Diabetes & Carb Counting For Dummies

Accurately count carbs and manage diabetes Decipher food labels and improve glucose control Sample menu plans for meals and snacks

Eating right with diabetes can be easy as 1–2–3!

Managing carb intake is integral to managing diabetes. This friendly guide shows you how to plan your carbs while taking exercise and diabetes meds into account and making healthy food choices. Find out how carb counting and other portioning tools can improve blood glucose control, and discover how fiber, fats, sweeteners, and alcohol impact diabetes. From deciphering food labels to discovering carb counts in bulk, fresh, and restaurant foods, the info you need is here.

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Sherri Shafer, RD, CDE, is a senior registered dietitian and a certified diabetes educator at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. She teaches diabetes self–management workshops and provides nutrition counseling for individuals with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and gestational dia–betes. She is also the author of Diabetes Type 2: Complete Food Management Program.