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Accommodation for Diabetics
Carb-Choices
• Based on the total amount of carbohydrates in
a food.
• Used to help maintain a healthy weight and
sugar intake level.
• Also used to make sure that diabetics eat a
consistent amount of carbohydrates at each
meal.
• One Carb-Choice is equal to about 15 grams of
carbohydrates.
• Diabetics are allowed 9 Carb-choices during
the day, which divides equally into 3 per meal.
•One really helpful tool is
the Food label.
•By looking at the Total
Carbohydrate line, a
diabetic can tell how
many carb-choices the
food is.
•A little trick to the Total
Carbohydrates: If the food
has 5 or more grams of
fiber, the total grams of
fiber can be subtracted
from the Total
Carbohydrates and then
converted into carbchoices.
This is the conversion
table that we use to find
carb choices based on
the food label.
A Day of Choices
• Breakfast
3
•Lunch
2 or 3
•Dinner
2
•Dessert
(2)
Or
(1)
Total: 9
The Plate
A diabetic’s plate
• should be half filled
with salad or bright
vegetables,
• a quarter filled with a
lean meat,
• and the other
quarter filled with
starchy foods such as
pasta, rice, or bread
Changes
• Stop frying as much of the foods because it
adds unnecessary carbs.
• Do not serve as much corn, peas, and
potatoes.
• Fill the salad bar with more of a variety of
loose vegetables.
• Have a fruit of the week.
• Make more “diabetic-friendly” desserts.
Works Cited
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“American Diabetics Association.” American Diabetics Association, 2010. Web. 9,
Apr, 2010. http://www.diabetics.org.
“Eat Right.” American Dietetic Association, 2010. Web. 9, Apr, 2010.
http://www.eatright.org.
"Chartwells." Chartwells Dining at Manchester. Manchester College, n.d. Web. 19
Apr 2010. <http://www.dineoncampus.com/manchester/index.cfm?cmd=>.
“National Diabetics Education Program.” National Institute of Health, Now. 25,
2008. Web. 9, Apr, 2010. http://www.ndep.nih.gov.