Diabetes & Carb Counting For Dummies (For Dummies

by Sherri Shafer

Count your carbs — and count on managing your diabetes

Living with diabetes doesn't have to mean giving up all of your favorite foods. Carbs from healthy foods boost nutrition and supply essential fuel for your brain and body. Counting carbs is integral to managing diabetes because your carb choices, portion sizes, and meal timing directly impact blood glucose levels. Diabetes & Carb Counting For Dummies provides essential information on how to strike a balance between carb intake, exercise, and diabetes medications while making healthy food choices. — Covering the latest information on why carb counting is important for Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes, this book provides the tools you need to best manage your diet and your diabetes.

Nearly one in 11 people in the United States have diabetes and one out of every 3 adults have prediabetes (blood glucose levels above normal ranges).  Diabetes rates are skyrocketing worldwide. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed — or is teetering on the edge of diagnosis — you'll find all the safe, trusted guidance you need to better manage your health through improving your nutrition and managing your carb intake.

Discover how what you eat affects diabetes Explore the importance of carbs in nutrition and health Get the facts when it comes to fiber, fats, sweeteners, and alcohol. Decipher food labels and discover how to count carbs in bulk, fresh, and restaurant foods Manage your diabetes and reduce other diet-related health risks Improve blood glucose levels Sample meal plans in controlled carb count ranges Food composition lists for counting carbs and identifying best bet proteins and fats  

If you're one of the millions of people with diabetes or prediabetes in search of an accessible resource to help you portion and count carbs to better manage this disease, this is the go-to guide you'll turn to again and again because when it comes to diabetes — carbohydrates count.

 

 

 

 

 

Genres: Health

373 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 9, 2017

Reviews

[Estela · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was diagnosed with type II diabetes in 2016. I had a diabetes educator that I met with twice shortly after my diagnosis. Still, since then my A1C has been inconsistently high and low. Medications have been added as well as admonishments to "watch what I eat and exercise". Until I bought and read this book, I didn't have good guidelines nor an understanding of how carbs, protein, and fat played into blood sugar control. Nor how truly important exercise is. This book and Sherri Shafer's tips throughout have made a huge difference in my blood sugar control. I feel that this book covers all the information a newly diagnosed diabetic needs, whether it's type 1 (insulin dependent), type 2, gestational, or prediabetic (insulin resistant), this book covers all these topics as well as how to count carbs, how to arrange your meals to maximize your best health. Plus there are a lot of websites she lists to help you beyond the book itself. I am so thrilled that I found this great resource and I can't recommend it strongly enough. With the help of this book, I am setting goals for weight loss and to bring down my A1c by the time I meet with my physician in 6 months. I know I can reach these goals.

[Ashley Miller Hooley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book cover to cover, book-marking various pages and keeping a log in the back of helpful resources found throughout. This is a comprehensive book with good advice for developing an outlook on managing diabetes or caring for someone with T1, T2, or pre-diabetes.

[BxerMom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just a neutral rating

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great resource for those diabetics looking to get a better handle on carb counting.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great overview of diabetes and diet.

[Sara Goldenberg · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was OK.

[Hugo Fiallos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro definitivamente imprescindible para todo aquel que tenga relación con la diabetes. Médico, paciente, familiar o amigo en este libro aprenderán a como manejar la alimentación de un diabetes, pilar fundamental (junto al ejercicio y medicina) para tener mejor calidad de vida. Y aquí un tip: no es que, es como y cuanto. Si puedes léelo, no una sino muchas muchas veces y guárdalo como libro de referencia.