Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 I've tried that and loved it (tho I don't think the roasted ones will sprout, I used plain) but 1/2 cup still has 29g carbs so with milk that is more than half my day's allotment :-( Also I get cravings from grains, and got it from that too. Take care, Alice - violist & HSing mom to Alice (DS) born Thanksgiving Day 1995 :-) Hopewell Junction, NY http://users.bestweb.net/~castella castella@... Alice - Cereal How about roasted buckwheat groats that were soaked and sprouted? Buckwheat is pretty good at controlling blood sugar. Ellen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 --- In , Ellen Ussery <ellenjill@e...> wrote: > > How about roasted buckwheat groats that were soaked and sprouted? > Buckwheat is pretty good at controlling blood sugar. > > Ellen > Not for us. My DH and I are gluten free and he eats this for breakfast once in a great while. It doesn't control our blood sugar at all. My DH will be snacking mid-morning after a bowl for breakfast. He ordinarily can wait for a late lunch or early dinner with the usual eggs, bacon, sausage type breakfasts. He just loves cereal, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Hi, Buckwheat is not a grain but a veg. so it would not have gluten. That is why it has so little impact on blood sugar. I eat it with lots of butter, milk and eggs on the side (you need to eat with protein) and in this way you slow your rate of absorbtion. Hope this helps, Corine >From: " pinksmastiffs " <pinkowski1@...> >Reply- > >Subject: Re: Alice - Cereal >Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:54:07 -0000 > >--- In , Ellen Ussery <ellenjill@e...> >wrote: > > > > How about roasted buckwheat groats that were soaked and sprouted? > > Buckwheat is pretty good at controlling blood sugar. > > > > Ellen > > > >Not for us. My DH and I are gluten free and he eats this for >breakfast once in a great while. It doesn't control our blood sugar >at all. My DH will be snacking mid-morning after a bowl for >breakfast. He ordinarily can wait for a late lunch or early dinner >with the usual eggs, bacon, sausage type breakfasts. He just loves >cereal, though. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hi, This is the first I've heard that Buckwheat is a vegetable. Can you elaborate? Very Interested and can you give health benefits? Thanks, On Jan 3, 2006, at 9:54 PM, corine foulk wrote: > Hi, Buckwheat is not a grain but a veg. so it would not have gluten. > That is > why it has so little impact on blood sugar. I eat it with lots of > butter, > milk and eggs on the side (you need to eat with protein) and in this > way you > slow your rate of absorbtion. Hope this helps, Corine THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN TRUNCATED BY THE LIST-OWNER TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY BACKQUOTING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Ellen- >How about roasted buckwheat groats that were soaked and sprouted? >Buckwheat is pretty good at controlling blood sugar. 100g of buckwheat has 71g of carb and only 10g of fiber. Bad news for diabetics at the very least. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Corine- >Hi, Buckwheat is not a grain but a veg. so it would not have gluten. That is >why it has so little impact on blood sugar. Sorry, but this is fantasy. Buckwheat is a very carby food, and it impacts blood sugar regardless of its lack of gluten content. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Thank you and everyone else for the input! Take care, Alice - violist & HSing mom to Alice (DS) born Thanksgiving Day 1995 :-) Hopewell Junction, NY http://users.bestweb.net/~castella castella@... RE: Re: Alice - Cereal Corine- >Hi, Buckwheat is not a grain but a veg. so it would not have gluten. That is >why it has so little impact on blood sugar. Sorry, but this is fantasy. Buckwheat is a very carby food, and it impacts blood sugar regardless of its lack of gluten content. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hello , People think buckwheat is a cereal grain but it is actually a fruit seed that is related to rhubarb or sorrel. That is why it is a substitiute for grains in those who are sensitive to wheat and gluten. I can send you more information personally if you would like. Let me know. Regards, Corine >From: Parashis <artpages@...> >Reply- > >Subject: Re: Re: Alice - Cereal >Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 05:53:52 -0800 > >Hi, >This is the first I've heard that Buckwheat is a vegetable. Can you >elaborate? Very Interested and can you give health benefits? > >Thanks, > > >On Jan 3, 2006, at 9:54 PM, corine foulk wrote: > > > Hi, Buckwheat is not a grain but a veg. so it would not have gluten. > > That is > > why it has so little impact on blood sugar. I eat it with lots of > > butter, > > milk and eggs on the side (you need to eat with protein) and in this > > way you > > slow your rate of absorbtion. Hope this helps, Corine > >THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN TRUNCATED BY THE LIST-OWNER TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY >BACKQUOTING > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 >, Actually in a test that compared the effects of blood sugar of whold >buckwheat groasts to bread made from refined wheat flour, buckwheat groats >significantly lowered blood glucose and insulin responses. The component in >buckwheat reponsible for its blood glucose-lowering effect appears to be >chiro-inositol, a compound that has been shown in animal and human studies >to play a significant role in glucose metabolism and cell signaling. >Researchers beleive chiro-inositol makes cells more sensitive to insulin >and may even act as an