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Carb counting

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Emck

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
Hi all,

I am quite new to pumping (exciting times). I attended clinic and spoke to one of the dietitians, who gave me a list of vegetables that I now need to count into my carb intake.

These range from sweet potato (which I already count) to tomatoes and brocolli!! I’ve been carb counting for decades and never had to think about these before!!

The dietician said that it can be trial and error as to whether they impact blood glucose at all.

Does anyone have any advice for this new approach? I just can’t get my head around bolusing for a bit of courgette!!
 
I carb count everything on my plate but to do so it's essential to have the tools to do so. I use the carb and cal app, you can also buy it in book form from amazon. It makes life much easier for me to keep within range. Best of luck
 
T2 here, and yes I counted everything when I started low carb. A large salad with loads of tomato, etc can be much higher than you expect.
 
As a Type 1 on MDI I was always told not to carb count for veg. If you look through Carbs and Cals many of the amounts are negligible. I think the issue comes with amount of carbs eaten with a meal. So if you have a plate of chips then the peas on the plate will not make a dent in the rise. However, if you are on a very low carb diet then all those carbs will be used in the rise. I found since using a Libre that some of those pesky veg do need extra insulin.
Moving onto pumps, could it be the very slow release of insulin may then need to accommodate all carbs that will also be slow release. As said to you, it will be trial and error.
 
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