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Message: <blockquote data-quote="noblehead" data-source="post: 124761" data-attributes="member: 11028">Carbs Rock,I know where your coming from, carb counting isn't something that has just appeared over recent years.  I not had diabetes as long as you, but do remember in the early eighties that carb counting was very basic and crude.  As the nutritional values were hardly ever displayed on food packaging, the method taught for example was a thick slice of bread was 20g, medium 15g and thin slice 10g, not taking into account weight or size.  Another was a egg-size potato was 10g, or a hand-size portion of foodstuff was xxg of carbs.The more recent carb counting courses such as DAFNE are far removed from this method, and rather than matching carbs to insulin, the emphasis is on matching your insulin to the food you eat.  It is sad that you had to go to such extreme methods to get a pump and to obtain the funding too.Nigel</blockquote>

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