No matter what kind of oats, it still spikes my blood sugar. My nutritionist wanted to argue with me about this, but it does. There’s no perfect model that works for everyone. You have to figure it out on your own.
Same here! I didn't realize that the daily breakfast habit that I thought was a healthy lifestyle change was actually NOT a good idea for me after all. I am not diabetic, but I am monitoring pre-diabetic blood glucose levels. So, no more oatmeal for me! I'm experimenting with a Low Carb oatmeal alternative now.
I was very upset and could not believe the spike in my glucose from eating old fashioned oatmeal. I actually was pissed. I have been told by Dr, dietitians, and from many sources how good it was for controlling glucose.. I ate the oatmeal plain, cooked in water and it increased my glucose levels. I never would have known this until I started wearing a libre freestyle glucose sensor.
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Yea as a diabetic, oatmeal was spiking my blood sugar too much even after 2 hours. I stopped eating oatmeal and I don't care what the experts say, it definitely spiked my glucose too much, it was still high after 2 hours when it is supposed to go back to normal. I only ate plain oatmeal with no sugar. It may work for a lot of diabetics but not me.
Forget about the flat oatmeal or the quick oatmeal. Eat only steel cut oats. It supposedly spikes your blood pressure less. I also read eating some protein helps keep the spike down. Eat an egg or a couple of pieces of bacon with the oats. I also add hemp protein powder to it, figuring that additional fiber will help. I sweeten it with pure monk fruit sweetener. Give that a try. Cheers!
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It is really important that you defer to HER doctor for any health information. I know this is a drag and not a fast answer, however, when talking about an infant, toddler or any age child, always defer to the well trained, educated expert. If you are not comfortable with their answer, by all means seek a second opinion, a doctor that is even MORE well trained in diabetes treatment. Perhaps a specialist. Most importantly, DO get expert opinions, DO NOT put it off, you know your child better than anyone else, trust yourself if you feel like something is just not quite right. When it comes to a child, error on the side of caution, better safe than sorry. Please Be Safe, Happy, Healthy and most important; Be Kind - Kindness Counts.
The package I eat shows 19 grams of carbs (only Oatmeal) and I add Cinnamon. Sometimes I add a bit of berries which is supposed to help with insulin intolerance. It doesn’t spike my sugar levels. Lack of sleep and dehydration raises my sugar more.
I only buy steel cut oat groats. Soak 1/2 cup with warm water at night, cook only in 25 mins, slow boiling after 3-5 minutes boil rolling. Drain and add unsweetened almond milk and some berries. I also use the pasty water as face mask.
I have been trying to decide to keep oatmeal in my diet. Over the years oatmeal spikes. Never realized the health benefits. Will be keeping steel oats in my diet with cardio after to burn glucose.
It may be good for others but hugely spiked my blood sugar (plain with no additives). I think every one is different and how their bodies react can be unique to them, so all I can tell you is have that blood glucose reader handy and test test test.
Theres one caveat with oats...you have to be active. Most people these days aren't active enough ...or are insulin resistant.. to eat a good whole grain cereal. Ive found that intermittent fasting is a great option for people like me who struggle with weight...eating less is better when you get to middle age
Here is my advice (been a type #1 diabetic since 1990) everything you eat will spike your B.S. the key to a good A1C is coordinating insulin vs what your eating at that meal. Many doctors have said not to increase or decrease the amount of my daily insulin intake (injections). Guess what? it's the only way to manage your blood sugars properly. Take control of your body, you're the boss of your body, period.
you do not need to spike your glucose. you can have normal blood sugar, normal glucose is 70 to 100. if you highly restrict your carbs you will need vey very little insulin. check out type one grit. google that. dr richard k bernstein.
Agree. I know my carb intake to insulin dose to bring my blood sugars into the 80-100 range in two hours. Love oatmeal but will not eat it nor cereal. I think it’s crazy to promote these foods. Can some people manage high carb diets,absolutely, but one needs to know if their body can manage big carb intakes. If so, go for it but be careful as throughout the years your pancreas may stop making enough insulin.
Enjoying muesli. It is oatmeal's cousin. I put it in the fridge the night before with milk. Then I eat it with cottage cheese. Seems to me like it is working. Usually I add no sweetener. Occasionally I add maple syrup. Helps me to feel full. Maybe some day I will do a more thorough analysis, but it generally seems that bit works well for me. I am not diabetic, but if you want to learn how to keep healthy blood sugar, learn like a diabetic! Thanks for the vid.
My sister and I grew up eating cream of wheat while my brothers ate oatmeal. Now at 64, oatmeal spikes my bs something fierce so I rarely eat it. Ah, I long for those pre-diabetic days. If only I could go back.....
eat smaller portion (1/4 cup) organic old fashioned rolled oats made with water, add little butter and walnuts ~ will help not spike sugar especially add even more protein like hard boiled egg with meal
Excellent video... We were very poor and my mom fed me and my siblings oats everyday... then later after my marriage I carried this Oats Breakfast tradition with my kids and now with my grandkids... I'm very happy to know the benefits of Oats and grateful how it had sustained me and my family for more than half a century... to this day Thank you very much for such a valuable video about Oats... our humble grain...
Im 80, and very healthy. I keep up with my 3 sons, ages 20 to 24. I've eaten oatmeal all my life with 4 yrs navy interruption. I eat 1, 1/2 cups daily with cinnamon, turmeric, coconut oil, in hotwater and fresh cows milk. I still have a teenagers strength, and endurance. Thanks your info and study...
I cook my oatmeal with water,but I also add unsweetened almond milk with a spoonful of ground cinnamon and a handful of blackberries and make a smoothie,I go for a walk afterwards and it keeps me from getting hungry throughout the day,,I'm on intermittent fasting as well , it's working well
I've been type 1 diabetic for over forty years. I eat oatmeal everyday, I check my b.s at least six times a day, I'm also on the DAFNE system, be the boss of your own body, adjust insulin as needed and don't be afraid, doctors can advise but the true expert is yourself. You know better than anyone, if you don't, I suggest you study, it'll make your life a lot easier and please don't take these videos as gospel.
@@duplicateify I disagree, use your knowledge of your situation and learn about diabetes, increasing or decreasing by a couple of units is ok but you must always consult with your doctor first. I have the green light from my specialist, make sure you know your subject.
@@duplicateify Doctors are the ones who determine if a patient should adjust their insulin, there is NO blanket statement, like yours, that fits all situations, so the best thing to do is have the person defer to their doctors, not take any statement of no insulin adjustment at all. You could scare someone into thinking they are doing wrong when a doctor has given parameters for that person to adjust their insulin. There are doctors who KNOW their patients who say, if your glucose is "this level and under, do this this this" or if your glucose is "this different level" then do so and so..... it depends upon the doctor and the patient and no one else should get into the middle of that with a blanket statement, one size NEVER fits ALL. Just my opinion and I own it. Please Be safe, Be happy, Be healthy, and most important; Be Kind - Kindness Counts.
@@roseyannette2030 doctors often make things worse. Understand your own body and take control. Is it best to forever outsource important things to people who get money for keeping the status quo/if you are unhealthy?
I don't have diabetes (yet / that I know of). I put into my crockpot, 400g of organic steel cut oats, 10 cups of water, and 1 tablespoon of salt. I set the crockpot to the slowest (10 hour) setting and let it cook between 4.5 and 4.75 hours. This makes a lot of cooked oatmeal that I then put into a large Tupperware container, and into the fridge. When I make my breakfast, I put 300g of that oatmeal in a small bowl, with 10g-20g of water, and 15g of brown sugar, and nuke it for 2 minutes on high. This is a part of my overall calorie -counting diet I started in October of 2022 and, as of today, October 9th, 2023, I've lost 75 pounds.
