I'm so lost!!!

There's an excellent book out called Sugar Busters. It's a blue book with a red circle and line going through it. My husband's aunt recommended it to his dad, they both have diabetes. It has helped them so much. It was then recommended to my dad as well. It tells you what carbs and bad, what carbs and good, and does have a lot of recipes. From memory I can tell you white potatoes, corn, and white bread are bad. Yams or sweet potatoes are good, as well as whole wheat bread.

This is the info sent to me by a dietician while my Mom was sick. The nursing facility was giving her sweets with her meal which bothered me. Seems things have changed drastically over the last few years... [b]diabetics today are taught to count carbohydrates .....to control diabetes, all carbs must be controlled ........it doesn't matter where the carbs come from.... sweets or breads or fruits or starches.....too much of them will raise blood sugars.......so it would not bother me that a patient is getting a dessert but you need to know how many carbs are in it.........and what other carbs are on that tray......most females should limit carbs to 45 - 60 grams per meal.......... .a slice of bread has 15 grams, 1/2 cup of potatoes have 15 grams, 8 oz milk has 12 grams........a dessert could have 45 - 70 grams or more depending on what it is.......you could ask how many grams this patient is allowed and you can use a web site such as calorie count.com to figure carbs.......... .you must also realize blood sugars are elevated by stress, infections and certain medications (as you well know)......is she on steriods???? [/b] Hope this helps. Here's a link that confused me but you might understand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sugar