The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting: Featuring the Tools and Techniques Used by the Experts
Whether you're following a diet plan that requires carb-counting, you have diabetes, or simply because you are conscious of the quantity of carbs you consume, The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting is the all-in-one resource for practically and effectively managing your carb intake. Certified diabetes educator, type 1 diabetic, and Think Like a Pancreas author Gary Scheiner focuses on carb counting in a real-world context, and his explanations and advice—in addition to being complete and thoroughly accurate—are geared towards the most common foods and eating habits. The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting tells you everything you need to accurately keep track of your carb intake, including: The basic rationale for and the theory behind carb-counting, as well as explanations of simple to advanced techniques How to read and understand food labels, and how to estimate the nutritional values of unlabelled foods Resources for carb counting at major restaurant chains An explanation of the glycemic index and its influence on carb-counting Adjusting for fiber and sugar substitutes A comprehensive listing of exchanges, carb factors, and glycemic index values, as well as the carb and fiber values for 2,500 foods
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The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting: Featuring the Tools and Techniques Used by the Experts
Whether you're following a diet plan that requires carb-counting, you have diabetes, or simply because you are conscious of the quantity of carbs you consume, The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting is the all-in-one resource for practically and effectively managing your carb intake. Certified diabetes educator, type 1 diabetic, and Think Like a Pancreas author Gary Scheiner focuses on carb counting in a real-world context, and his explanations and advice—in addition to being complete and thoroughly accurate—are geared towards the most common foods and eating habits. The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting tells you everything you need to accurately keep track of your carb intake, including: The basic rationale for and the theory behind carb-counting, as well as explanations of simple to advanced techniques How to read and understand food labels, and how to estimate the nutritional values of unlabelled foods Resources for carb counting at major restaurant chains An explanation of the glycemic index and its influence on carb-counting Adjusting for fiber and sugar substitutes A comprehensive listing of exchanges, carb factors, and glycemic index values, as well as the carb and fiber values for 2,500 foods
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The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting: Featuring the Tools and Techniques Used by the Experts

The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting: Featuring the Tools and Techniques Used by the Experts

by Gary Scheiner
The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting: Featuring the Tools and Techniques Used by the Experts

The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting: Featuring the Tools and Techniques Used by the Experts

by Gary Scheiner

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Whether you're following a diet plan that requires carb-counting, you have diabetes, or simply because you are conscious of the quantity of carbs you consume, The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting is the all-in-one resource for practically and effectively managing your carb intake. Certified diabetes educator, type 1 diabetic, and Think Like a Pancreas author Gary Scheiner focuses on carb counting in a real-world context, and his explanations and advice—in addition to being complete and thoroughly accurate—are geared towards the most common foods and eating habits. The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting tells you everything you need to accurately keep track of your carb intake, including: The basic rationale for and the theory behind carb-counting, as well as explanations of simple to advanced techniques How to read and understand food labels, and how to estimate the nutritional values of unlabelled foods Resources for carb counting at major restaurant chains An explanation of the glycemic index and its influence on carb-counting Adjusting for fiber and sugar substitutes A comprehensive listing of exchanges, carb factors, and glycemic index values, as well as the carb and fiber values for 2,500 foods

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786734849
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Publication date: 12/11/2006
Series: Marlowe Diabetes Library
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 201,742
File size: 11 MB
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About the Author

Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE, is a certified diabetes educator and exercise physiologist. He is the author of Think Like a Pancreas and has written dozens of articles on diabetes, fitness, and motivation. He serves on the board of directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, coordinates a chapter of the Diabetes Exercise&Sports Association, and volunteers for the American Diabetes Association. Drawing upon both his professional skills and personal experience, he teaches art and science of blood glucose balancing to people throughout the world from his private practice, Integrated Diabetes Services, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
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