Julie Bove > wrote:
: >
: > : Well seeing as how I use insulin, I have to get the correct carb count.
: > : That's why I wanted an actual cite. What people were told is of no
: > matter
: > : to me.
: >
: > : That being said, I do follow the Exchange Plan and on that plan you do
: > not
: > : count the low carb vegetables unless you are eating 3 or more servings
: > per
: > : meal. Then you have to count it as a carb. Carb being 15g. That's
: > minus
: > : the fiber.
: >
: > When I waas taught the exchange plan no one said anything about whether
: > fiber was a factor. In addition, exchanges had different values for
: > sdderent types of food i.e. fruits 1 exchange was 10 gram of carb(no
: > fiber subtraction mentions) while one bread exchange ws 15 grams fo carb,
: > again no fiber mentioned. I was to look at the carb count on the package
: > if it was something like bread in a package, otherwise things like small
: > fruit, medium fruit, 1/2 C of ve, or pasta, etc. I don't believe that any
: > fiber was subtracted, so whole wheat bread and white bred would be the
: > same per slice, although whole wheat would be suggested as preferable.

: I was told that fruit, bread and milk were all interchangeable in terms of
: carbs and to subtract the fiber.

The exchange plan I learned was all in terms of measurements, not counting
for each food item. 1/2 C of pasta, 1/3 C of rice, 1 C of brocolli, 1
small apple, 1 slice of bread, 1/2 C oatmeal, etc. no total number of
carbs or calories, just numbers of exchanges and the diet was
individualized by how many of each kind of exchange you were to eat in a
day-like 5 (1 oz ) lean or medium meat exchanged, 3 fruit exchanges, etc.

Wendy