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Best Carb Database

RosieMaxwell

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Location
London
Type of diabetes
Don't have diabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
Hi all, new to counting carbs. Just wondering what the best database/app there is out there? For iPhone users if it matters.

I downloaded Carbs & Cals but it seems a little buggy.
 
I tried a number of them and didn't like any of them.

I found it best to check labels and work it out myself. It was tricky at first but became second nature very quickly.
 
I tried a number of them and didn't like any of them.

I found it best to check labels and work it out myself. It was tricky at first but became second nature very quickly.

Yes I've found myself doing that too.
 
Supermarket websites and Google for me, but after a while for things I generally eat I know what and approximately how much I'm able to eat, so rarely need to check any more.

Some of the possible issues with the carbs, etc management databases are that different countries use different methods of calculating carbs - e.g. in the UK we count starch and sugar as total carbs content and count fibre separately, but USA includes fiber in their total, and calls sugar/starch content net carbs. So you need to know which system applies, and where people input their own info which version they've used can make a difference. Sometimes too data can be omitted if people don't know or don't consider them relevant, which may result also in misleading information.
 
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