Start searching for thebest breakfasts for your blood sugarand you’ll soon find oatmeal rises to the top.

(In fact, it’s ournumber one choice!)

(There’s a reason gruel is usually thought of as prison food.)

oatmeal with cinnamon, bananas, and blueberries

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Try these seven tasty pre-made oatmeals, ranked in order of their benefits for blood sugar.

Then, for more tasty steps, check out our list of9 Best Oatmeal Recipes for a Longer Life.

So how do you get maple and brown sugar flavor without any actual sugar?

hy-vee sugar-free maple brown sugar instant oatmeal

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The secret here is Splenda (aka sucralose), the zero-caloriesweetener that doesn’t impact blood sugar.

Three grams of fiber help slow your blood sugar roll, too.

(Because why not?)

better oats 100 calorie cinnamon roll oatmeal

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This might be especially beneficial for people with diabetes.Researchshows that inflammation can cause insulin resistanceand vice versa.

And here’s a fun fact: wild blueberries areextra-high in antioxidants, whichreduce inflammation.

It’s a whole foods dream that gets its sweetness only from dried apples.

natures path golden turmeric superfood oatmeal

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Want more reasons to eat an apple a day?

Check out7 Ways Apples Can Help You Lose Weight.

Packaged in low-calorie packets, this oatmeal uses both sugar and monk fruit to amp up its cinnamon-apple flavor.

umpqua oats blueberry apple unsweetened oatmeal cup

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Just pull these soaked oat cups out of the fridge and eat ‘em whichever way you like!

Mush’s strawberry flavor is their best choice for blood sugar.

Because realstrawberriesand fruit juice provide sweetness here, this one has zero grams of added sugars.

purely elizabeth apple, cinnamon, pecan superfood oats

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But its total of 7 grams of sugar put it lower on the totem pole of blood sugar-friendly oatmeals.

quaker lower sugar instant oatmeal apples & cinnamon

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mush strawberry oats

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