how do you count carbs?

allaboutthefood

If you would like to cut some of the carbs out of your diet, replace some of your bread with lettuce wraps, you can also make wraps with cauliflower, it's a lot of work but they are taste really good, you can also make pizza crust with cauliflower. Replace some of your pasta with zucchini zoodles (just zucchini slices thin) or spaghetti squash. Just google some recipes you can find tons of ideas. See how I said some of your carbs, you need carbs, and it's really unrealistic to try to cut them out all together. If you are active and eat right you should be fine. Good luck on your journey

Hollywood_Porky

Real facts from a real site.



http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/myths/



Highlights:



Myth: If you are overweight or obese, you will eventually develop type 2 diabetes



Fact: Being overweight is a risk factor for developing this disease, but other risk factors such as family history, ethnicity and age also play a role. Unfortunately, too many people disregard the other risk factors for diabetes and think that weight is the only risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Most overweight people never develop type 2 diabetes, and many people with type 2 diabetes are at a normal weight or only moderately overweight.



Myth: Eating too much sugar causes diabetes.



Fact: The answer is not so simple. Type 1 diabetes is caused by genetics and unknown factors that trigger the onset of the disease; type 2 diabetes is caused by genetics and lifestyle factors.



Being overweight does increase your risk for developing type 2 diabetes, and a diet high in calories from any source contributes to weight gain. Research has shown that drinking sugary drinks is linked to type 2 diabetes.



The American Diabetes Association recommends that people should avoid intake of sugar-sweetened beverages to help prevent diabetes. Sugar-sweetened beverages include beverages like:



regular soda

fruit punch

fruit drinks

energy drinks

sports drinks

sweet tea

other sugary drinks.



These will raise blood glucose and can provide several hundred calories in just one serving!



See for yourself:

Just one 12-ounce can of regular soda has about 150 calories and 40 grams of carbohydrate. This is the same amount of carbohydrate in 10 teaspoons of sugar!



One cup of fruit punch and other sugary fruit drinks have about 100 calories (or more) and 30 grams of carbohydrate.