Huel is suitable for both type 1 and type 2 diabetics. It is based on oats and is high in fibre. As with all food, if you’re using medication to help control your diabetes you should structure your intake of Huel appropriately. Indeed, Huel is low in sugar, has a low GI of 27 and you can accurately measure the amount of carbohydrate you’re consuming each meal; this may be useful depending on what medication or insulin regimen you’re following.
The carbs in Huel are complex carbs. This ties in well with Diabetes UK recommendations here https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Enjoy-food/Carbohydrates-and-diabetes/
Indeed, for diabetics who count their carbs to help manage their blood glucose levels as detailed on the Diabetes UK website https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Enjoy-food/Carbohydrates-and-diabetes/nuts-and-bolts-of-carb-counting/
Here are some other diabetic Huel users experiences you can read for some more information:
I used to Huel last year - did it for quite some time as a lunch thing, then slowly drifted back into bad habits…
About 2 weeks ago I got diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, and my blood sugar was up around 19 first thing in the morning before eating. I got told to loose a lot of weight and change my diet. As I quite like living - I’ve worked hard to plan a way forward.
I started by cutting out sugars and carbs for a few days, also taking Metformin to help bridge my insulin resistance, then last S…
Been training on and off for ten to fifteen years.
3 years ago I was diagnosed with Type 1 at the age of 33.
So drastically reduced my carb intake, to make it easier to manage my injection of insulin. Great hba1c results around the 6% mark.
This product really interests me for ease of managing my carb intake, totally set and very easy to manage portion sizes.
It will I am hoping allow me to make progress again in the gym with more carbs in my diet.
If I suppliment my protein intake in the s…
So I decided to try huel for three reasons.
The simple one is I want something healthy to replace at least breakfast and sometimes dinner aswell.I’m hoping to loose a tiny bit of fat but it’s not the main reason.
The third and more interesting I’m type 1 diabetic. I’m a well controlled diabetic with a very sweet tooth. My sugars vary a lot daily but over the course of 3 months I’m very good and somehow balance it out. I’ve moved to huel and I’m impressed with the way my blood sugars are very s…
Hey All,
I just started huel today! I am a type 1 diabetic, insulin controlled on a pump. I have been diabetic for 20 years. I tried my boyfriends huel for one day last year and my glucose levels were the most stable I’ve seen them in years.
I have been having lots of unstable sugars this past year and thought I would give huel a go, twice a day.
Today I had it at 6:30am my blood glucose level (BG) before food was 7.1
I took 4 units of insulin for 114g of Huel and half a teaspoon of banana …
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