Cereal & Milk for breakfast

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Skim milk is not a carb, it's a protein..Cereal is a carb..I love cream

of wheat..I always throw in a handful of raisins when I prepare hot

cereal and a tsp of cinnamon (which is supposed to regulate your BG.)

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In a message dated 5/23/2006 12:52:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

mjachowitz@... writes:

I know that if I ate nothing

but milk and cereal for breakfast, I would see a postprandial rise of up to

180 mg/dL and possibly even higher.

Hi Molly,

Several mornings a week, I'll have oatmeal with Splenda and fruit, coffee

with FF milk and bg's are in the 80's. Isn't diabetes a strange creature!!!

LOL

hugs

Eunice

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> Skim milk is not a carb, it's a protein..Cereal is a carb..I love cream

> of wheat..I always throw in a handful of raisins when I prepare hot

> cereal and a tsp of cinnamon (which is supposed to regulate your BG.)

>

Most foods (there are exceptions) contain some amount of fat, carbohydrate,

AND protein, so in general it's not really quite accurate to speak of a food

being " a carb " or " a protein " . I know that some people use exchange lists

that organize foods this way, which is cool if it works for them, but I

personally find it more helpful to look at the actual nutritional content of

the food.

What we know about fat, carbs and protein is that in general, carbohydrates

will make blood glucose rise, and fat and protein will generally not (some

people, particularly type 1 diabetics, see a slight rise after eating

fats/protein, but this is not universal). Fat and protein also, when

consumed along with carbohydrate, tend to slow down the absorption of

glucose and therefore lead to a lower postprandial (aka, post-meal) glucose

spike.

So if you look at the nutritional content of skim milk and cereal what you

see is a little protein in the milk, and maybe a little protein in the

cereal if it's whole-grain; a lot of carbohydrate in the cereal and a

moderate amount of carbohydrate in the milk (cow's milk has 12g of carbs per

8-oz serving), and hardly any fat in either.

So, generally speaking, and again I know that everybody's body is different

and what works for one won't work for another, a better choice might

actually be whole milk - the increased fat content might help to decrease

the postprandial glucose rise. Or additional protein, such as an egg, or

cottage cheese. (Although cottage cheese contains additional carbohydrate,

whereas an egg does not.)

And speaking solely from personal experience, I know that if I ate nothing

but milk and cereal for breakfast, I would see a postprandial rise of up to

180 mg/dL and possibly even higher. Cereal was one of the first things I

gave up entirely after diagnosis. (That and regular Coke.... *wistful

sigh*).

Molly

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> Skim milk is not a carb, it's a protein..Cereal is a carb..I love cream

> of wheat..I always throw in a handful of raisins when I prepare hot

> cereal and a tsp of cinnamon (which is supposed to regulate your BG.)

>

> ~*Lainie~*The StarGazer*~

Lainie, I agree. Actually Skim Milk 8 oz, is 12 g of carbs and 9 of

protein.

But sometimes people don't like to know the facts here ;-)

Mike

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> Lainie, I agree. Actually Skim Milk 8 oz, is 12 g of carbs and 9 of

> protein.

> But sometimes people don't like to know the facts here ;-)

>

Was this directed at me? If so, I really don't appreciate it as I'm just

trying to share information. If you want members of the group to feel

welcome and like they can ask questions and get advice, accusing them of

" not liking to know the facts " isn't really the best way to go about it,

IMHO.

Molly

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> Skim milk is not a carb, it's a protein..

Lanie,

While it may not be classified in the " carb " group by dieticians it

still contains carbs. Up to 12 carbs for 8 oz. For those who are

counting carbs they do have to count it as a carb when totaling the

amount they are consuming for a meal. One would have to count it as

protein and carbs. A serving of carbs is 16 so depending on how much

milk one used it would be half or a full serving per meal. It can

make a difference for some people.

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My nutritionalist told me that milk is a carb, because it has 15 g carbs in

a cup serving.

Angelia in OR

Cereal & Milk for breakfast

Skim milk is not a carb, it's a protein..Cereal is a carb..I love cream

of wheat..I always throw in a handful of raisins when I prepare hot

cereal and a tsp of cinnamon (which is supposed to regulate your BG.)

~*Lainie~*The StarGazer*~

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> Skim milk is not a carb, it's a protein..Cereal is a carb..I love

cream

My nutritionist also said to count milk as a carb. I like cereal and

milk for breakfast. I tolerate the shredded wheat the best and

usually put some fresh blueberries (about 1/8 cup) in as well.

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could some one please send me a chart of how and what is and isn't is .

Thank you

Your turly Chalie

a_lrichardson@...> wrote:

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> Skim milk is not a carb, it's a protein..Cereal is a carb..I love

cream

My nutritionist also said to count milk as a carb. I like cereal and

milk for breakfast. I tolerate the shredded wheat the best and

usually put some fresh blueberries (about 1/8 cup) in as well.

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> Hi Molly,

> Several mornings a week, I'll have oatmeal with Splenda and fruit, coffee

> with FF milk and bg's are in the 80's. Isn't diabetes a

> strange creature!!!

> LOL

>

>

Oh yeah - I can handle a small serving of oatmeal too! I was referring just

to the cold boxed cereal, not to hot cereal. I guess I should have been

more clear. :-)

Molly

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> > Lainie, I agree. Actually Skim Milk 8 oz, is 12 g of carbs and 9 of

> > protein.

> > But sometimes people don't like to know the facts here ;-)

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> Was this directed at me? If so, I really don't appreciate it as I'm just

> trying to share information. If you want members of the group to feel

> welcome and like they can ask questions and get advice, accusing them of

> " not liking to know the facts " isn't really the best way to go about it,

> IMHO.

>

> Molly

Molly, you really need to be less sensitive. I was replying to Lainie's

post, and it came in my mailbox long before yours did.

You should know by now, if I were posting something specific about what you

said, I would have quoted you.

Mike

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> Molly, you really need to be less sensitive. I was replying to Lainie's

> post, and it came in my mailbox long before yours did.

>

> You should know by now, if I were posting something specific about what

> you

> said, I would have quoted you.

>

>

First of all, I joined this group like a week and a half ago, so I'm not

really well-versed in who is fastidious about attributing quotes and who

isn't.

Second, no matter who you directed your comments to, they were rude.

Accusing someone of " not liking the facts " is a poor way to foster a useful

exchange of information, and is a great way to make people defensive and

upset. Instead of getting your hackles up and now further accusing me of

being " too sensitive " , you might try apologizing next time, or at least

refraining from implying that other people in the group are being

deliberately ignorant.

Molly