Complete Guide to Carb Counting

The Complete Guide to Carb Counting, now in it's 3^rd edition, is the A-Z guide to carbohydrate counting for diabetes whether you want to learn the basics of carbohydrate counting or progress on to advanced carb counting using carb-to-insulin ratios and correction factors. Carb Counting is a method of meal planning that has gained popularity due because it focuses on the nutrient which most impacts blood glucose levels after eating. This book is co-authored by Karmeen Kulkarni, a dietitian and diabetes educator who, along with Hope Warshaw, combine more than 50 years of experience working with people to manage their eating plan and diabetes.

The Complete Guide to Carb Counting begins with answers to questions—what’s carbohydrate?; why carb counting can help you control your blood glucose levels? Next you'll build your knowledge step by step from how to count carbs, how much carb you need to eat, how to use food labels, where to find carb counts for restaurant foods and much more.

The Complete Guide to Carb Counting goes on in the later pages of the book to provide the tools and understanding necessary for advanced carbohydrate counting. This form of carb counting is used by people with diabetes who take insulin and adjust their meal time doses of rapid-acting insulin. You'll learn how to figure carb-to-insulin ratios and correction factors and how to make decisions about how much medication (insulin) to take, based on the amount of carb you eat. You'll discover how to fine-tune your blood glucose levels by observing your blood glucose patterns. It also helps you understand how to gain flexibility in your diabetes care with the benefits of using the newer insulins or an insulin pump.