncoordination and so on. As you can see, lots of those symptoms could be related to non-diabetic things, eg low blood pressure, etc.

How did you feel?

 

[Liùsaidh]

I was in the shower and just felt I had to lie down, very weak a bit shaky and heart racing.

 

[Inka]

I was in the shower and just felt I had to lie down, very weak a bit shaky and heart racing.

That sounds very unpleasant. I really think you should speak to your GP for reassurance if nothing else. Hopefully they can find out what caused it and maybe do a few basic checks. I had palpitations once and felt awful due to a virus and my surgery automatically did an ECG. That reassurance was worth it.

Please let us know how things go, and be extra cautious tomorrow.