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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Juicyj" data-source="post: 1522595" data-attributes="member: 53162">Hello [USER=425133]@ColinNorthants[/USER] welcome to the forum <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />The carbs you need to be aware of are the total carbs, so for instance a rice cake has total 82.2g per 100g and 'of which sugars' 14.4g - ignore the 'of which sugars and from fibre' parts and just read the total - 82.2g.  I take insulin and my insulin dose is based on the amount of carbs eaten, I also use 'Carbs and Cal' app on my phone as it tells me the carb value of foods.Low carb means cutting down on bread, cereal, rice, pasta, sugar based products such as cakes/confectionery.  I am tagging [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] for our newbies information which is a useful read.*edited to change wording re: low carb from 'omitting' to 'cutting down'.</blockquote>

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