Carbohydrate Counting in Diabetes
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Carbohydrate Counting in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Carbohydrate counting (CC) is a meal-planning tool for patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) treated with a basal bolus insulin regimen by means of multiple daily injections or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. It is based on an awareness of foods that contain carbohydrates and their effect on blood glucose. The bolus insulin dose needed is obtained from the total amount of carbohydrates ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition and Food Technology: Open Access
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2470-6086
DOI: 10.16966/2470-6086.124