insulin mimic. Regard, Corine > >Corine- > > >Hi, Buckwheat is not a grain but a veg. so it would not have gluten. That >is > >why it has so little impact on blood sugar. > >Sorry, but this is fantasy. Buckwheat is a very carby food, and it >impacts blood sugar regardless of its lack of gluten content. > > > > >- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Corine- Actually, if you peruse charts like this, you'll see that buckwheat offers no special glycemic advantage. http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm > >, Actually in a test that compared the effects of blood sugar of whold > >buckwheat groasts to bread made from refined wheat flour, buckwheat groats > >significantly lowered blood glucose and insulin responses. The component in > >buckwheat reponsible for its blood glucose-lowering effect appears to be > >chiro-inositol, a compound that has been shown in animal and human studies > >to play a significant role in glucose metabolism and cell signaling. > >Researchers beleive chiro-inositol makes cells more sensitive to insulin > >and may even act as an insulin mimic. Regard, Corin - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 > >, Actually in a test that compared the effects of blood sugar of whold > >buckwheat groasts to bread made from refined wheat flour, buckwheat groats > >significantly lowered blood glucose and insulin responses. The component in > >buckwheat reponsible for its blood glucose-lowering effect appears to be > >chiro-inositol, a compound that has been shown in animal and human studies > >to play a significant role in glucose metabolism and cell signaling. > >Researchers beleive chiro-inositol makes cells more sensitive to insulin > >and may even act as an insulin mimic. Regard, Corine > > > >Corine- Is this hulled or unhulled buckwheat? I think that would make a huge difference in the fiber content. I can only buy buckwheat groats with the hull removed. Buckwheat flour is ground from the whole seed with the hull intact. Raw groats without the hull are a great tasting crunchy " cereal " . I've never had any with the hull still on. Connie H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Yes, thanks, I would love more info. ELizabeth On Jan 5, 2006, at 3:06 AM, corine foulk wrote: > Hello , People think buckwheat is a cereal grain but it is > actually a fruit seed that is related to rhubarb or sorrel. That is > why it > is a substitiute for grains in those who are sensitive to wheat and > gluten. > I can send you more information personally if you would like. Let me > know. > Regards, Corine MESSAGE FROM THE LIST-OWNER: NO BACKQUOTED MATERIAL AFTER THIS LINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS POST! IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE EDIT YOUR OWN POSTS APPROPRIATELY! > > >> From: Parashis <artpages@...> >> Reply- >> >> Subject: Re: Re: Alice - Cereal >> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 05:53:52 -0800 >> >> Hi, >> This is the first I've heard that Buckwheat is a vegetable. Can you >> elaborate? Very Interested and can you give health benefits? >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> On Jan 3, 2006, at 9:54 PM, corine foulk wrote: >> >>> Hi, Buckwheat is not a grain but a veg. so it would not have gluten. >>> That is >>> why it has so little impact on blood sugar. I eat it with lots of >>> butter, >>> milk and eggs on the side (you need to eat with protein) and in this >>> way you >>> slow your rate of absorbtion. Hope this helps, Corine >> >> THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN TRUNCATED BY THE LIST-OWNER TO REMOVE >> UNNECESSARY >> BACKQUOTING >> >> > > > > > > > > <HTML><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC " -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN " > " http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd " ><BODY><FONT > FACE= " monospace " SIZE= " 3 " > > <B>IMPORTANT ADDRESSES</B> > <UL> > <LI><B><A > HREF= " / " >NATIVE > NUTRITION</A></B> online</LI> > <LI><B><A HREF= " http://onibasu.com/ " >SEARCH</A></B> the entire > message archive with Onibasu</LI> > </UL></FONT> > <PRE><FONT FACE= " monospace " SIZE= " 3 " ><B><A > HREF= " mailto: -owner " >LIST > OWNER:</A></B> Idol > <B>MODERATORS:</B> Heidi Schuppenhauer > Wanita Sears > </FONT></PRE> > </BODY> > </HTML> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Buckwheat is neither a vegetable nor a grain, unless the plant as a whole happens to be edible and we use the word " buckwheat " to refer to that and not the seed. Seeds aren't vegetables, and buckwheat seeds are nutritionally very close to grain seeds, loaded with starch in addition to various desirable nutrients. Of course they don't have wheat gluten and are delicious, easy to sprout, etc, making them a truly fabulous food for most folks and special favorite of mine, but even if they have some potentially helpful substances (which pretty much any seed will likely have, including cereal grains), like the chiro-inositol mentioned above, starch is starch, so if that's an issue for someone, they need to treat it in the same category as other starchy seeds, many of which are also not grains, like various legumes, nuts, etc. Comparing whole buckwheat seeds to refined wheat doesn't tell us anything specific about buckwheat compared to any other whole seed! Of course, if you sprout buckwheat, then you get into that semantic grey area between " seed " and " vegetable " . I personally suspect sprouted buckwheat would be a great food for many people will blood sugar issues, excepting perhaps the super-extreme cases like of course. Mike SE Pennsylvania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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