Carb counting is a way of potentially predicting the effects of different foods and drinks on blood sugar. Some people with diabetes use carb counting to guide them in dosing their insulin.

Your doctor will teach you to track nutrients, especially carbohydrates, and adjust your insulin doses. For everyone with diabetes or prediabetes, following a healthy diet can help you control ...

But they should also be careful about putting too much emphasis on carb counting alone, researchers say. Nutrition counseling for children and teens with type 1 diabetes often recommends carb ...

To investigate which factors affect carb-counting errors most, researchers analysed data on 50 adults with type 1 diabetes from a previously published study of carbohydrate counting accuracy.