RE: Cereal and Fiber Question????????

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In a message dated 5/31/2004 10:12:00 AM Pacific Standard Time,

REHammett@... writes:

> have a pancreas problem that requires me to take enzymes, Creon 20.

> The daily amount is very hard to control so I have been trying to

> fine tune it by eating cereal. I have never been a big cereal eater

> as my breakfast is usually standard. The cereal is high in fiber but

> most are high with sugar and chosing the right one can be a problem.

> Anyone have the answers to what is the best cereal us diabetics?

> Thanks,

>

>

, I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that plain shredded wheat

or plain bite size shredded wheat would be very good. Maybe some other's have

a better idea. I don't eat cereal other than a yearly bowl of cheerios! LOL

Hugs, Marilyn

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> The daily amount is very hard to

> control so I have been trying to

> fine tune it by eating cereal.

> ....

> Anyone have the answers to what

> is the best cereal us diabetics?

Hi, !

I presume by " cereal " you mean

manufactured cornflakes? I can't

believe that cornflakes are in any

way a healthy food so my answer to

that question would be: no

cornflakes at all would be best

for diabetics.

If you are trying to increase the

mass of your meals to meet the

requirements for your dose of

Creon 20 and want to do it with

fiber so as not to take on too

many extra calories then I would

like to recommend rye bran.

The normal recommendation for

fiber intake is about 30 grams a

day and you should get that

automatically if your nutrition

is primarily from fresh fruit

and vegetables as is recommended

for diabetics (and everybody else

for that matter!) but if you want

to take on more fiber than that I

can recommend wholewheat

crispbread with added wheatbran

and wheat fiber.

The one that my wife and I use is

24% bran fiber and has 32 kcal/

slice. Take a look at:

http://www.wasa.com/products/product.jsp?prod=fiber

for a description and full list

of contents.

We have been eating it for many

years with no complaints so far.

It even tastes good to us without

margarine, although that could

be an acquired taste!

We have no connection with the

company. I am pretty sure that it

is available in the USA. Their

US office is at:

Wasa North America

800 Wyckoff Avenue

Suite 206

Wyckoff, New Jersey 07481

USA

Phone: +1

Fax: +1

Regards

Thornton

Pforzheim, Germany

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GREETINGS --

Try visiting www.caloriecountercharts.com and access the charts

organized either alphabetically or by carbohydrate content and you

should be able to get a good comparison of most commercisally

available cereals. I use the site extensively in my menu planning as

a believer in low carb diets.

wambo1941

> Hi All,

> I have a pancreas problem that requires me to take enzymes, Creon

20.

> The daily amount is very hard to control so I have been trying to

> fine tune it by eating cereal. I have never been a big cereal eater

> as my breakfast is usually standard. The cereal is high in fiber

but

> most are high with sugar and chosing the right one can be a

problem.

> Anyone have the answers to what is the best cereal us diabetics?

> Thanks,

>

> Founder " All Diabetic International "

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> Opinions expressed are solely my opinion and should not be mistaken

> for professional medical advice.

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Hi, , have you tried oatmeal? the rolled kind rather than the instant,

it's high in fiber and low in Carbs... I found that oatmeal was about the only

thing that I can eat in the morning and have it stick around till lunch time, as

I am not able to snack all the time at work..

Carmen

Re: [alldiabeticinternational] Cereal and Fiber Question????????

In a message dated 5/31/2004 10:12:00 AM Pacific Standard Time,

REHammett@... writes:

> have a pancreas problem that requires me to take enzymes, Creon 20.

> The daily amount is very hard to control so I have been trying to

> fine tune it by eating cereal. I have never been a big cereal eater

> as my breakfast is usually standard. The cereal is high in fiber but

> most are high with sugar and chosing the right one can be a problem.

> Anyone have the answers to what is the best cereal us diabetics?

> Thanks,

>

>

, I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that plain shredded wheat

or plain bite size shredded wheat would be very good. Maybe some other's have

a better idea. I don't eat cereal other than a yearly bowl of cheerios! LOL

Hugs, Marilyn

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Hey, Duncan, I checked out your site, it is also promoting a product that you

are selling... I don't know about the rest of you, but I personally believe that

diabetes is a disease that no pill is going to cure, it is all about learning to

eat properly... has the ADA or anyone made a statement on your product?

[alldiabeticinternational] Re: Re: Cereal and Fiber Question????????

> I eat Oatmeal (raw with milk, ground nuts + stevia) for breakfast,

> Scandinavian Crispbread (as mentioned by ) for snacks and

> (cooked) Millet as an occasional replacement for potatoes. Nearly all

> millet over here is imported from the USA so it shouldn't be hard to

> find !

>

> best regards,

> Joe

Joe, the thing to watch is that insulin levels rise with any carb

meal including oatmeal. This results in a stop on HGH release and

forcing the body into fat storage mode. It also reduces metabolic

rate. For most people this is opposite to the desired effect.

If you check out www.fatwars.com you'll see that everything Brad King

does, and he trains both fatties and olympic atheltes with the same

method, involves maintaining a high metabolic rate.

If you don't need his book, check out my four newspaper columns that

render the essentials of the metabolic approach to weight loss,

without dieting, in my Fat Wars columns:

http://zeek.ca/4u/topics.php?op=viewtopic&topic=9

Not the Scheibner technique involves much the same thing, and it

makes healthy people out of diabetics.

regards,

Duncan Crow

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> If you check out www.fatwars.com you'll see that everything Brad King

> does, and he trains both fatties and olympic atheltes with the same

> method, involves maintaining a high metabolic rate.

Duncan, it's always nice to have you around!

& T1

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Damn Joe...

Does this answer my question?

> Millet is one of the oldest foods known to humans and possibly the

> first cereal grain to be used for domestic purposes.