Diabetes educators and dietitians Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, BC-ADM, and Karen Bolderman, RD, LDN, CDE, present the essentials of teaching carbohydrate counting in this revised and much expanded edition. This resource provides clear and practical approaches that will allow you to help your patients achieve glycemic control with Basic or Advanced Carbohydrate Counting. This new edition includes:

• Reasons for teaching carbohydrate counting, which type, and to whom

• Complete information on both Basic and Advanced Carbohydrate Counting

• Skills and readiness checklists for patients considering carbohydrate counting

• Expanded sections on using carbohydrate counting in conjunction with insulin pump therapy

• Methods for calculating insulin-to-carbohydrate ratios, correction factors, and other formulas

• Details on fine-tuning and pattern management

• Expanded case studies

• Useful charts, record-keeping forms, and resource sections

Written for all clinicians working in diabetes care and education, this second edition of Practical Carbohydrate Counting will be your go-to tool when patients want to improve their glucose control with medical nutrition therapy.