# Bagels -- The Perfect Food for Blood Sugar Management
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503 "2018-11-14T19:42:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/1 "2018-11-14T19:42:16Z")
Sometimes, the best food for blood sugar control is not what you think. This is Samson’s BG 4 hours after eating a bagel for breakfast. It’s kinda funny – for us this is kind of a “parenting fail” because it meant we were too lazy/busy to cook something healthier or encourage him to eat something healthy. We were in a big rush today and running late. But almost every time, bagels lead to a rock-steady BG line:
I’m curious for others – what’s a “funny” or unconventional food that most people say is a diabetes no-no that you tend to have good success with??
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/2 "2018-11-14T21:10:56Z")
I’m just the opposite. A whole bagel for me is a trip beyond 300 no matter how much insulin I bolus for it.
I’ve yet to find a food that will give me a line like that! Bad parenting my a\*\*!
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### Author:  [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/3 "2018-11-14T21:18:38Z")
Bagels are the one thing that’s impossible for me.
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### Author:  [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/4 "2018-11-14T21:23:47Z")
If you consider giving your son a bagel, a parenting fail, you are a far more evolved parent than I. Just give him a double shot latte and he will be eating like a college kid, complete with the carb dose and the big bucket of milk that makes strong bones.
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### Author:  [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/5 "2018-11-14T23:25:20Z")
The only way I’d get that line with a bagel is if I only ate the hole. 😁
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### Author:  [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/6 "2018-11-15T02:45:41Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#):
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> The only way I’d get that line with a bagel is if I only ate the hole. 😁
I swear you get the makes-me-laugh-out-loud-the-most-frequently prize.
And @TiaG, keep doing whatever you’re doing. That is excellent!
EH had a flatline day yesterday and we couldn’t figure out why. But we were happy. 😄
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### Author:  [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/7 "2018-11-15T03:15:24Z")
> [@TravelingOn](#):
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> I swear you get the makes-me-laugh-out-loud-the-most-frequently prize.
I hope I’m making jokes in at _least_ half of those comments. 😁
> [@TravelingOn](#):
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> EH had a flatline day yesterday and we couldn’t figure out why. But we were happy. 😄
Wait… I saw a funny picture for these kinds of days. I’ll have to go locate it.
But in case I don’t make it back, _high five_!
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### Author:  [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/8 "2018-11-15T03:18:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Kevinmr](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Kevinmr)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/9 "2018-11-16T06:58:07Z")
My first post in this forum - OP that is great…in my 38 years of T1, the one “no go” food for me has been bagels. I actually thought the thread was going to be about what foods were good to treat low blood sugars!
I can’t really think of anything that I eat that is unconventional. Maybe breakfast cereal. Every morning for breakfast I have a combo bowl of Life and Cheerios Multigrain cereal with whole milk. I know that with 7 units of Fiasp I will be good all morning…a rise to maybe 165-170 and then settling nicely to the good range within an hour or so. I’ve been doing that for a long time (decades) with success…I am fortunate to have good control though it as we all know it takes constant vigilance.
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### Author:  [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/10 "2018-11-16T07:04:53Z")
Welcome to FUD @Kevinmr!
Glad you’ve found a breakfast combo that works for you and that you enjoy!
We all certainly find that YDMV (your diabetes may vary) around here - milk and cereal would be tough for my partner to have for breakfast, he always skyrockets with Cheerios. But everyone’s different. 🙂 I’m glad you can share your experiences with us - 38 years of T1 means you’ve probably got some good things to share!!
Feel free to introduce yourself over here: [Welcome, introduce yourself here!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/welcome-introduce-yourself-here/145)
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bagels-the-perfect-food-for-blood-sugar-management/5503/11 "2018-11-16T20:06:20Z")
> [@TiaG](#):
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> It’s kinda funny – for us this is kind of a “parenting fail” because it meant we were too lazy/busy to cook something healthier or encourage him to eat something healthy
I don’t agree with this at all. It shouldn’t be considered a “parenting fail” to give your kid a bagel…we don’t live in the 1950’s anymore with the Cleavers and the Griffiths. It’s a new era where both parents are stretched thin all day long, every day. There is nothing “fail” about giving your kid a bagel.
Anyone saying that should get their head examined.
Liam loves Bagels and they have similar reaction to his BG. Just a plain bagel with Cream cheese on it.