Could you comment on what I have been doing almost every morning... ..I cook [in 5 min] three fourth cup of rolled oats, once cooked I add 1/2 cup of unsweetened soya milk, two table spoons of peanuts or sometimes a tablespoon of pumpkin seeds, mixed it with sliced [one] banana or sometimes sliced [half of] apple. Do you approve it? Sometimes I have the 3/4 cup of rolled oats soaked overnight in 1/2 cup of soya unsweetened milk with papaya and peanuts.....could you please comment. [I am not diabetic... but 9 years ago, I got a mild stroke] Thank you very much for taking time to read my message.... and in anticipation.... my big thanks..... for your comment[s].
I eat porridge, cooked with water, nearly every day. I’ve given up having sugar on it, now just have unsweetened oat milk with it. Since being dx d with type 2 at end of June I’ve lost ten pounds in weight. Porridge sustains me till mid afternoon when I eat beetroot and lettuce and chia pudding for a snack.
It's fantastic, what you are doing for you! I love hot cereals always made with water for me. I keep my portions small, add no sugars, it's not half bad plain with just a bit of low fat cow's milk (1/2 cup or less) for sweetness and flavor. I also add just a tiny pinch of salt when cooking, I have no restrictions on salt intake from my doctor because I already keep my intake quite low. Processed foods are the worst to eat of ANYTHING, loads of additives that are not necessary and not always good for you. Also the processing often takes out nutrients that are beneficial. The closer to nature the food is, usually the better it is, not ALWAYS but more often than not. Don't be tempted to cook the goodness out of your foods. Please Be Safe, Happy, Healthy, and most important; Be Kind - Kindness Counts.
It's fantastic, what you are doing for you! I love hot cereals always made with water for me. I keep my portions small, add no sugars, it's not half bad plain with just a bit of low fat cow's milk (1/2 cup or less) for sweetness and flavor. I also add just a tiny pinch of salt when cooking, I have no restrictions on salt intake from my doctor because I already keep my intake quite low. Processed foods are the worst to eat of ANYTHING, loads of additives that are not necessary and not always good for you. Also the processing often takes out nutrients that are beneficial. The closer to nature the food is, usually the better it is, not ALWAYS but more often than not. Don't be tempted to cook the goodness out of your foods. Please Be Safe, Happy, Healthy, and most important; Be Kind - Kindness Counts.
@@mariateresamondragon5850 Nice! Since my original post I beat my blood sugar back to pre diabetes by losing three and a half stones! Just maintaining now. I went from a size 20 to a 16. Just got to get my cholesterol down now so I don;t have to take statins.
I brought my A1c down to 6.2 from 8.8. I did it by cutting way down on oatmeal, potatoes, bread, rice and pasta. Unfortunately carbs are a type 2 diabetic's worst nightmare
I have Diabetes 2, and I cannot eat oatmeal because within an hour after I eat it, I am really hungry. For breakfast, I eat one chicken apple sausage and one piece of Ezekial flourless bread, and one small cup of coffee. This lasts for three hours until it is time for lunch.
Hello my name is John chitwood I was at 270+ pounds went on special diet Today I am 202 pounds yes I do check my blood sugar every day,yes some days I have to take insulin for my insulin 🖊 Sliding scale from 2 unit to 12 units Cut out sweets I have not given my self shot In long time ago My big sister helps me
I think they're mostly referencing type 2. if you're type 1 you got no choice you're on insulin but I do not know why anyone needs to be on insulin if they're type 2. those just aren't keeping a lid on overall carb intake and they're relying on insulin to control the excess that they should not be consuming to begin with.
1/2 cup soaked overnight, steel cut oats with a few fresh strawberries still spiked my blood sugar. It's coming back down now though. I'm hoping the fiber benefit outweighs the spike. Not as "gravel-ey" as grapenuts but similar texture.
I eat a small portion of oatmeal every morning from groats or steelcuts that I soak the day before in water with 1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar per cup. I top it with unsweetened homemade yogurt, olive oil, flaxseed, some berries, sometimes with an unpeeled kiwi and soaked nuts.
I know....it's a Carb so will raise Insulin. Try Keto and Intermittent Fasting....that is what has worked for me....none of this 'calories ...calories out' nonsense!
I concur, everyone is different. I did a N=1 experiment, BS (Blood Sugar) 6.5 mmols , bowl 1dl of Scots Porridge Oats with cinnamon and semi skimmed milk 3dls , microed and stirred a lot. After 2hrs BS 6.5 mmols. T2 diabetic. Crazy!
I eat 1 c steel cut oats 4-5 times a week, with 1/3 c wild blueberries or strawberries, 2 tsp cinnamon, 2 tsp wildflower honey. Sometimes I add 1 tsp chia seeds.
@@KETOInTheKitchenWithJasmine i am diabetic. instead of a regular serving size, I use 2 tsp. still shouldn't use honey, but i feel it's better than the blue, yellow and green packs.
I start my day off every day now with one cup of old-fashioned Oat Meal cooked in Almond milk, no salt and two teaspoons of heavy cream, no sugar of any kind but not so careful about lunch and dinner, trying to manage that better.
This is a great channel with in depth information that is simply invaluable. Unfortunately the carb content of many of the products reviewed is quoted in ridiculously low serving sizes. For example 15 grams of carbs in a 1/3 cup serving size is simply not relevant to many of us as we are not 95 pounds body weight.
I was pre diabetic but stopped snacking tweaked my diet to a lower carbohydrate one and lost 30lbs in weight and my blood sugars returned to normal levels. I have rolled oats three times a week and although it does spike my blood sugars a little the benefits outway the negatives. There are no hard or fast rules, you need to work out what suits you.
My A1C came down 7.0 from 7.5. I started eating about 1/2 cup to 1 cup of oatmeal with 1/4 - 1/2 cup of blueberries depending on days whether I do 1 hour of circuit training in the morning or a day off (or two slices of Dave's 21 grain bread with avocado). My pattern was starting to eat about 600 - 700 in the morning so I don't eat as much in the evening. On a healthy food intake day the following morning despite the dawn effect, my blood sugar in the morning before eating has been in the 120's to the low on 130's and before dinner between 95 - 103. Kind of a tricky process before figuring out the good and bad.
I’ve been eating rolled oats (1/4 cup) for breakfast with a handful of blueberries for the past 12 years. Recently I’ve switched the blueberries for tumeric.
Mix oatmeal with a protein . For example, eat scramble eggs after your porridge. Or soak oatmeal overnight in water with tablespoon of peanut butter . Eat hot or cold with cup of blueberries.
I soak it overnight with half milk half water & in the morning I add half a banana or grated apple or blueberries. The fruit & peanut butter add flavor so I use no sugar.
As a diabetic I do my own research on myself. Every one is talking about resistant starch, but it does the same thing as other foods on me. If I ate a bowl of roll oats, my sugar goes up to 12, many people I know complain about this. After eating oat on several occasions I notice my brain appears to be forgetting what I was going upstairs for , I suspect it was t roll oats, I stop eating it off and on until I came to the conclusion that roll oats is causing g brain fog, my friend told me it is spay with many chemicals which,height be poisoning the brain I do not eat it any more and my brain fog is gone. I did not add any sweets or fruits to it. I see Canada is spring lentils very heavy now, so I will have to watch for this now
@@sweetydiaz3488 try testing your sugar in 1hour or 1hour an 15 minutes. I find when I wait 2 hours after a meal the sugar has drop some, but at an hour you see the true high. I found this British dr Roy Taylor, he is very good. He has a book called LIFE WITHOUT DIABETES, I borrowed it from the library, quite good reading. He has a lot of lectures on yt. Check him out. Good luck
I use steelcut oats but i get a high glucose reading even after 5 hrs of consuming so i stopped. I incorporate blueberries, walnut, ceylon cinnamon in it but didnt do any better. I guess it doesnt fit for everyone.
