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Thanks for all the comments. The problem my daughter has with measuring before cooking is that you have to eat everything you cook .as you have to judge the insolin to the food. Which can be difficult.

One last question. Do you know why is spaghetti on its own at 233g cooked, 80g of carbs? Thanks a lot for your help.

This is where the confusion is , the app says, 233g of spaghetti is 80g .

Carbonara.

She said 10 carbs equals one unit. Sorry can I ask how you managed to work out the carbs in spaghetti bolognese.

Help .My daughter is very confused in carbs counting. Her sugar level was 12 before eating, Weighted 233 grams of cooked spaghetti carbonara. Gave herself 8 units of insulin, hour later she went into a hypo at 3.7 don't understand why. she can't understand why. Her diabetes nurse never...

Still confused with uncooked pasta and cooked pasta (spaghetti, rice, pasta) as you get two different carbs reading. Which one would you use? So much to learn. Thank you.

Hi, could anyone tell me if you're supposed to weigh food before you cook it or after you cook it? As well as frozen food, frozen or cooked? Thanks for any help in advance

Helensaramay, Thank you so much for your reply. Great start to the forum.

Hi . I'm a parent of an 18 year old who's just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, two days into her life at University. It's very hard to see your daughter trying to cope with everything at once. Carbs counting, glucose testing, cooking,and if that's not enough ,studying. My question is...