Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Carb Counting and Diabetes Management 5

Chapter 1: Delving into Diabetes and Carb Counting 7

Chapter 2: Exploring the Diabetes-Carb Connection 25

Chapter 3: Calling All Carbs: Recognizing Carbs in the Foods You Eat 39

Chapter 4: Tracking Carbs through the Body 53

Chapter 5: Finding Your Sweet Spot: The Right Amount of Carbs for You 67

Chapter 6: Timing Your Carb Consumption 79

Part 2: Carb Counting: From Basic to Advanced 95

Chapter 7: First Things First: Reading and Deciphering Food Labels 97

Chapter 8: Mastering Carb Counting and Portioning Fundamentals 117

Chapter 9: Adding Tools for Carb-Counting Ease and Accuracy 137

Part 3: Going Beyond Counting Carbs 143

Chapter 10: Accounting for Variations in Digestion and Absorption Rates 145

Chapter 11: Rethink That Drink 159

Chapter 12: Let Me Call You Sweetie: Sugars and Substitutes 175

Part 4: Embracing Whole Health and Happiness 189

Chapter 13: Eating for Health and Happiness 191

Chapter 14: Reaping the Rewards of Fitness 207

Chapter 15: Getting a Handle on Hypoglycemia 227

Chapter 16: Keeping the Beat with a Healthy Heart 251

Chapter 17: Living with Diabetes throughout the Life Cycle 267

Chapter 18: Going Gluten-Free (Or Not): Does the Batter Matter? 283

Part 5: Sampling Menus Complete with Carb Counts 297

Chapter 19: Beginning with Breakfast Menus 299

Chapter 20: Looking for Lunch Menus 305

Chapter 21: Delving into Dinner Menus 313

Chapter 22: Surveying Snack Ideas 319

Part 6: The Part of Tens 327

Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Monitoring Your Blood Glucose 329

Chapter 24: Ten Tips for Controlling Carbs 337

Chapter 25: Ten Worthwhile Websites to Help You Manage Diabetes 343

Part 7: Appendixes 349

Appendix A: Diabetes Exchange Lists 351

Appendix B: Conversion Guide 365

Index 367

About the Author

Sherri Shafer, RD, CDE, is a senior registered dietitian and a certified diabetes educator at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. She teaches diabetes self-management workshops and provides nutrition counseling for individuals with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and gestational dia-betes. She is also the author of Diabetes Type 2: Complete Food Management Program.