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I have to count carbs

115harley08L
115harley08L Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I'm a diabetic and need to count carbs for everything I eat for a week. How do I find a list of the foods that tell you how much carbs are in them?

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  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    There isn't a list like that on this app. You can add foods from the database to your diary to see the carbs. Otherwise I would try searching Google.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    As you add foods from the database to your diary, the carb values will be added as well. If you want to stay until a certain amount of carbs, you can prelog foods and add or subtract them to end up with the desired results.

    Unfortunately, the "verified" green check marks in the MFP database are used for both user-created entries and admin-created entries that MFP pulled from the USDA database. To find admin entries for whole foods, I get the syntax from the USDA database and paste that into MFP.

    For packaged foods, I verify the label against what I find in MFP.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    115harley08L wrote: »
    I'm a diabetic and need to count carbs for everything I eat for a week. How do I find a list of the foods that tell you how much carbs are in them?

    Before you eat anything, pre-enter it into your food diary and you will see how many carbs that meal will be as well as getting your daily running total. As you log more foods, you see what is lower in carbs.

    Did you get a maximum number of carbs per day allowance?

    Quick and easy ways to reduce carbs:

    Eat more vegetables and less fruit, and do not drink fruit juice
    Make your sandwiches with one slice of bread instead of 2
    Skip or reduce the starchy side dishes like pasta, rice, and potatoes
    If you drink soda, switch to diet
    Stop or reduce starchy snacks like chips, crackers, etc.
  • fcanad
    fcanad Posts: 48 Member
    Plan (and follow) your mealsfor the day. Check nutrition info as needed.
    Change the view in app to show carbs/fiber/sugar etc
    Adjust food diary as needed to reflect day
  • wayne4825
    wayne4825 Posts: 166 Member
    115harley08L wrote: »
    I'm a diabetic and need to count carbs for everything I eat for a week. How do I find a list of the foods that tell you how much carbs are in them?

    This is what my endocrinologist covered with me. I'm currently counting carbs as well. How this helps in some way.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    115harley08L wrote: »
    I'm a diabetic and need to count carbs for everything I eat for a week. How do I find a list of the foods that tell you how much carbs are in them?

    Log them or -- to make sure what you log is accurate -- look them up in USDA. But to keep track for a week, you'll want to be logging on MFP, which will make it easy. Ideally, change your settings to track fiber too (probably switch sodium for fiber).

    Here's the USDA source: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list?ds=Standard+Reference

    If you see how they are identified on USDA (for example, "carrots, raw"), you can search for the same in MFP and find it.

    Anything packaged will have the carb information on the package.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    recommend getting a referral to a registered dietician - they can help you design a meal plan that works with your restrictions
  • Dilvish
    Dilvish Posts: 398 Member
    this may help https://diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/enjoy-food/eating-with-diabetes/meal-plans-/low-carb

    and this https://directclinicaltrial.org.uk/
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    Adding on to what I said above -- OP, what's the purpose of counting? Have you been given a specific diet with goals (one possibility) or is the idea to report back to your doctor or RD and then to use the information to help formulate a diet?

    Were you given any information?

    Have you used MFP at all yet? (As it does, as noted above, count carbs, as well as calories, if used correctly.)
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    deannalfisher wrote: »
    recommend getting a referral to a registered dietician - they can help you design a meal plan that works with your restrictions

    x100
    and give you guidelines on how "low" is low enough for your health without being too low.

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