In alt.support.diabetes Ellen K. > wrote:

: It's true that I don't tolerate grains well. Based on this morning's test,
: I would say I can't tolerate them at all in the morning. However, late in
: the day I can eat a low-carb tortilla (which does contain grain), (it has 10
: gm carbs of which 7 are fiber, so 3 gm net carbs) with no problem.


: The half-a-rye-matzo for the sabbath meals does not do what the quarter did
: this morning, but it doesn't seem to be completely benign either, although
: it's a little hard to separate out the effects. For example, usually I go
: to sleep earlier on Friday night than during the week, so more time elapses
: until I check my FBG Saturday morning... so it may be higher just because
: more time has elapsed, not because I ate the half a matzo the night before.
: What I am thinking to try next is to come up with a recipe that will still
: count as bread for the purposes discussed in the thread about eating bread
: on the sabbath, but have the same BG effect as the low-carb tortillas. I
: need to get clearer on a few technical issues such as what percentage of
: such a recipe has to be FLOUR from one of the five specified grains, e.g.
: would "oat fiber" (anybody know if this is the same as oat bran???) count
: the same as oat flour, etc. I think if oat fiber counts the same as oat
: flour I could create something that would meet both my religious and health
: needs.
<snipped Orlando's nice post>

Ellen, I am not trying to pasken for you, but it would seem to me that as
the fiber is PART of the grain, it shoudl be OK to use just that part to
some estent. After all, we can us just the endosperm (white part) of the
wheat without the bran. Why not the bran without the endosperm:-)

If I don't get off this machine my dinner will bot be ready !

Wendy