Fact or Myth
Ok boys and girls, it’s time to play Stephanie’s favorite game, Is
this true? Today’s issue is fiber.
Madelyn’s nutritionist told me that if a food has over 5 grams of
fiber in it, to deduct the number of grams of fiber from the total
grams of carbs in the serving to get your actual carb number.
For example, I made Madelyn a sandwich with a whole wheat tortilla.
Each tortilla had 31 grams of carbs, but had 21 grams of fiber.
According to the nutritionist I should only count something like this
as 10 grams of carb.
Madelyn gets 30-37 grams at each meal. If this were the case then
I’d have to give her 20+ more grams of carbs, which would seem like
an extraordinary amount of food.
How do all of you count fiber?
Thank you as always,
Stephanie
January 3rd, 2005 at 6:09 pm
yes, our nutritionist just told us this fact as well. So, it is true! we were in pump class and they called it “carb counting 301″. What I don’t understand is why don’t they offer the class to non-pump users?
Thanks for caring and sharing,
Rhonda
Mom to Sydney, 7
type 1 since April 7, 2003
January 4th, 2005 at 2:54 pm
Kate, are you ok???? [INLINE]
January 5th, 2005 at 9:03 am
I am confused. Where do calories fit into all this? Or do they, anymore?
By the way, I have an expression of what it feels like when the docs don’t allow you the freedom to make your own care decisions…… Stepford Patients.
Joan
January 8th, 2005 at 7:07 am
We were diagnosed April 7 ,2003 and calories are not part of our regimen.
Rhonda