Roshiela Sukdeo I am a type 2 diabetice for 23 i love having oats 3 times in a week for my breakfast with1 apple and milk no sugar added Excllennt video😘
If you’re diabetic it’s the worst thing you can eat in the morning. It pure carbs. It spikes your blood sugar. The best breakfast for a diabetic is no carbs 2 eggs I strip of bacon about 4 Oz of steak and at least half an avocado if not the whole thing. Milk in the oats also turns into sugar. I bet you feel a slump towards lunch.
@@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192 Yeah, but all the eggs and bacon are going to clog up your coronary arteries that feed your heart its blood supply. I know two ppl who had bypass who were strict keto. Keto is very bad for heart health, do not fool yourself.
Oatmeal spikes my blood sugar into oblivion. So, as a rule, I avoid all grains...oats, wheat, rice, and corn. I get my vitamins and trace minerals from other sources.
It all depends on how insulin resistant you are, so it's not the same for everybody. You need to eat according to your blood glucose monitor, listen to your body not so called health experts.
@@Cryptolorian AMEN! A glucose monitor is absolutely essential if you really want to know how a food will affect you as an individual. Also, a lot of the “health experts” have personal agendas attached to their advice.
I eat a bowl of hot cereal every morning and it has a minimal effect on my blood glucose. I’m trying for 30-grams of gross carbs. So, I weigh out enough of he base cereal, which is either steel cut oats, Bulgar wheat, or a five grain roughly rolled ceral blend, the large particle size slows down the digestion and uptake quite a bit. the coarse grained base goes in the micro wave with water for four-minutes before I head of to shower and get dressed. When I get back to the kitchen, I ad enough of oat bran, or other high fiber, smaller grained cereal. To that I add, about fifteen grams of ground chia seed (pretty much protein, the little carb is fiber), 10-grams of flax seed meal (again all of the carbs are fiber), 12-grams of wheat dextrin (100% soluble fiber), a couple packs of Splenda, and 2-tablespoons of butter. Microwave the mixture for about three minutes. My CGM indicates a very slow rise, to 140-150 range, a long plateau, with a slow drop after three to four hours, of about two hours to drop back down to the 90s. At which time I eat my late lunch, generally a salad, and a bit of simple carbs.
@@Myeternalperspective I’m taking a slow release insulation every morning, and a dose of glimepiride every evening before dinner. how reactive oats are depends on how coarse they are, and how cooked they are. When I do oatmeal, I cook the cut oats as opposed to rolled oats, and the quick or instant oats. All of which hit like a south bound freight train. AS I said in the original post. I cook things a pretty short time as opposed to the directions. And i am adding quite a bit of heathy fats, and and a lot of just straight fiber or proteins which take longer to digest. The intent is to get a mixed glycemic availability in which some of the carbs digest fairly quickly and get into your system, and the rest of the ingredients digest slowly over a variety of times. Think of a sine curve, with the area under the curve being equal to the total carbs. If you eat 15-grams of straight glucose, the blood glucose almost immediately goes up really fast, peaks, and falls down really fast. If you eat 15-grams of sucrose or fructose it takes longer to get into the blood stream, and doesn’t have quite as spikey of a curve. 15-grams of whole grain hits slower, and is less spikey. Enough cooked spinach to have 15-grams of carbs is slower and doesn’t go as high. Enough raw spinach to have 15-grams off carbs, will be a flatter, longer curve. But, in all cases the area under the curve from eating fifteen grams of carbs is about the same. By blending the carbs, so the meal includes some simple carbs and some progressively less digestible carbs, leaving you with things which are progressively harder to digest, you can flatten out a meal so the carbs it contains are released into your blood stream over a longer period, without ever causing the level of glucose in your blood to get out of hand.
Something that seems to help my blood sugar is eating the majority of my protein and veggies first and then having my carbs it reduces my numbers so maybe an egg before you have oatmeal may help numbers.
i recently tested prediabetic, normal bodyweight and doesnt run in the family. i have been eating oatmeal every morning for years with a ton of sugar in it. i cut out out all table sugar and quickly lost over 10 pounds without wanting to lose weight.
This advice works for me - no more than one cup of rolled or steel-cut oats, plant based milk, ground cinnamon, tiny amount of honey, small amount of berries. It's filling and anti-inflammatory. I might add a little turmeric from now on. Thank you for the video.
I am surprised that no mention was made of cooking oatmeal in water. It tastes just as good as with milk, IMO, and without the additional carbs and calories. I cook it VERY slowly in the microwave. Extremely yummy and creamy.
I also put a small handful of oatmeal and 0% of milk or almond milk to my egg white or grain fed eggs with onions and mushrooms and make an omelette every morning, with 2 slices of whole grain bread. I remained full most of the day. Still have a 125 lbs body at 81 on my 5" 6" Hope this helps someone.
That depends on the diabetic - what works for me might be a disaster for you - the only way you'll know for sure is to give it a whirl and see what happens
No, I don’t eat oatmeal because it spikes my blood sugar. I maintain an a1c of 5 without meds and only carb limiting to control glucose levels. I’ve been doing this since 2010 and I don’t plan to change this because I enjoy having toes and feet…and lots of other stuff.
Part of the reaction to eating oats will be how it affects your body according to your blood type and not just if you are diabetic or not. As type II I am finding that the information from the blood type and diet is redirecting my food choices. This is only from personal experience and I am not trying to generalize.
Generally I do keto which fixed my diabites 2, but I'm not orthodox. I know I need my cheat days to satisfy my body's needs. I live in food desert of sorts *, so sure if I was rich I could be more pure. However, generally my breakfast is black coffee. How I feel is important so if I want oatmeal, so a cheat day, I make instant oats with black coffee. It is fine. The blandness of the oats is .... coffee oats !! No added sugar. Over time I've discovered that at first if I ate oats it was a whole cheat day, (rationalization at play ) but as I learned to listen to my gut, I find now that now just the coffee oats is the whole cheat, because I'm getting something that I needed. However, my whole point, no matter your diet, is that "coffee oats" are grrreat !!! , with no added sugar. * I'd love to make steel cut coffee oats, somehow, but one of the cost of living in on my tropical island is no steel cut oats. So it goes. But instant or not, let's talk about coffee oats being a better way then a spoonful of sugar to help the oats, so the soluble fiber, what I've come to think might be part of why I want oats, go down. If you try coffee oats tell us what you think.
Everyone is different so best to check levels 2 hours after eating. I'm diabetic type 2 and I'm lucky I can eat this each day but I change and sometimes have bacon and eggs or a good Greek yogurt with berries and nuts for breakfast, find what you can eat x
yep.. not every day... gotta mix in the zero carb thing on occasion. I check my glucose at fast but generally my A1C stays under 6. stay away anything white is my general rule. potato gotta be careful there nothing but carbs. refined sugar a big no-no honey works much better. rice? I don't go there (at least not very often). everything in moderation. cheesecake is better than pound cake because its mostly egg & cream cheese not refined sugar stuff like that. also a small piece of cheesecake goes a long way! stay away from fruit juice nothing but gobs of carbs. and soda & alcohol is not even up for discussion.
My husband had type 2 diabetes, HAD. Breakfast is usually oats and grains, yogurt, coconut milk and fruit. As part of his diet to reverse his condition. It does not cause spikes for him.
I add flax meal when the oats& nuts(sliced almonds/sunflower seeds) are almost cook then to a mixture of chia seeds, protein powder & almond milk then top it with mixed berries! That’s my power breakfast with coffee 5 days a week. Cheap 🙂
You are exactly right, as is "Erixxx Blue", below is. I've had very good results with 1/2 cup (pre-cooked) whole oats with cinnamon (known to reduce blood sugar) or sugar free blueberry syrup and Splenda. BTW, though not a diabetologist, my wife is an M.D.
