9225Introduction to CHOCounting.pdf - NDR-UK

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For example • You are going to have a bowl of bran flakes. You have calculated that this has 30g of CHO. • Your ICR is 1:10. • Read along the bottom (purple) to 1:10 and up the side (pink) to 30. • Where the lines meet is the amount of bolus insulin you should have – 3 units*. Carbohydrate in food (g) 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 0 20 12.5 10 8.5 6.5 5 4 3.5 19 12 9.5 8 6.5 4.5 4 3 18 11 9 7.5 6 4.5 3.5 3 17 10.5 8.5 7 5.5 4 3.5 3 16 10 8 6.5 5.5 4 3 2.5 15 9 7.5 6 5 3.5 3 2.5 14 8.5 7 6 4.5 3.5 3 2.5 13 8 6.5 5.5 4.5 3 2.5 2 12 7.5 6 5 4 3 2.5 2 11 7 5.5 4.5 3.5 2.5 2 2 10 6 5 4 3.5 2.5 2 1.5 9 5.5 4.5 4 3 2 2 1.5 8 5 4 3.5 2.5 2 1.5 1.5 7 4.5 3.5 3 2.5 1.5 1.5 1 6 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 1 5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 1 1 4 2.5 2 1.5 1.5 1 1 0.5 3 2 1.5 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1:5 1:8 1:10 1:12 1:15 1:20 1:25 1:30 Insulin to carbohydrate ratio (ICR) (units of insulin:grams carbohydra t e ) *Bolus units are rounded to the nearest 0.5 units. R e m e m b e r: • Your ICR is your insulin to carbohydrate ra t i o. • Use your ICR to calculate how much bolus you need with your meals and snacks. • The bolus calculator can help you to quickly check what bolus you need. 25 00
Healthy Eating The diet for people with diabetes is not a special diet – it should be a healthy diet that all your family and friends can enjoy. Using your treatment plan with carbohydrate counting enables you to balance your carbohydrate intake with your insulin. It gives you greater choice of what, when and how much you eat. You will have more flexibility with this plan, but it is still important to follow healthy eating guidelines. These help you to grow, keep well and avoid gaining too much weight. The eatwell plate below shows you the types and proportions of the different foods you need to have a well balanced and healthy diet. eatwell plate Reproduced with the kind permission of the Food Standards Agency © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland Try to eat regularly and choose a variety of foods from the green, y e l l o w, pink and blue groups every day to provide your body with the nutrients it needs. Foods in the purple group – food and drinks high in fat and/or sugar – are not essential and should form the smallest part of your diet. B r e a d s, r i c e, p o t a t o e s, pasta and other starchy foods • Make these foods the main part of every meal. • Choose wholemeal, w h o l e g ra i n , brown or high-fibre versions where possible. Milk and dairy foods • Try to include these foods every day. • Choose lower-fat alternatives where possible. M e a t , f i s h , e g g s, b e a n s • Aim to eat small portions of these foods at meals. • Try to eat more fish and aim for one to two portions of oily fish such as salmon, herring or pilchards each week. 00 26
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