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How can diabetics control the amount of carbohydrates in their diet?

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A diabetic educator will spend a lot of time teaching you how to use the nutrition labels on food. The dietitian will help you work up a meal plan that fits your likes and dislikes and your body's nutritional needs. After that you will likely experiment by trying a food and testing your glucose levels to learn how your body reacts to that food, finding those you can eat without running your glucose level high. There is a lot of good information and research in Australia on GI, glycemic index, which is a measure of how the carbs in food affect glucose levels. I wish the US would embrace this as I have found that foods with a low GI do indeed help in the control.

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