I'll eat oatmeal sometimes for breakfast. Usually about 1/2 cup in the morning and in my oatmeal I put 2 tbsp unsalted butter, natural (no-sugar added) peanut butter consisting of only peanuts and oil; salt, frozen fruit like blueberries and raspberries and about 1 TBSP sugar-free syrup. It really hits the spot.
From my childhood oats had had a place in my breakfast. Until today the same information but is not the instant one. I going to look for non instant. Every food 🥘 is good but in moderation because even the good ones in big amounts are bad.
So there's a video out there claiming that oatmeal is one of the worst breakfast choices for Type 2 diabetics. In fact, the suggestion was to eliminate ALL grains from the diet to help reverse Type 2 diabetes. So much confusing info out there.
That video confused me too. Yes, my sugar glucose get spiked. I decreased the portion I am eating and now I am adding 2 spoons of ground flaxseed and a spoon of millet. I am thinking of switching the millet with barley flour which has the lowest glycemic index
I have eaten oatmeal for breakfast for years and your narrative has helped me `clean up' the recipies so that I can enjoy all the benefits you mention.
Rice probably has less of spike. Brown rice especially. With rice have to wash 2 times, drain and then cook with extra water. Strain water when cooked.
I haven’t eaten oat since being diagnosed with type 2 over a year ago I assumed that I should avoid carbs altogether. I will try a small portion today with some almond grounds and water and a half teaspoon of cinnamon!
Good or bad it really depends on your diet. If you eat a low glycemic diet it may or may not work. If you eat a low carb diet to lower total insulin you need, then oats are out as far as you diet goes.
I avoid it. It's starvation food and offers no real benefits. Give me 2 scrambled eggs, including the yolks, any day, or better yet just skip breakfast. I'm 65, feel like 35.
Well you are living on borrowed time as what you do is contrary to what most experts on diabetes will tell you. Skipping breakfast is the wors thing you say. That's the meal that can provide you with all the nutrients you need to start a day which EVERY dietary expert will tell you.
@@johndunbar7504 I don't have diabetes, but if I did I would likely eat the same way to reverse it. The human body is perfectly adapted to skipping meals. What it doesn't like is sugar.
@@johndunbar7504 Most experts tell you? So many experts yet Diabetes just keeps going up, never down. The experts are wrong and know less about Diabetes than you can find out for yourself on the internet in 24 hours! When you blindly listen and follow experts and it doesn't work, then its time to change your ways. Luann knows what he is talking about, and he doesn't need experts to tell him what he should eat, he listens to his body. The best thing you can do for your body in the morning is to not eat and extend the fasting by another 4+ hours, and then have lunch and dinner. This will heal your body of inflammation and repair cells. The "you must eat breakfast or you will die" mantra was forced upon us by Kellogs and his merry men so they can fill their pockets and so the medical and drug industry can take care of you afterwards. Wake up and stop listening to everything they tell you. If I sell Olive oil and I told you to drink Olive oil every day because it will prolong your life, would you just believe me?
@@Cryptolorian You're outta luck and behaving like a fool. The whole point of having medical professionals is that they are the most qualified to know about any such issue and can be trusted to deliver their information without any sort of bias. The internet is the last place any informed person would look for medical advice. If that weren't so, we could eliminate all medical professionals and try to manage our own health by trolling the internet.
@@johndunbar7504 Medical professionals have no bias? That right there tells me that there is no hope for you, and I'd be wasting my time trying to talk sense into you.
Fairly often, I make a batch of steel cut oats in the slow cooker, enough for a few days, one cup steel cut oats, three cups water, one cup unsweetened almond milk, a dab of butter and a teaspoon salt all into the pot. They're done in about 3-4 hours; stir a couple of times. Once in the bowl I add shaved toasted almonds or walnuts, blueberries, a squirt of Stevia and unsweetened almond milk. Then I go to my local fitness center and walk the track for one hour.
No matter what kind of oats, it still spikes my blood sugar. My nutritionist wanted to argue with me about this, but it does. There’s no perfect model that works for everyone. You have to figure it out on your own.
My dietitian wanted me to have cereals, I said no way, they should go back to school, they are living in the past,.
Same here! I didn't realize that the daily breakfast habit that I thought was a healthy lifestyle change was actually NOT a good idea for me after all. I am not diabetic, but I am monitoring pre-diabetic blood glucose levels. So, no more oatmeal for me! I'm experimenting with a Low Carb oatmeal alternative now.
Did you guys check your blood sugar again after 30-45 mins?! If it can go back to normal range, would it be considered safe?!?!
@@davidbarry9690 Yea my dietician said cereal was good if you use less (1/4 cup). Nope, spiked my blood glucose too much so I stopped eating cereal.
I was very upset and could not believe the spike in my glucose from eating old fashioned oatmeal. I actually was pissed. I have been told by Dr, dietitians, and from many sources how good it was for controlling glucose.. I ate the oatmeal plain, cooked in water and it increased my glucose levels. I never would have known this until I started wearing a libre freestyle glucose sensor.
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Yea as a diabetic, oatmeal was spiking my blood sugar too much even after 2 hours. I stopped eating oatmeal and I don't care what the experts say, it definitely spiked my glucose too much, it was still high after 2 hours when it is supposed to go back to normal. I only ate plain oatmeal with no sugar. It may work for a lot of diabetics but not me.
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Forget about the flat oatmeal or the quick oatmeal. Eat only steel cut oats. It supposedly spikes your blood pressure less. I also read eating some protein helps keep the spike down. Eat an egg or a couple of pieces of bacon with the oats. I also add hemp protein powder to it, figuring that additional fiber will help. I sweeten it with pure monk fruit sweetener. Give that a try.
Cheers!
@@alan30189 Nah, I can do without oatmeal to be honest. I did use steel cut oatmeal.
@@alan30189 But why bother? Oats are bad food for diabetics, so just don't eat them!
try honey on it raw honey does not affect your insulin either
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Yes, it can happen. Its called Type 1 diabetes, or Juvenile diabetes.
It is really important that you defer to HER doctor for any health information. I know this is a drag and not a fast answer, however, when talking about an infant, toddler or any age child, always defer to the well trained, educated expert. If you are not comfortable with their answer, by all means seek a second opinion, a doctor that is even MORE well trained in diabetes treatment. Perhaps a specialist. Most importantly, DO get expert opinions, DO NOT put it off, you know your child better than anyone else, trust yourself if you feel like something is just not quite right. When it comes to a child, error on the side of caution, better safe than sorry.
Please Be Safe, Happy, Healthy and most important; Be Kind - Kindness Counts.
Yes diabetes can occur at any age. A friend of mine was diagnosed at 18 months.
Of course you can get Diabetes at that age! Please get her Blood Glucose levels checked by a Doctor.
@@tricialynn9401 - Wonder why.
The package I eat shows 19 grams of carbs (only Oatmeal) and I add Cinnamon. Sometimes I add a bit of berries which is supposed to help with insulin intolerance. It doesn’t spike my sugar levels. Lack of sleep and dehydration raises my sugar more.
I only buy steel cut oat groats. Soak 1/2 cup with warm water at night, cook only in 25 mins, slow boiling after 3-5 minutes boil rolling. Drain and add unsweetened almond milk and some berries. I also use the pasty water as face mask.
I have been trying to decide to keep oatmeal in my diet. Over the years oatmeal spikes. Never realized the health benefits. Will be keeping steel oats in my diet with cardio after to burn glucose.
