Simple Health Cures

    One of the effective ways to control type 1 diabetes and to control blood sugar if one’s doesn’t use insulin is to count carbohydrates. This technique of counting carbs helps determine the amount of carbs intake and thus enables an individual to spread the intake throughtout the day, thereby preventing high blood sugar just after the meal.

   Carbohydrate counting is mandatory to a diabetic because it is the nutrient that affects the blood sugar the most. Therefore counting carbs can help one control blood sugar which is the most important thing to control diabetes.

   Let us elaborate and understand carbohydrate counting to simplify our lives. It is a recommended method of meal planning for diabetics. It is natural then that it translates into adding the amount of carbohydrate in an individual’s diet. Spreading this intake throughtout the day helps one to keep the blood sugar in check and prevent high blood sugar after eating.

   This is specific to carbohydrate because it is the nutrient that affects the blood sugar levels most as compared to any other nutrient. It is important to note that all forms of carbohydrates increase blood sugar.

   Foods that contain carbohydrates are:

1) fruits and vegetables

2) milk and yogurt

3) Starchy foods like bread, cereals, potatoes, corn and dry beans

4) Sugar laden foods like cakes and candies

   Sugar rich foods have more carbohydrates in a serving than starch containing foods. It is a notion that one can’t eat sugar when one contracts diabetes. That’s nit true. However, if foods that are high in sugar make up a large part of one’s diet, then one is not eating enough of other, more nutritious foods. After reading this information, we should be ready to plan regular meals and snacks and calculate the amount of carbohydrate in our diet.