Carb Expert

I have become some sort of Carb expert these days – why ? because there are lots of misconception about what you can eat and what you cannot eat as a diabetic.  I was with my  term life insurance agent for lunch – when she told me i shouldn’t be having any candies whatsoever – hahah!   I hear this so often – and I know that people don’t even know that it’s not just the sugar but Carbs are just as bad. Bread, cereal, pasta and potatoes are carbs but having said all the above – there are the good carbs that people like us can take.

What makes a good carb? A concentration of vitamins, minerals, and fiber — nutrient-dense foods that help you avoid empty calories. Often, similar-size servings of two carb-containing foods have about the same amounts of calories and carbohydrate, but one may be a better choice nutrition wise. For example, 1/2 cup of orange juice with pulp (fiber) and enhanced with calcium offers more nutrition than 1/2 cup of orange drink, which gets most of its calories from added corn syrup.  So – there you have it – choose the good carb and eat everything in moderation.