Diabetes and Carb Counting For Dummies
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Shafer Sherri. Diabetes and Carb Counting For Dummies
Introduction
Part 1. Getting Started with Carb Counting and Diabetes Management
Chapter 1. Delving into Diabetes and Carb Counting
Chapter 2. Exploring the Diabetes-Carb Connection
Chapter 3. Calling All Carbs: Recognizing Carbs in the Foods You Eat
Chapter 4. Tracking Carbs through the Body
Chapter 5. Finding Your Sweet Spot: The Right Amount of Carbs for You
Chapter 6. Timing Your Carb Consumption
Part 2. Carb Counting: From Basic to Advanced
Chapter 7. First Things First: Reading and Deciphering Food Labels
Chapter 8. Mastering Carb Counting and Portioning Fundamentals
Chapter 9. Adding Tools for Carb-Counting Ease and Accuracy
Part 3. Going Beyond Counting Carbs
Chapter 10. Accounting for Variations in Digestion and Absorption Rates
Chapter 11. Rethink That Drink
Chapter 12. Let Me Call You Sweetie: Sugars and Substitutes
Part 4. Embracing Whole Health and Happiness
Chapter 13. Eating for Health and Happiness
Chapter 14. Reaping the Rewards of Fitness
Chapter 15. Getting a Handle on Hypoglycemia
Chapter 16. Keeping the Beat with a Healthy Heart
Chapter 17. Living with Diabetes throughout the Life Cycle
Chapter 18. Going Gluten-Free (Or Not): Does the Batter Matter?
Part 5. Sampling Menus Complete with Carb Counts
Chapter 19. Beginning with Breakfast Menus
Chapter 20. Looking for Lunch Menus
Chapter 21. Delving into Dinner Menus
Chapter 22. Surveying Snack Ideas
Part 6. The Part of Tens
Chapter 23. Ten Tips for Monitoring Your Blood Glucose
Chapter 24. Ten Tips for Controlling Carbs
Chapter 25. Ten Worthwhile Websites to Help You Manage Diabetes
Part 7. Appendixes
Appendix A. Diabetes Exchange Lists
Appendix B. Conversion Guide
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Once upon a time, the diet advice for people with diabetes was fairly concise, and it went something like this – “Don’t eat sugar!” Well, guess what? That strategy didn’t seem to cure anybody. Strike one. Next up was an attempt at the one-size-fits-all, handy-dandy, pre-printed tear-off diet sheet that directed you to follow your 1,800-calorie diabetes diet plan (or whatever calorie level you were assigned to). Not that many people were thrilled with being told to eat the exact same tedious diet pattern day after day for the rest of their lives. Strike two. Most recently, health experts have come to the conclusion that dietary interventions for people with diabetes should be individualized. That’s a home run, finally!
From here on out, when I use the word “diet” I’m referring to your overall food choices and pattern of eating. I don’t mean diet in terms of a temporary fix or in the sense of dieting for weight loss (although that can be built into the plan). When I say “diet,” I’m referring to the way you eat or aim to eat most of the time.
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Sticking with consistent carb counts when you’re on set insulin doses
Do you check your blood-glucose level at mealtime and then refer to an insulin chart to determine what your dose should be? That insulin dosing method is called sliding-scale insulin. The dose goes up incrementally for higher blood-glucose readings. Some individuals are on set insulin doses at mealtimes. In other words, the dose of insulin is the same from one day to the next regardless of blood-glucose levels.
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