How do you know how to read a label and how much sugar or carb can you have? how do you know what to eat dia2.

Answer 1

You really should see a dietician. They will figure how many carbs you should be eating based on YOUR needs, considering your weight and age and any other health issues that may need to be addressed. Check out this site on how to ready labels...
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html

See if you can see a dietician and check into diabetes classes. Call your local American Diabetes Association. It doesn't seem that your doctor made sure you had the information you needed before sending you out in the world to deal with this. It's infuriating, but that happens a lot. While waiting to see a dietician chose foods that you know are good for you, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats and poultry and fish like salmon and tuna. If it's in a box it's probably highly refined and something you want to eliminate or limit. Beans and legumes are a good choice. Bread should be whole grain...look at the ingredients, the first on the list should be WHOLE wheat. chose low fat varieties of dairy products and sugar free yogurts. Hang in there, it will get easier.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Forget the sugar content.

Has anyone taught you how to count carbs and use a sliding scale for insulin usage or your meds (if type II)?

What is the serving size? (THIS IS IMPORTANT)
AS ALWAYS: If you have diabetes, please check with your doctor, nutritionist and/or dietician before switching to a carb counting system. They need to know in order to help you adjust your insulin/meds accordingly. DO NOT do this without the advice of your doctor.


Look at the line that says Total Carbohydrates. It is in bold print long about the center of the main grid.

Every 15g of carbohydrates= 1 unit of the shortest acting insulin (usually 'R' or the one that's faster acting than 'R' Slips my mind right now). If you are on a certain number of carbs for each meal as with type II.

White Rice has a serving size of 1/3 cup cooked. The total carbs per serving is 13g. For EVERY 1/3 cup of rice that you eat, you need to inject roughly one unit of insulin. Or, have a really small piece of dessert to make up for the .01 and .02 units of insulin over the amount of rice you ate.

Does this make sense to you? Am am rather sleepy and start to babble when I tire.

Remember to consult with the doc. I don't think you want to go through the day with low bg levels. It makes for a sucky day.

Answer 4

well let me break it down for you:

Sugars - are bad, if its over 10 then put it back on the shelf.
Carbs - can be good or bad, depends on the amount of fiber. The more fiber the better the carb. No fiber and lots of carb (like junk food) then its probably not great.
Proteins - are always good, look for high protein products.

Don't forget to read the "ingredients" as well because some sugars and bad (trans fats) are hidden there.
If any of the following ingredients are in the first three listed items in the ingredients then it is a bad choice:
-high fructose "anything" = sugar
-partially hydroginated "anything" = pure FAT - Lard
-fully hydroginated "anything" = pure fat -lard
-sugar

I hope this helps,

Adam Beazley
http://www.fat-burn-secrets.com/burnfat.html

Answer 5

Honestly you should go see a dietitian the make a diet based on you not everyone else it is customized on your physical well being your likes and dislikes and your needs. They teach you how when and what to eat and show you how to read labels. Up until recently we counted carbohydrates now we subtract the fiber also so the carbohydrates per serving is lower. A dietichian is usually covered by insurance and are at local hospitals by appointment. If not they only cost about $80 and your health with diabetes is worth that. Prevention is the key see a dietichian.

Answer 6

That's a loaded question, but well worth asking. For a complete answer check out http://familydoctor.org/297.xml and its surrounding articles on food.

In brief, look at the following things on your product nutrition label:

1) Serving size. Is this bottle of pop designed for 1 serving, 2, 3 and a half? How many? The rest of the nutrition information is for each serving. So if you bought a bottle of pop "X" and it had 10 servings, you'll have to multiply all the other numbers by 10 to find out how much of everything is in the bottle. Or you'd have to drink just one tenth of the bottle to get the nutrients shown.

2) Total calories. This is how much energy you get from the food. There are about 3500 calories in a pound of body weight. Each of us burns through aobut 1500 calories a day doing nothing and 2000-3000 during an average day.

3) Total Fat (this will be in grams). Each gram of fat gives you 9 calories. Your goal should be to have only one quarter of your calories come from fat. So if your Pop Tart has 100 calories and 5 grams of fat, that's 45 calories from fat and that's 45% of the total calories. Not good! (I honestly don't know anything about Pop Tart nutrtion; I don't own a box).

4) Then check protein. You'll want about a third of your claories coming from protein. Protein helps build muscle. Each gram of protein has 4 calories worth of energy. So if your Raisin Bran has 120 calories and 10g of protein you're doing all right.

5) Next look at fiber. Fiber aids in digestion. An adult male should get 25g of fiber daily. Most of us don't.

6) Even though you asked about it first, it's almost the last thing you look at -- carbs. Carbohydrates are all sources of sugars and starches and related chemicals all put together. They give you the bulk of your energy (4 calories per gram). The energy they store is easy for your body to get at and can be used for almost anything, so you want about half your calories to come from carbs. Simple sugars give you just as many carbs, but the energy burst doesn't last as long, so in that sense, complex carbohydrates are healthier.

Laslty you can see what vitamins and minerals you get in that food, but my fingers are getting tired...

Answer 7

carbs are sugar...and you should only have 15 carbs for breakfast and 45 for lunch and supper. with 3 snacks during the day at 30 carbs each

Answer 8

new to diabetes??? check out this site & get this book!!! www.calorieking.com this book has the calories/fat/carbohydrates for EVERYTHING!!! its been a life saver & itslike my bible!!! it also has a entire section completely for fast food so if you have to eat on the run it takes the guess work out of it...also it contains VERY helpfull guides as to how many carbs to take in daily, sodium charts, an entire section just on diabetes & how to deal w different foods..its a great little book at its pretty much pocket sized for easy travel...hope I helped you out...I got mine for $7 thru my nutritionist but you can purchase them online at Amazon.com for like $10 w s/h

also remember the rule of 15.....15 grams equals about 1 carb serving, my Dr told me I should be eating about 180 grams of carbs daily

Answer 9

Look to the ADA exchange diet. It makes these choices clear in a way that relates both to your blood sugar monitoring and in you insulin dosage.

Just type ADA Exchange Diet into the empty search bar on this page. Click enter.

Answer 10

it says so on the label......... and I don't care how many carbs/sugar I eat........eat it and then forget it............ man I love those genetics.......... just kidding i just excercise it off