 [ Symptoms ] my granddaughter has been diagnosed with coxsackie disease [ Disease ] i personally have never liked the taste or texture of oatmeal this is unexpected because i like the taste of almost all foods i have ever tried oatmeal tastes ok to me only if it is loaded with brown sugar and cinnamon etc i love the taste of cold cereal and i would eat if every day for breakfast if i could justify it but i can not because of the carbohydrate load the very high fiber cereals seem more reasonable to me but i would rather eat other things personally professionally i generally try to steer my patients away from oatmeal and high fiber cereals during the period of time that they are trying to lose weight and reduce their a1c i do steer them toward other breakfast options such as low fat cottage cheese fruit greek yogurt light yogurt lean breakfast meats canadian bacon turkey ham etc  soy sausages eggs especially egg whites and homemade protein shakes 100 calories of protein powder plus 100 calories from milk almond milk or fruit we bring back the oatmeal and high fiber cereals once they are in maintenance mode i believe i am in the minority when it comes to my views on oatmeal and high fiber cereal however my concern is the high carbohydrate load i am suspicious of whole grains and believe they interfere with weight loss and a1c reduction unless the dietary fat intake is very low in which case i encourge eating these foods the instant oatmeal is pretty highly processed in order to get it to cook so quickly i believe the research supporting oatmeal consumption is suspect there are clearly much worse foods one could eat but there are better ones too i am a type 2 diabetic myself and love oats however the doctor is right about highly processed cereals their are far better grains to eat if you like oatmeal try cooking steel cut oats they are almost totally unprocessed and the gi is lower another thing you do not have to load your oatmeal with sugars or sweeteners to enhance the taste simply add stevia and if you like brown sugar add 12 tsp unsulphered molasses with the stevia the most important thing to keep oats from spiking your blood sugars is to eat a good fat or protein with it such as almond butter or even whey powder this stops the spike cold also do not eat a fruit at the same time as the startchy carbs this accelorates the spike instead eat a fruit as soon as you get up and the carbs oats at least 12 to1 hr later if you do not have this time skip the fruit till snack time between breakfast and lunch this works for me very well eating this way raises my blood sugar around 20_35 points total on my post meal check without the protein or fat and fruit at the same time the sugars would be 75_150 higher i enjoy otameal