I have a bowl of porridge every morning. I put 4 dessert spoons (slightly rounded) in a bowl and add 1 teacup of water. A few grains of salt. Put in microwave at medium setting for 2 minutes, remove, stir and microwave for one more minute. If the microwave power is too high, it may boil over. Next time adjust quantities, time and power to get a better result. Oats are supposed to be good because they are absorbed slowly, but speak to your dietician. As it's the first meal of the day, I add about
a quarter teaspoon of sugar(!), but it's the only sugar I add to anything all day.
I make mine with milk and it doesn't raise my blood sugar
Hi,
if you want to check, then measure a known amount of steel cut oats (not instant type) and cook it with water. You can then add milk and / or cream, but no sugar. Measure your blood sugar 2 hours after eating. If your blood sugar is < 140 (or even better less than 120) then you know you can eat that amount of oatmeal. If your blood sugar is higher than 120/ 140, then you could try eating a lesser amount the next time you try it.
Some people with diabetes find they can eat oatmeal, others cannot.
The best way to start your day is with a meal that wont take your BG up above the threshold of where damage starts. That is a BG of 140. above that is where damage to your nerves and capillaries start. That is why I say test if you dont know your BG how can you know if the oatmeal is raising your BG to high?
We are all different, so what you can eat (carbs) will be more than I can eat. Being a T2 I dont eat oatmeal, way to many carbs (carbohydrates) in oatmeal
Carbs raise BG not just sugar... ALL carbs raise BG.
If you must eat oatmeal "test BG , count carbs eat, test BG, revue"