It may be good for others but hugely spiked my blood sugar (plain with no additives). I think every one is different and how their bodies react can be unique to them, so all I can tell you is have that blood glucose reader handy and test test test.
did mine as well
Thanks ill check
Theres one caveat with oats...you have to be active. Most people these days aren't active enough ...or are insulin resistant.. to eat a good whole grain cereal. Ive found that intermittent fasting is a great option for people like me who struggle with weight...eating less is better when you get to middle age
Try injecting fast acting insulin 30-40 mins before oatmeal stops the spike for me
It turns to glucose. let's not pretend that sugar is a nutrient.
Here is my advice (been a type #1 diabetic since 1990) everything you eat will spike your B.S. the key to a good A1C is coordinating insulin vs what your eating at that meal. Many doctors have said not to increase or decrease the amount of my daily insulin intake (injections). Guess what? it's the only way to manage your blood sugars properly. Take control of your body, you're the boss of your body, period.
Yes.
you do not need to spike your glucose. you can have normal blood sugar, normal glucose is 70 to 100. if you highly restrict your carbs you will need vey very little insulin. check out type one grit. google that. dr richard k bernstein.
except fat.
Wrong u shouldn't even be taking anything that not meant for your body, fasting is the key don't leave your body up to doctors they don't know shit
Agree. I know my carb intake to insulin dose to bring my blood sugars into the 80-100 range in two hours. Love oatmeal but will not eat it nor cereal. I think it’s crazy to promote these foods. Can some people manage high carb diets,absolutely, but one needs to know if their body can manage big carb intakes. If so, go for it but be careful as throughout the years your pancreas may stop making enough insulin.
Enjoying muesli. It is oatmeal's cousin. I put it in the fridge the night before with milk. Then I eat it with cottage cheese. Seems to me like it is working. Usually I add no sweetener. Occasionally I add maple syrup. Helps me to feel full. Maybe some day I will do a more thorough analysis, but it generally seems that bit works well for me. I am not diabetic, but if you want to learn how to keep healthy blood sugar, learn like a diabetic! Thanks for the vid.
Need to pick the raisins out though .
I ate oats every other day ,add peunut butter to taste ,top with blue berries or strawberry or avocado
My sister and I grew up eating cream of wheat while my brothers ate oatmeal. Now at 64, oatmeal spikes my bs something fierce so I rarely eat it. Ah, I long for those pre-diabetic days. If only I could go back.....
eat smaller portion (1/4 cup) organic old fashioned rolled oats made with water, add little butter and walnuts ~ will help not spike sugar especially add even more protein like hard boiled egg with meal
Excellent video...
We were very poor and my mom fed me and my siblings oats everyday...
then later after my marriage I carried this Oats Breakfast tradition with my kids and now with my grandkids...
I'm very happy to know the benefits of Oats and grateful how it had sustained me and my family for more than half a century... to this day
Thank you very much for such a valuable video about Oats... our humble grain...
Thanks for sharing your story!
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Great story.
Oats is for the rich in some countries.
Im 80, and very healthy. I keep up with my 3 sons, ages 20 to 24. I've eaten oatmeal all my life with 4 yrs navy interruption. I eat 1, 1/2 cups daily with cinnamon, turmeric, coconut oil, in hotwater and fresh cows milk. I still have a teenagers strength, and endurance. Thanks your info and study...
I cook my oatmeal with water,but I also add unsweetened almond milk with a spoonful of ground cinnamon and a handful of blackberries and make a smoothie,I go for a walk afterwards and it keeps me from getting hungry throughout the day,,I'm on intermittent fasting as well , it's working well
I've been type 1 diabetic for over forty years. I eat oatmeal everyday, I check my b.s at least six times a day, I'm also on the DAFNE system, be the boss of your own body, adjust insulin as needed and don't be afraid, doctors can advise but the true expert is yourself. You know better than anyone, if you don't, I suggest you study, it'll make your life a lot easier and please don't take these videos as gospel.
You should not adjust your insulin on your own.
@@duplicateify I disagree, use your knowledge of your situation and learn about diabetes, increasing or decreasing by a couple of units is ok but you must always consult with your doctor first. I have the green light from my specialist, make sure you know your subject.
don't you get bored eating same thing
@@duplicateify Doctors are the ones who determine if a patient should adjust their insulin, there is NO blanket statement, like yours, that fits all situations, so the best thing to do is have the person defer to their doctors, not take any statement of no insulin adjustment at all. You could scare someone into thinking they are doing wrong when a doctor has given parameters for that person to adjust their insulin. There are doctors who KNOW their patients who say, if your glucose is "this level and under, do this this this" or if your glucose is "this different level" then do so and so..... it depends upon the doctor and the patient and no one else should get into the middle of that with a blanket statement, one size NEVER fits ALL. Just my opinion and I own it. Please Be safe, Be happy, Be healthy, and most important; Be Kind - Kindness Counts.
@@roseyannette2030 doctors often make things worse. Understand your own body and take control. Is it best to forever outsource important things to people who get money for keeping the status quo/if you are unhealthy?
Oatmeal & sweet potatoes spike blood sugars levels. Ppl argue about it but it does
Thank you very much for all very good informations about aotmeals which is best for me as diabetic.
I don't have diabetes (yet / that I know of). I put into my crockpot, 400g of organic steel cut oats, 10 cups of water, and 1 tablespoon of salt. I set the crockpot to the slowest (10 hour) setting and let it cook between 4.5 and 4.75 hours. This makes a lot of cooked oatmeal that I then put into a large Tupperware container, and into the fridge. When I make my breakfast, I put 300g of that oatmeal in a small bowl, with 10g-20g of water, and 15g of brown sugar, and nuke it for 2 minutes on high. This is a part of my overall calorie -counting diet I started in October of 2022 and, as of today, October 9th, 2023, I've lost 75 pounds.
I eat steel oatmeal with almond milk and blueberries one to two the week.
How do you chew or swallow. Doesn’t the steel hurt your stomach and teeth
Could you comment on what I have been doing almost every morning... ..I cook [in 5 min] three fourth cup of rolled oats, once cooked I add 1/2 cup of unsweetened soya milk, two table spoons of peanuts or sometimes a tablespoon of pumpkin seeds, mixed it with sliced [one] banana or sometimes sliced [half of] apple. Do you approve it? Sometimes I have the 3/4 cup of rolled oats soaked overnight in 1/2 cup of soya unsweetened milk with papaya and peanuts.....could you please comment. [I am not diabetic... but 9 years ago, I got a mild stroke] Thank you very much for taking time to read my message.... and in anticipation.... my big thanks..... for your comment[s].
I will give it a try. I learned a lot from this video.
Very healthy program im diabic last 15 yrs im sure this vidio will ,help me thank you 😊
I eat porridge, cooked with water, nearly every day. I’ve given up having sugar on it, now just have unsweetened oat milk with it. Since being dx d with type 2 at end of June I’ve lost ten pounds in weight. Porridge sustains me till mid afternoon when I eat beetroot and lettuce and chia pudding for a snack.
It's fantastic, what you are doing for you! I love hot cereals always made with water for me. I keep my portions small, add no sugars, it's not half bad plain with just a bit of low fat cow's milk (1/2 cup or less) for sweetness and flavor. I also add just a tiny pinch of salt when cooking, I have no restrictions on salt intake from my doctor because I already keep my intake quite low. Processed foods are the worst to eat of ANYTHING, loads of additives that are not necessary and not always good for you. Also the processing often takes out nutrients that are beneficial. The closer to nature the food is, usually the better it is, not ALWAYS but more often than not. Don't be tempted to cook the goodness out of your foods. Please Be Safe, Happy, Healthy, and most important; Be Kind - Kindness Counts.
