Diabetes Health Center

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Carbohydrate counting does help you know how much carbohydrate you are eating during a meal. Carbohydrate is the nutrient that most affects your blood sugar. Counting carbohydrate allows you to spread the amount you eat throughout the day. This prevents high blood sugar after meals.

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Carbohydrate counting does help you know how much carbohydrate you are eating during a meal. Carbohydrate is the nutrient that most affects your blood sugar. Counting carbohydrate allows you to spread the amount you eat throughout the day. This prevents high blood sugar after meals.

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Wheat bread, rice, peas, and oatmeal all contain carbohydrate. Carbohydrate is an essential nutrient that comes in two forms: starch and sugar. Starch is found in foods such as bread, cereal, grains, and vegetables. Sugar is found in fruit, milk, desserts, and candy. Both answers to this question are correct.

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Cheesecake, fat-free milk, and pears all contain sugar, a form of carbohydrate. Carbohydrate is an essential nutrient that comes in two forms: starch and sugar. Starch is found in foods such as bread, cereal, grains, and vegetables. Sugar is found in fruit, milk, desserts, and candy. Both answers to this question are correct.

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Counting carbohydrate does help you regulate the amount of carbohydrate you eat to prevent harm to your baby from high blood sugar. The more carbohydrate you eat at one meal, the higher your blood sugar will rise after the meal. High blood sugar can lead to an emergency and can also harm your baby.

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Counting carbohydrate does help you regulate the amount of carbohydrate you eat to prevent harm to your baby from high blood sugar. The more carbohydrate you eat at one meal, the higher your blood sugar will rise after the meal. High blood sugar can lead to an emergency and can also harm your baby.

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This breakfast contains 30 grams of carbohydrate. There are no carbohydrate in the eggs, 15 in the milk, 15 in the toast, and none in the margarine. If you had problems with this exercise, take the question with you on your next visit with your doctor or dietitian and ask him or her to help you learn how to calculate the carbohydrate content in food.

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The breakfast (2 eggs, 1 cup of milk, 1 slice of toast, and 2 teaspoons of margarine) contains fewer than 35 grams of carbohydrate. The correct answer is 30 grams of carbohydrate. There are no carbohydrate in the eggs, 15 in the milk, 15 in the toast, and none in the margarine. If you had problems with this exercise, take the question with you on your next visit with your doctor or dietitian and ask him or her to help you learn how to calculate the carbohydrate content in food.

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The breakfast (2 eggs, 1 cup of milk, 1 slice of toast, and 2 teaspoons of margarine) contains more than 22 grams of carbohydrate. The correct answer is 30 grams of carbohydrate. There are no carbohydrate in the eggs, 15 in the milk, 15 in the toast, and none in the margarine. If you had problems with this exercise, take the question with you on your next visit with your doctor or dietitian and ask him or her to help you learn how to calculate the carbohydrate content in food.

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This lunch (1 cup of macaroni, � cup of grated cheese, � cup of carrots, one fresh apple) has fewer than 70 grams of carbohydrate. The correct answer is 65 grams of carbohydrate. There are 45 grams of carbohydrate in 1 cup of macaroni, none in the grated cheese, 5 in � cup of carrots, and 15 in one fresh apple. This much carbohydrate in your meal is likely to raise your sugar level a lot. If you had problems with this exercise, take the question with you on your next visit with your doctor or dietitian and ask him or her to help you learn how to calculate the carbohydrate content in food.

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This lunch (1 cup of macaroni, � cup of grated cheese, � cup of carrots, one fresh apple) has more than 40 grams of carbohydrate. The correct answer is 65 grams of carbohydrate. There are 45 grams of carbohydrate in 1 cup of macaroni, none in the grated cheese, 5 in � cup of carrots, and 15 in one fresh apple. This much carbohydrate in your meal is likely to raise your sugar level a lot. If you had problems with this exercise, take the question with you on your next visit with your doctor or dietitian and ask him or her to help you learn how to calculate the carbohydrate content in food.

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Yes, this lunch (1 cup of macaroni, � cup of grated cheese, � cup of carrots, one fresh apple) contains 65 grams of carbohydrate. There are 45 grams of carbohydrate in 1 cup of macaroni, none in the grated cheese, 5 in � cup of carrots, and 15 in one fresh apple. This much carbohydrate in your meal is likely to raise your sugar level a lot. If you had problems with this exercise, take the question with you on your next visit with your doctor or dietitian and ask him or her to help you learn how to calculate the carbohydrate content in food.