Nine days in to 30 days of writing for Diabetes Awareness Month and today's topic is diet. I can't keep count of the number of times I've been asked, " What can you eat?" It's actually a loaded question because the answer from a person with diabetes would be, "what can't I eat?" As long as we know how many carbs we are ingesting (everything from veggies to fat to protein breaks down into a carbohydrate in the system) we can eat whatever we like based on our insulin to carb ratio. I.e how much insulin is needed per carbohydrate. Do the math and
What can you eat?
What can you eat?
What can you eat?
Nine days in to 30 days of writing for Diabetes Awareness Month and today's topic is diet. I can't keep count of the number of times I've been asked, " What can you eat?" It's actually a loaded question because the answer from a person with diabetes would be, "what can't I eat?" As long as we know how many carbs we are ingesting (everything from veggies to fat to protein breaks down into a carbohydrate in the system) we can eat whatever we like based on our insulin to carb ratio. I.e how much insulin is needed per carbohydrate. Do the math and