It's fantastic, what you are doing for you! I love hot cereals always made with water for me. I keep my portions small, add no sugars, it's not half bad plain with just a bit of low fat cow's milk (1/2 cup or less) for sweetness and flavor. I also add just a tiny pinch of salt when cooking, I have no restrictions on salt intake from my doctor because I already keep my intake quite low. Processed foods are the worst to eat of ANYTHING, loads of additives that are not necessary and not always good for you. Also the processing often takes out nutrients that are beneficial. The closer to nature the food is, usually the better it is, not ALWAYS but more often than not. Don't be tempted to cook the goodness out of your foods. Please Be Safe, Happy, Healthy, and most important; Be Kind - Kindness Counts.
@@roseyannette2030 Thank you Rosey Annette Since that post I have lost more, 35 pounds in total
Try it with salt and pepper (and maybe a pat of butter). Think of it as a grain, not a breakfast cereal (which one expects to be sweet).
@@mariateresamondragon5850 Nice! Since my original post I beat my blood sugar back to pre diabetes by losing three and a half stones! Just maintaining now. I went from a size 20 to a 16. Just got to get my cholesterol down now so I don;t have to take statins.
Thanks a lot. God bless you always. Amen I do eat oats but without sugar but with almond Milk ❤
I brought my A1c down to 6.2 from 8.8. I did it by cutting way down on oatmeal, potatoes, bread, rice and pasta. Unfortunately carbs are a type 2 diabetic's worst nightmare
I have Diabetes 2, and I cannot eat oatmeal because within an hour after I eat it, I am really hungry. For breakfast, I eat one chicken apple sausage and one piece of Ezekial flourless bread, and one small cup of coffee. This lasts for three hours until it is time for lunch.
Hello my name is John chitwood
I was at 270+ pounds went on special diet
Today I am 202 pounds yes I do check my blood sugar every day,yes some days I have to take insulin for my insulin 🖊
Sliding scale from 2 unit to 12 units
Cut out sweets
I have not given my self shot
In long time ago
My big sister helps me
Oatmeal (porridge) sends my blood sugar sky high 2 hours after I eat it.
This video needs to differentiate between type 1 and 2 diabetes. Different issues and effects when eating oatmeal.
I think they're mostly referencing type 2. if you're type 1 you got no choice you're on insulin but I do not know why anyone needs to be on insulin if they're type 2. those just aren't keeping a lid on overall carb intake and they're relying on insulin to control the excess that they should not be consuming to begin with.
1/2 cup soaked overnight, steel cut oats with a few fresh strawberries still spiked my blood sugar. It's coming back down now though. I'm hoping the fiber benefit outweighs the spike. Not as "gravel-ey" as grapenuts but similar texture.
Grapenuts was my favorite cereal. I miss it. waaaahhhhhh !! lol
For me I cook the recommended serving (1/3c) with a tbsp of chia seeds for added fiber. I top with berries, walnuts, cinnamon and it manages the spike
"" When we all get to heaven what a day of rejoicing it will be ,it will be ""
It spiked my blood sugar even without adding sugar but only used cinnamon
I eat a small portion of oatmeal every morning from groats or steelcuts that I soak the day before in water with 1 tbsp
Apple cider vinegar per cup. I top it with unsweetened homemade yogurt, olive oil, flaxseed, some berries, sometimes with an unpeeled kiwi and soaked nuts.
Does this spike your BG eating like this? Thanks for your comment.
The worst for high blood sugar. I’ll never listen to the internet
I know....it's a Carb so will raise Insulin.
Try Keto and Intermittent Fasting....that is what has worked for me....none of this 'calories ...calories out' nonsense!
I concur, everyone is different. I did a N=1 experiment, BS (Blood Sugar) 6.5 mmols , bowl 1dl of Scots Porridge Oats with cinnamon and semi skimmed milk 3dls , microed and stirred a lot. After 2hrs BS 6.5 mmols. T2 diabetic. Crazy!
Barley makes my sugars drop.
I had oatmeal every morning as a child . I do wish I had been able to eat other foods as well . I am a diabetic now . But @ 75 , I eat what I choose .
In my 70s I trying to get bloodsuger undercontrol thank
I eat 1 c steel cut oats 4-5 times a week, with 1/3 c wild blueberries or strawberries, 2 tsp cinnamon, 2 tsp wildflower honey. Sometimes I add 1 tsp chia seeds.
Are you diabetic? I cant have honey as a Diabetic.
@@KETOInTheKitchenWithJasmine i am diabetic. instead of a regular serving size, I use 2 tsp. still shouldn't use honey, but i feel it's better than the blue, yellow and green packs.
@@williamtribbitt7638 ml
I start my day off every day now with one cup of old-fashioned Oat Meal cooked in Almond milk, no salt and two teaspoons of heavy cream, no sugar of any kind but not so careful about lunch and dinner, trying to manage that better.
This is a great channel with in depth information that is simply invaluable. Unfortunately the carb content of many of the products reviewed is quoted in ridiculously low serving sizes. For example 15 grams of carbs in a 1/3 cup serving size is simply not relevant to many of us as we are not 95 pounds body weight.
I was pre diabetic but stopped snacking tweaked my diet to a lower carbohydrate one and lost 30lbs in weight and my blood sugars returned to normal levels. I have rolled oats three times a week and although it does spike my blood sugars a little the benefits outway the negatives. There are no hard or fast rules, you need to work out what suits you.
My A1C came down 7.0 from 7.5. I started eating about 1/2 cup to 1 cup of oatmeal with 1/4 - 1/2 cup of blueberries depending on days whether I do 1 hour of circuit training in the morning or a day off (or two slices of Dave's 21 grain bread with avocado).
My pattern was starting to eat about 600 - 700 in the morning so I don't eat as much in the evening. On a healthy food intake day the following morning despite the dawn effect, my blood sugar in the morning before eating has been in the 120's to the low on 130's and before dinner between 95 - 103. Kind of a tricky process before figuring out the good and bad.
would you like a little organ damage with your little oatmeal spike.
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Very informative! This video has answered all my queries.
This video is very helpful but I do eating oatmeal in dinner it is right to eat oats at dinner?
I’ve been eating rolled oats (1/4 cup) for breakfast with a handful of blueberries for the past 12 years. Recently I’ve switched the blueberries for tumeric.
Does it spike your blood sugar with tumeric? How is the taste?
WHYNOT DO BOTH?
Mix oatmeal with a protein . For example, eat scramble eggs after your porridge. Or soak oatmeal overnight in water with tablespoon of peanut butter . Eat hot or cold with cup of blueberries.
I soak it overnight with half milk half water & in the morning I add half a banana or grated apple or blueberries. The fruit & peanut butter add flavor so I use no sugar.
Stir an egg into the cooked oatmeal, microwave to cook it. Comes out like a sort of cookie to me. My sister put cottage cheese in her oatmeal.
As a diabetic I do my own research on myself. Every one is talking about resistant starch, but it does the same thing as other foods on me. If I ate a bowl of roll oats, my sugar goes up to 12, many people I know complain about this. After eating oat on several occasions I notice my brain appears to be forgetting what I was going upstairs for , I suspect it was t roll oats, I stop eating it off and on until I came to the conclusion that roll oats is causing g brain fog, my friend told me it is spay with many chemicals which,height be poisoning the brain I do not eat it any more and my brain fog is gone. I did not add any sweets or fruits to it. I see Canada is spring lentils very heavy now, so I will have to watch for this now
I agree with you,my blood sugar is up 2 hours after eating oats.
@@sweetydiaz3488 try testing your sugar in 1hour or 1hour an 15 minutes. I find when I wait 2 hours after a meal the sugar has drop some, but at an hour you see the true high. I found this British dr Roy Taylor, he is very good. He has a book called LIFE WITHOUT DIABETES, I borrowed it from the library, quite good reading.
He has a lot of lectures on yt. Check him out. Good luck
@@sweetydiaz3488 same here.
