You're so careful about taking your diabetes pill or your insulin. And you're practically obsessive about getting regular exercise. And still your blood glucose levels are not what you'd like. Maybe they're often higher than your goals, or they swing too high and then too low. Maybe it's the food you eat.
Carbohydrates are starches and sugars.
When you eat these, they turn up as glucose in your blood more quickly than the fat or protein you eat. So when you're thinking about blood glucose levels, think about carbohydrates. That's what more and more people with diabetes are doing- they're counting carbohydrates, or carb counting . Many people say that, once they've seen a dietitian and learned all the ins and outs, carb counting works a lot better than other meal planning tools they've tried. You may find that your blood glucose levels are more stable if you count carbs and eat the same amount of carbohydrate at a given meal.