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Porridge loves me!

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KookyCat said:
Thanks stitch. I got some almond milk on Saturday and used it in my porridge yesterday, and promptly had a hypo after breakfast, I hadn't actually thought about the carb in the milk. I tolerate oats well, but porridge can be a stormy affair for me, I'd long suspected it was the hot milk, because hot milk in coffee sends my blood sugar bonkers, so that might be the key 🙂. My overnight oats and currently soaking so we'll see what happens there 🙂
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Ooops about the hypo! Have you tried the overnight oats yet?
 
Thanks for the overnight oats link - going to try tomorrow with my homeade natural yogurt and frozen berries mmmmmm
 
Enjoy, Im hooked on overnight oats now. I did get funny looks on the train to work the other day as I was eating them! I was hungry and couldnt wait to get to the office!
 
Stitch147 said:
Enjoy, Im hooked on overnight oats now. I did get funny looks on the train to work the other day as I was eating them! I was hungry and couldnt wait to get to the office!
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Made me chuckle ! :D Enjoy anywhere :D
 
Stitch147 said:
Ooops about the hypo! Have you tried the overnight oats yet?
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Yes, it is the same thing as Bircher muesli, but I tried with almond milk and wasn't convinced, I think I need a dollop of yoghurt too, just to make sure I get all the food groups. More testing needed, just for the sake of science you understand, obvs 😉
 
Obviously 😉
 
Alpro almond milk certainly is delicious! I like to drink it too, and this morning I used it on my Tesco porridge, and the resulting reading was lower than with skimmed milk, so I was well pleased!
 
I've done my oatmeal with unsweetened almond milk and it was aces. I don't like it sweet so I was a bit suss, but it was fine and my numbers were fine too. I like the almond milk to drink as well, it answers that craving I've always had for milky drinks and works well with my Options.
 
Oh I love overnight oats! They're so simple to do. I normally chuck frozen blueberries in mine along with some low carb chocolate protein powder! I find they don't spike my BS as much as regular porridge does for some reason
 
AlisonM said:
I've done my oatmeal with unsweetened almond milk and it was aces. I don't like it sweet so I was a bit suss, but it was fine and my numbers were fine too. I like the almond milk to drink as well, it answers that craving I've always had for milky drinks and works well with my Options.
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Its a while since I had almond milk, will get some when out Thanks for tip 🙂
 
About oats. I usually use Quaker or Scotts that I cooked on the hob-not the instant stuff and found out they send my Blood sugar into outer space. \my question being will raw oats like in crumble or muesli do the same and what is the difference between my boxed oats and jumbo oats ?
 
If I'm making porridge I use quacker oat so simple, if I'm doing over night oats I use jumbo oats. Neither of the spike my bg levels.
 
I didn't bring breakfast into work today so had to brave the canteen. Chose Porridge (checked with the chef and it's made half water, half semi skimmed milk and oats) and knowing that the maple syrup and jam weren't the best choice opted for slicing a banana on top. Biggest spike yet going from 8.7 to 13.6 one hour after starting to eat.

I'm secretly hoping it's the banana that did it because porridge and overnight oats have been great breakfast options for me in the past!!
 
Bananas have a lot of carb/sugar in, and can hit the bloodstream fast. Also, if the porridge is made with more refined oats than you're used to, that can also hit the bloodstream faster than you'd expect as well. Treat it as a learning experience!
 
I avoid bananas now as I found that they spiked my levels.
 
Robin said:
Bananas have a lot of carb/sugar in, and can hit the bloodstream fast. Also, if the porridge is made with more refined oats than you're used to, that can also hit the bloodstream faster than you'd expect as well. Treat it as a learning experience!
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Marathon runners eat Banyarnas after they have done one ! (clue) 😱 Body needs energy quickly to recover 🙂
 
I didn't know what over night oats were either just googled them and will be trying them over next few days, love oats so simple.
 
Stitch147 said:
I avoid bananas now as I found that they spiked my levels.
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Me too - I loved bananas, they were my favourite fruit and I used to eat them every day, but alas, I've had to give them up :(
 
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