I've never heard of them but all my breakfasts are savoury and have been for decades
I suppose I need to vary my breakfasts a bit more- seem to go in rotation from porridge(berries+seeds/ yougurt+berries+seeds/ eggs+toast!
I tend to have alternative yoghurt, berries and keto granola and either boiled eggs, bacon, egg, mushrooms, bacon, tomato, eggs, scrambled egg and smoked salmon, cheese on toast with poached egg, creamy mushrooms on toast, I seem to cope with 1 slice toast so half with the eggs etc and half with a teaspoon marmalade.
Thanks that’s so helpful - Have you ever monitored your blood sugar levels? Do you get your 1Ac checked more regularly or just yearly?
Yes when I was first diagnosed I got a monitor and tested each morning, before each meal and after 2 hours, than enabled me to decide what meals were tolerated well and what not so based my changes on that information. I had opted for low carb and went for 70g per day, 15 breakfast, 20 for lunch and 25 dinner with the rest for incidentals like milk in drinks. Reducing carb intake all in one go to 70g resulted in some eye issues so in hindsight it would have been better to do it a bit more slowly. I reduced my Hba1C from 50mmol/mol to 42 in 3 months and to 38 in another 6. It has drifted up a bit, my last test was 40, after the first 2 tests at 3 and 6 months I was then on annual tests.
Thankyou for your reply, I’m learning each day! I’m not so overwhelmed anymore- I just felt so low.
Very interesting. I've seen posts elsewhere on the forum about them, some very dramatic success stories and some discussion of side effects.
The value of testing before and 2 hours after meal is you can see what meals are tolerated well by keeping the before to after increase to less than 2-3mmol/l or no more than 8-8.5 mmol/l after 2 hours. Initially you will test more but once you establish what meals are OK no real need to test again. It also allows you to try things you like but would otherwise have rejected.
if you want to learn more about how food choices and how they affect your sugar levels during the day then yes checking before and after meals will help make better choices and hopefully lower your hba1c . Eating a low carb diet helps and try to limit or reduce processed foods and try to eat more whole food and veg . Add spices to your meals too, anyway welcome to the forum and good luck on your journey also if you havent read it in the welcome new ppl thread heres a link anyway good luck https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/tips-i-have-for-fellow-type-2-newbies.116061/
My Hb1ac was 48 April.
That is pretty promising as you are just in the diabetic zone, so you should be able to drop it down a few mmol/mol by October. The low carb looks as if it has worked for you but as I mentioned make sure you are having plenty of protein and healthy fats if you don't want to lose any more weight.
Obviously it is your choice but many have found it a key element to reducing their HbA1C and keeping track for ongoing good management.
Check out Amazon or similar, the TEE2 or Contour Blue are inexpensive with the cheaper strips which obviously is the consumable part.
CGMs are great but expensive bits of kit if you have to self fund all the time.