You need to learn how to write, because I can’t understand WTF you are saying.
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Steel cut oatmeal spiked my BG a lot. Cheese omelettes raise my BG to about 105-110 mg/dl. Oatmeal is pure carb.
I use steelcut oats but i get a high glucose reading even after 5 hrs of consuming so i stopped. I incorporate blueberries, walnut, ceylon cinnamon in it but didnt do any better. I guess it doesnt fit for everyone.
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I am a type 2 diabetice for 23 i love having oats 3 times in a week for my breakfast with1 apple and milk no sugar added Excllennt video😘
If you’re diabetic it’s the worst thing you can eat in the morning. It pure carbs. It spikes your blood sugar. The best breakfast for a diabetic is no carbs 2 eggs I strip of bacon about 4 Oz of steak and at least half an avocado if not the whole thing. Milk in the oats also turns into sugar. I bet you feel a slump towards lunch.
Roshani I found out the hard way after reading how great it was.
@@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192 Yeah, but all the eggs and bacon are going to clog up your coronary arteries that feed your heart its blood supply. I know two ppl who had bypass who were strict keto. Keto is very bad for heart health, do not fool yourself.
I love oatmeal and eat it most days.
The last time I ate and checked my glucose, it spiked over 200 mg/dl. Haven’t ate another bowl of oat meal for 3 years.
I want to add thank you for the education on the best way for preparing our breakfast and keeping our diabetes under control, very educational.
Good information
Thank you for enlightenment💯Now I know which oats to take and its proper prep to avoid sugar spikes. GOD bless you🔥
Thanks for information more power
Oatmeal spikes my blood sugar into oblivion. So, as a rule, I avoid all grains...oats, wheat, rice, and corn. I get my vitamins and trace minerals from other sources.
It all depends on how insulin resistant you are, so it's not the same for everybody. You need to eat according to your blood glucose monitor, listen to your body not so called health experts.
@@Cryptolorian AMEN! A glucose monitor is absolutely essential if you really want to know how a food will affect you as an individual. Also, a lot of the “health experts” have personal agendas attached to their advice.
Good video & educating too . I’m a type two diabetic Myself. .
what brand and kind of aotmeal good for diabetes.please answer im in the phillipines
I eat a bowl of hot cereal every morning and it has a minimal effect on my blood glucose. I’m trying for 30-grams of gross carbs. So, I weigh out enough of he base cereal, which is either steel cut oats, Bulgar wheat, or a five grain roughly rolled ceral blend, the large particle size slows down the digestion and uptake quite a bit. the coarse grained base goes in the micro wave with water for four-minutes before I head of to shower and get dressed. When I get back to the kitchen, I ad enough of oat bran, or other high fiber, smaller grained cereal. To that I add, about fifteen grams of ground chia seed (pretty much protein, the little carb is fiber), 10-grams of flax seed meal (again all of the carbs are fiber), 12-grams of wheat dextrin (100% soluble fiber), a couple packs of Splenda, and 2-tablespoons of butter. Microwave the mixture for about three minutes. My CGM indicates a very slow rise, to 140-150 range, a long plateau, with a slow drop after three to four hours, of about two hours to drop back down to the 90s. At which time I eat my late lunch, generally a salad, and a bit of simple carbs.
Do you take any meds as well?
@@Myeternalperspective I’m taking a slow release insulation every morning, and a dose of glimepiride every evening before dinner.
how reactive oats are depends on how coarse they are, and how cooked they are. When I do oatmeal, I cook the cut oats as opposed to rolled oats, and the quick or instant oats. All of which hit like a south bound freight train. AS I said in the original post. I cook things a pretty short time as opposed to the directions. And i am adding quite a bit of heathy fats, and and a lot of just straight fiber or proteins which take longer to digest. The intent is to get a mixed glycemic availability in which some of the carbs digest fairly quickly and get into your system, and the rest of the ingredients digest slowly over a variety of times.
Think of a sine curve, with the area under the curve being equal to the total carbs. If you eat 15-grams of straight glucose, the blood glucose almost immediately goes up really fast, peaks, and falls down really fast. If you eat 15-grams of sucrose or fructose it takes longer to get into the blood stream, and doesn’t have quite as spikey of a curve. 15-grams of whole grain hits slower, and is less spikey. Enough cooked spinach to have 15-grams of carbs is slower and doesn’t go as high. Enough raw spinach to have 15-grams off carbs, will be a flatter, longer curve.
But, in all cases the area under the curve from eating fifteen grams of carbs is about the same.
By blending the carbs, so the meal includes some simple carbs and some progressively less digestible carbs, leaving you with things which are progressively harder to digest, you can flatten out a meal so the carbs it contains are released into your blood stream over a longer period, without ever causing the level of glucose in your blood to get out of hand.
I eat it every morning, but didn't know which was the most healthy until I saw this video, thanks for sharing!
Something that seems to help my blood sugar is eating the majority of my protein and veggies first and then having my carbs it reduces my numbers so maybe an egg before you have oatmeal may help numbers.
i recently tested prediabetic, normal bodyweight and doesnt run in the family. i have been eating oatmeal every morning for years with a ton of sugar in it. i cut out out all table sugar and quickly lost over 10 pounds without wanting to lose weight.
Yes. I still eat oats at breakfast
but just cooked oatmeal with milk and only 3 spoon of without fruits.
This advice works for me - no more than one cup of rolled or steel-cut oats, plant based milk, ground cinnamon, tiny amount of honey, small amount of berries. It's filling and anti-inflammatory. I might add a little turmeric from now on. Thank you for the video.
And I thank you for that information about oatmeal.
I am surprised that no mention was made of cooking oatmeal in water. It tastes just as good as with milk, IMO, and without the additional carbs and calories. I cook it VERY slowly in the microwave. Extremely yummy and creamy.
I second that
I always cook mine in water, then when it’s finished, put a little milk around the edges and mix it in.
@@cowboybob7093 ate oat cereal milk and banana honey oats
I also put a small handful of oatmeal and 0% of milk or almond milk to my egg white or grain fed eggs with onions and mushrooms and make an omelette every morning, with 2 slices of whole grain bread. I remained full most of the day. Still have a 125 lbs body at 81 on my 5" 6" Hope this helps someone.
yup and still spikes the blood sugar.
Very informative, Thanks. Is 7 grain oat equally good as Steel Cut Oats?
Thank you. Very Informative content.
Great video, thanks for sharing the information with us. I use true elements rolled oats and they are perfect!
That depends on the diabetic - what works for me might be a disaster for you - the only way you'll know for sure is to give it a whirl and see what happens
No, I don’t eat oatmeal because it spikes my blood sugar. I maintain an a1c of 5 without meds and only carb limiting to control glucose levels. I’ve been doing this since 2010 and I don’t plan to change this because I enjoy having toes and feet…and lots of other stuff.
Part of the reaction to eating oats will be how it affects your body according to your blood type and not just if you are diabetic or not. As type II I am finding that the information from the blood type and diet is redirecting my food choices. This is only from personal experience and I am not trying to generalize.
And we thank you for sharing, you have a very good point, William!
Hi Good day! What kind of milk should i include to the rolled oatmeal please? Thank you and stay safe ! God Bless..
Merry Christmas !
This is a very educative video. I have been avoiding eating oats but this video has changed my thinking. Thanks for this
Im interested about this vedio
Generally I do keto which fixed my diabites 2, but I'm not orthodox. I know I need my cheat days to satisfy my body's needs. I live in food desert of sorts *, so sure if I was rich I could be more pure. However, generally my breakfast is black coffee. How I feel is important so if I want oatmeal, so a cheat day, I make instant oats with black coffee. It is fine. The blandness of the oats is .... coffee oats !! No added sugar. Over time I've discovered that at first if I ate oats it was a whole cheat day, (rationalization at play ) but as I learned to listen to my gut, I find now that now just the coffee oats is the whole cheat, because I'm getting something that I needed. However, my whole point, no matter your diet, is that "coffee oats" are grrreat !!! , with no added sugar.
