Sorry i never posted after checking bs, but i have been eating oatmeal every morning with a protein every morning since that last post, 1 or 1/2 a cup depending on how hungry i am and my 2hr afters havent been bad at all...108, 116, 114, 109...when i didnt eat a protein with it i was getting higher numbers...so im gonna continue with it for now. Ive always been a oatmeal lover and ate it fairly often, my cholesterol has always been very normal, my docs would always point that out like they was shocked, one even said it must be hereditary because ive been overweight for years guess in their eyes i should have high cholesterol ha ha. I pray it continues to be good, at least that would be one less thing to worry about.

Oat meal is excellent but it is still carbohydrates. This is what works for me, 2 teaspoon dry oat meal with water . Put in micro wave , add piece of banana (3 slices), few raisons.
Too much oat meal will spike your blood sugar. You have to experiement and see how much you should take. SAfter 3 hrs Your blood sugar should not be more than 150 .

oat mealo in the morning is the best thing to eat. full of fibre and gives energy but you cannot eat too much. 2 teaspoon raw /with water . coffee creamer /splenda . Add one egg and that is quite filling.

I hate the taste and texture of plain oatmeal. but it is good for me.. keeps me regular and it does have fiber, sooo I add things to it,, blueberries, raisins, cinnamon, and then it's better. I also stir an egg into it once it comes to a boil.

A lot of protein drinks are made from egg whites. Why not just have an egg?

Some will disagree but I make a Whey Isolate protein shake with blueberries and cinnamon every morning. I drink this with my breakfast of steel cut Quaker oats with cinnamon and blueberries.

Yesterday my morning BG reading was 108. Two hours after breakfast it was 111. Another protein/blueberry shake in the afternoon and my before dinner GB reading was 94.

For ME- steel cut oatmeal, protein shakes and blueberries have controlled and lowered my BG readings considerably over the past few months. I have read that processed oats like instant or quick oatmeal will indeed spike your sugar readings. Everyone is different.

Best wishes!

Try adding cinnamon and raisans, both beneficial on the sugar and nutrient count of your bowl of oats. Use honey for a sweetener if aspartame is a problem.Some people get migraines from it. More goo new coming out about diabetes and cinnamon, honey. Cinnamon help the glucose blood levels, and honey has natural immune system benefits.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/507279-honey-cinnamon-diabetes-treatment/

I eat steel cut oatmeal every morning with cinnamon on it. Works well for me.

I have found my blood sugar is better when I eat a lot of Old Fashion Oatmeal with Raisens and Cinnamon. The raisens sure have a taste which bless me although for full disclosure I do take Vitamins for my blood sugar, but I am not taking all of them until I get the others in the mail and I work out a schedule.

I am eating cereal at this time, twice a day called Fiber One and Kelloggs Fiber Plus although I add some Stevia to mine, it satisfies my sweet tooth. This is how I do it athough I am buying the cereal since the Cereal was on sale at an 'offer I couldn't refuse' and I am a cheap skate and better blood sugars so I can only share what my experience has been. I have hope that I will eventually be as low in weight as when I was in college although life does throw curves often so I have to focus on eating what I believe is right for myself.

The best part is not the scale, my medical people look at that, what I like is how my clothes are fiting better and they are becoming more and more of a friend to me, Praise God!

When it comes to honey, I wuv the RAW honey, but if your temped to eat too much honey don't go there since it's like Candy and much better than most candy which is as yummo as this is. If you have tried this yourself, please let us know the effect on the BS on you. I haven't gotten it in awhile and yet its yummier than most 'ordinary' honey although share if you have tried local honey.

Do people get headaches or migraines from low or high blood sugars since I have mostly had a problem with headaches and then I check it and it's normal lower than I expected it to be.

I was told to eat oatmeal to lower my cholestrol. It is really good for the heart in general. I may have been told to eat it for my diabetes but don't remember as I don't remember a lot of things these days. I ate it as a child but like it more as an adult because I don't make mine lumpy like my mother did. I use canned milk and somethings skim milk if I am out of canned milk and now I use sugar because I no longer use artificial sweetener. I sometimes add cinnamon. My mother adds raisins, nuts and fruit to hers. She makes her own version of the one that McDonald's sells and it costs a lot less making it at home. I also buy the Old Fashioned oats that take a little longer to make, but it is still less than 5 minutes and I buy the large box most times, so I really save a lot. My grocery store and even Walgreens normally has it on sale at least once a month for buy one get one free and I usually have a coupon, so I am almost eating for free. I also like grits and cream of wheat. I love hot cereal versus cold cereal. I am making myself hungry. I may eat a bowl for dinner.

I also eat Quaker steel cut oatmeal almost every day. I add cinnamon, blueberries and a little 2% milk for the fats.

I have read the steel cut is best and the processed, quick or instant oatmeals will jump the blood glucose numbers pretty fast. The steel cut digest much more slowly and therefore cause less of a BG rise.

When I went to the Walgreens the last time or Maybe it was Rite Aid, I have no idea at this time, but they sold another Oatmeal which does taste good although I can't remember the things good or bad in it. I know I get the Giant sized one and it does taste great with Stevia and I make a special milk which taste awesome to me so YUMMO!! Do you know who says YUMMO?

I don't cook it on the stove, I cook it in the nuker and I will get back to eating in before very long since it does taste good, I didn't like it when I was young and yet the way I make it now it's far better tasting and its my health I focus on far more than when I was young.

I do add cinnamon and Raisens to my Oatmeal I am sure I said before so I won't talk about that all over again here.

I've tried adding cinnamon to my oatmeal. That helps lower my blood sugars. And it adds taste to the oatmeal.

BlueKitty, that's what encourages me to use Cinnamon, since it's yummier, I will be eating this before long, but it has had good efforts on me, I am eating other things which are good for my health at this time. I am sure I have said this here, I am not sure, but I love the Stevia which is from Texas makes it even more YUMMIER!! Yummo!

I use the Steel Cut Oats which are less processed - very high fiber. I cook it with skim milk which adds a creaminess along with the benefits of milk. Sometimes I cook it in my crock pot (two hours on low heat) with apple chunks, cinnamon and Splenda brown sugar. If I have leftovers, it's almost like a dessert - think apple pie.