Deep Dives | Carb Counting (Tips & Tricks)

On this episode of Diabetes Deep Dives, our guest speaker Gabrielle Schmid, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator who lives with Type 1 herself, will offer her practical advice on navigating counting carbs when enjoying your meals with different ingredients all mixed together.
From this video, we hope that you will be able to:
- Understand and use different methods (e.g. different parts of your hand, measuring cups, etc) of measuring the amount of carbohydrate in your meal
Understand how fat and protein in foods affect the absorption of carbohydrate
- Know how to identify hidden sources of carbohydrates in your meals
Feel more comfortable with making a “best guess” about the amount of carbohydrate in your meals
- Know what to do if you are unsure about your “best guess”
Be aware of the resources and different technologies available to support you in carb counting
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Resources:
Canadian Nutrient File - food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-...
Diabetes Canada resources on carb counting:
Carb counting made easy - www.diabetes.ca/managing-my-d...
Carbohydrate counting - www.diabetes.ca/managing-my-d...
Glycemic index education portal - www.diabetes.ca/managing-my-d...
Sugars and Sweeteners - guidelines.diabetes.ca/docs/p...
Basic carbohydrate counting - www.diabetes.ca/DiabetesCanad...