"W. Baker" > wrote in message
...
> 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

That was my experience also.

I'm gonna guess they tell Julie a carb count for each exchange type because
she has to know the carb count in order to calculate her insulin. ?