Patent ID: 7137951

Claim:
A method of food and insulin dose management for a diabetic subject, comprising: providing an intended insulin unit value or an intended carbohydrate unit value representing the amount of insulin or carbohydrate intended for intake by the subject; determining a balance value of either insulin units or carbohydrate units needed to balance with the provided unit value and maintain blood sugar in the subject in a target blood sugar range; wherein the balance value is calculated by determining for the subject a starting blood sugar value and comparing sugar metabolism resulting from the provided unit value with an opposing sugar metabolism resulting from intended insulin or carbohydrate and thereby calculating the balance value as an amount of insulin units or carbohydrate units necessary to maintain blood sugar in the subject in a target blood sugar range; and; wherein the sugar metabolism resulting from the provided unit value and the opposing sugar metabolism resulting from insulin or carbohydrate units are determined individually for a subject from an amount of sugar released and rate of release of sugar by food in the subject and an amount of sugar removed and rate of removal of sugar by insulin in the subject.