Carb Counting

It is important to know how many carbs you eat.

Knowing how many carbs are in your food tells you how much insulin to take.

• Take too much insulin. Your blood sugars might go low.

• Take too little insulin. Your blood sugars might go high.

Carb counting can be hard.

• Use food labels. They tell you how many carbs are in food.

• Use a visual guide. Like a website or app.

If you eat a lot of the same food, you don’t need to count the carbs every time you eat it.

You can learn how many carbs are in that food and remember it.

This is a reference list.

When you know how many carbs you are eating, you can use this number and your carb ratio to work out your insulin dose.

Your diabetes educator can help you. They will know your carb ratio.