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Message: <blockquote data-quote="janabelle" data-source="post: 145958" data-attributes="member: 7788">Hi Trez Carb (carbohydrate) counting is not about weight loss, I think you're getting confused with calories. Carbohydrate counting is crucial to diabetes management, as it's the carbohydrate in foods that causes our blood sugar to rise.  Sugar is a carbohydrate, high carb foods include rice, potatoes, pasta, bread, etc. We need to know what amount we are eating to adjust our insulin dose accordingly.  This link might explain it better  <a href="http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Food_and_recipes/Eating-well-with-Type-1-diabetes/About-carbohydrate/How-does-carbohydrate-affect-my-diabetes/" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-dia ... -diabetes/</a>  I don't know how this would work with the insulin regime you're on, your doctor should be able to advise, hopefully.Many people don't count the exact amounts, but learn to roughly calculate what works for them, that's what I do.  I hope that helps explain it a bit, I'm no expert, but I've been type-1on insulin for 21 years and had pretty awful control at times too.Jus <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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