Do your clients with diabetes who match insulin to carbohydrate struggle to count grams of carbohydrate accurately?
It is time to take the guesswork out of the counting of carbohydrates - especially for clients who use insulin to carb ratios - either with insulin dosing or an insulin pump!
Counting carbohydrates is a cornerstone of diabetes management. You may be asking why use food factors instead of measuring food with measuring cup or going by the exchange list.
- Using Food Factors is a way to count carbs more accurately than just measuring foods
- Can be used for foods that come in varying sizes
- Easy to use with a few tools
The five pages provides:
- A list of tools needed to calculate grams of carbohydrates
- Provides resources for individual foods
- How to us the USDA Nutrient Database to calculate food factors
- How to analyze recipes accurately for food factors
The Using Carbohydrate Food Factors Handouts – Carbohydrate Counting is part of the Carbohydrate Counting Handout Package along with other handouts and worksheets. Save 32% when you upgrade to the Carbohydrate Counting Handout Package.
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