Carbohydrate Counting and Diabetes Part 5
January 5, 2010 by LowCarbo
Filed under Low Carb News
With this simple method, you will work with your physician or health care provider. They will help you plan how many carbohydrate grams you have at each meal or snack.
A single serving from the Bread (Starch), Fruit, or Milk group each contains between 12 – 15 carbohydrate grams.
Vegetables contain many vitamins and minerals necessary to the body.
Many vegetables contain fiber. People with diabetes are often encouraged to eat plenty of vegetables because of their lower caloric and higher nutrition values.
Even non-starchy vegetables contain some carbohydrates. So diabetics still need to include them in their carbohydrate counting.
If you need 75 carbohydrate grams for breakfast each day, you might have dry cereal, fruit, and yogurt when you are not rushed.
On a more frenzied day, you could get the same number of carbohydrates by eating a bagel with lower sugar jelly and a glass of milk as you dash out the door.
Knowing portions is essential.
An example:
A bagel from your local bakery (which is four to five ounces) may contain 60 to 75 carbohydrate grams.
A bagel from the frozen foods aisle (which is two ounces) may contain only 30 carbohydrate grams.
The National Institutes of Health uses the following as a definition:
A “portion” can be thought of as the amount of a specific food you choose to eat for dinner, snack, or other eating occasion.
Definition – Serving
The National Institutes of Health uses the following as a definition:
A “serving” is a unit of measure used to describe the amount of food recommended from each food group.
When you look at the side of a box, you see serving size as recommended by the Dietary Guidelines of American and the Food Guide Pyramid.
Lu Young, RN, holds an advanced degree in nursing. She has worked in the nursing field for more than ten years. She has provided patient educational materials for the last six years. These educational materials are on a variety subjects such as diabetes, nutrition, exercise, and medications.
Ms. Young feels that knowledge is not only power, but can set you free of many of the worries and fears that come from ignorance. So by learning all you can about a subject, you will gain the power to take action. Ms. Young has written a series of articles on nutrition for several online sites.
She is working on a book on carbohydrates to be the first in a series of three. The other two topics are on diabetes and exercise and diabetes and medications. So look for these other topics to be coming soon.
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