* I'd love to make steel cut coffee oats, somehow, but one of the cost of living in on my tropical island is no steel cut oats. So it goes. But instant or not, let's talk about coffee oats being a better way then a spoonful of sugar to help the oats, so the soluble fiber, what I've come to think might be part of why I want oats, go down. If you try coffee oats tell us what you think.
Everyone is different so best to check levels 2 hours after eating. I'm diabetic type 2 and I'm lucky I can eat this each day but I change and sometimes have bacon and eggs or a good Greek yogurt with berries and nuts for breakfast, find what you can eat x
yep.. not every day... gotta mix in the zero carb thing on occasion. I check my glucose at fast but generally my A1C stays under 6. stay away anything white is my general rule. potato gotta be careful there nothing but carbs. refined sugar a big no-no honey works much better. rice? I don't go there (at least not very often). everything in moderation. cheesecake is better than pound cake because its mostly egg & cream cheese not refined sugar stuff like that. also a small piece of cheesecake goes a long way! stay away from fruit juice nothing but gobs of carbs. and soda & alcohol is not even up for discussion.
@@leecowell8165 oats are ok mixed in w eggs and potato sometimes no bread yes i sleep since i stay up late and my head is down oats are ok
I found oatmeal or any sugar free cereals spike blood sugar. It may be different for others.
I am type 2 diabetic and 86 yes old. Since I previously had heart failure, I eat a bowl of oat meal every morning.
My husband had type 2 diabetes, HAD. Breakfast is usually oats and grains, yogurt, coconut milk and fruit. As part of his diet to reverse his condition. It does not cause spikes for him.
I add flax meal when the oats& nuts(sliced almonds/sunflower seeds) are almost cook then to a mixture of chia seeds, protein powder & almond milk then top it with mixed berries! That’s my power breakfast with coffee
5 days a week. Cheap 🙂
Sounds like a great idea for me.
Protein added to oats will help a lot with the spike in blood sugar!!
He shows bananas as a topping for oats. All other "diabetic " items I've watched on UA-cam warn that bananas are the main fruit to avoid.
I see that too about bananas
youtube is not your doctor
You are exactly right, as is "Erixxx Blue", below is. I've had very good results with 1/2 cup (pre-cooked) whole oats with cinnamon (known to reduce blood sugar) or sugar free blueberry syrup and Splenda. BTW, though not a diabetologist, my wife is an M.D.
Dont eat ripen banana, the greener they are the less sugar
Count the pieces 3small slices not even a small banana.
1/2 cup daily with fruit... Will cut milk. Thank you for the info
I'll eat oatmeal sometimes for breakfast. Usually about 1/2 cup in the morning and in my oatmeal I put 2 tbsp unsalted butter, natural (no-sugar added) peanut butter consisting of only peanuts and oil; salt, frozen fruit like blueberries and raspberries and about 1 TBSP sugar-free syrup. It really hits the spot.
Thanks for your comment. Does this amount spike your BG?
@@boomerang6130 no, not for me.
Does it depend if it's rolled oats, steel cut or quick oats?
From my childhood oats had had a place in my breakfast. Until today the same information but is not the instant one. I going to look for non instant. Every food 🥘 is good but in moderation because even the good ones in big amounts are bad.
So there's a video out there claiming that oatmeal is one of the worst breakfast choices for Type 2 diabetics. In fact, the suggestion was to eliminate ALL grains from the diet to help reverse Type 2 diabetes. So much confusing info out there.
That video confused me too. Yes, my sugar glucose get spiked. I decreased the portion I am eating and now I am adding 2 spoons of ground flaxseed and a spoon of millet. I am thinking of switching the millet with barley flour which has the lowest glycemic index
I have eaten oatmeal for breakfast for years and your narrative has helped me `clean up' the recipies so that I can enjoy all the benefits you mention.
It's a very informative video and I learn a lot Thank you very much.
I eat my unprocessed outmeal with Almond milk and a dash of honey. Oatmeal also lowered my cholesterol levels tremendously! Oatmeal works!
Rice probably has less of spike. Brown rice especially. With rice have to wash 2 times, drain and then cook with extra water. Strain water when cooked.
So what is its glycemic index of the oat products?
I haven’t eaten oat since being diagnosed with type 2 over a year ago I assumed that I should avoid carbs altogether. I will try a small portion today with some almond grounds and water and a half teaspoon of cinnamon!
That's a good idea just make them steel cut oats .
Good or bad it really depends on your diet. If you eat a low glycemic diet it may or may not work. If you eat a low carb diet to lower total insulin you need, then oats are out as far as you diet goes.
I am a regular oatmeal consumer.
Is the raw unhulled steel oat safe if just soaked in water overnight like sprouting
Thanks a lot for this excellent video
You're welcome Maria, thanks for watching!
I use steel cut with coconut milk and organic vanilla stevia with some chia seeds..
I avoid it. It's starvation food and offers no real benefits. Give me 2 scrambled eggs, including the yolks, any day, or better yet just skip breakfast. I'm 65, feel like 35.
Well you are living on borrowed time as what you do is contrary to what most experts on diabetes will tell you. Skipping breakfast is the wors thing you say. That's the meal that can provide you with all the nutrients you need to start a day which EVERY dietary expert will tell you.
@@johndunbar7504 I don't have diabetes, but if I did I would likely eat the same way to reverse it. The human body is perfectly adapted to skipping meals. What it doesn't like is sugar.
@@johndunbar7504 Most experts tell you? So many experts yet Diabetes just keeps going up, never down. The experts are wrong and know less about Diabetes than you can find out for yourself on the internet in 24 hours! When you blindly listen and follow experts and it doesn't work, then its time to change your ways.
Luann knows what he is talking about, and he doesn't need experts to tell him what he should eat, he listens to his body. The best thing you can do for your body in the morning is to not eat and extend the fasting by another 4+ hours, and then have lunch and dinner. This will heal your body of inflammation and repair cells. The "you must eat breakfast or you will die" mantra was forced upon us by Kellogs and his merry men so they can fill their pockets and so the medical and drug industry can take care of you afterwards. Wake up and stop listening to everything they tell you. If I sell Olive oil and I told you to drink Olive oil every day because it will prolong your life, would you just believe me?
@@Cryptolorian You're outta luck and behaving like a fool. The whole point of having medical professionals is that they are the most qualified to know about any such issue and can be trusted to deliver their information without any sort of bias. The internet is the last place any informed person would look for medical advice. If that weren't so, we could eliminate all medical professionals and try to manage our own health by trolling the internet.
@@johndunbar7504 Medical professionals have no bias? That right there tells me that there is no hope for you, and I'd be wasting my time trying to talk sense into you.
Love oatmeal and usually have it for breakfast at least 3-4 times a week
Try oat bran. It is the outer layer of the oat grain. It has all the goodness in it and is also tastier. Maybe that will help with sugar spikes?
Thanks for the tips on oatmeal
Thanks for advice.
I like oatmeal but I think I’ll go to 3x a week now after watching this video. I was cautious before and didn’t realize all the benefits.
Fairly often, I make a batch of steel cut oats in the slow cooker, enough for a few days, one cup steel cut oats, three cups water, one cup unsweetened almond milk, a dab of butter and a teaspoon salt all into the pot. They're done in about 3-4 hours; stir a couple of times. Once in the bowl I add shaved toasted almonds or walnuts, blueberries, a squirt of Stevia and unsweetened almond milk. Then I go to my local fitness center and walk the track for one hour.
So what