Conversions

[Ategeler]

I am just getting into the swing of this carb counting thing when I added a glass of red wine for dinner. According to my carb counting book, a glass of red wine is roughly 5 grms of carbs. However, a sugar of 192 almost 3 hours later said differently! I tried doing a carb conversion but it is quite a lot of steps converting from ounces into grams. And I think fluid ounces might be different anyway?

Has anyone found it helpful to download software to cellphone/palm that will do conversions for you? I guess the big one would be ounces to grams since I am in the states? Like I said, I am new at this...:confused:

The alcoholic beverages tend to stump me a bit.

[foxl]

What was it, Manischeiwitz Concord, or something? :D

[Ategeler]

Never had MC. Mine was blend of several different grapes. Clayhouse- Adobe Red. Hard to have just one glass...

[foxl]

Never had MC. Mine was blend of several different grapes. Clayhouse- Adobe Red. Hard to have just one glass...


MC is like, sugary kid stuff ... was kidding, really!


I have not had wine myself in a long time b/c I do not stop at one glass. I have little kids so anyhow not a good idea.

[Ategeler]

Oops...didn't catch that:o

Well, I guess it was just a bit of a shock to me since I thought I counted the carbs so well. Just trying to figure out a better way of assessing carbs in foods/beverages that don't actually have a label on them for carbs.

[slwood321]

Because it was a liquid I would think it would be more easily asorbed by your body and therefore would send your BG higher than the same amount of carbs in food. Also, was what you drank the same serving size as listed in the book. You wouldn't need to convert grams to ounces as normally grams is used as a weight and ounces can be either a weight or volume measure. Carbs are always measured in grams. If the book listed the serving size as 4 oz. with 5 grams of carbs, and you drank 8 oz. this would be two servings and 10 g of carbs. Is this what you were looking for. Hope I was helpful. If not, try onlineconversion.com.

[Ategeler]

That is a good point about the serving size. I assumed it would be 8 oz. but it might not have been. I will go back and check. This is a helpful website also. Thanks!

[lorilei]

April,

alcohol is a funky monkey...even different brands can have different effects...I suggest you keep a log of what your BG was before and after for each drink and brand used..so you can figure out the pattern for that specific alcohol..

certain alcohols..rum for example..I have just had to ex off the list altogether..and some will cause a spike and then a big drop...and sometimes my BG hangover is more challenging then a regular old hangover..

[Ategeler]

Lori,

I didn't realize that even brands can have different effects. I definitely vary on the brands of Red Wine I drink. And I know that particular brand is more sweet than some of the others so I will have to experiment with other brands too and see which one is the least detrimental to my BG. It is all for a good cause right :) !

Ironically, I thought I was being good by drinking a glass of red wine instead of a beer full of carbs (I don't really like Lite Beer) but it seems as though I ended up intaking more carbs with the wine anyway! Oh well!

I know what you mean about the BG Hangover b/c we went to wedding recently and I drank Gin and Tonic along with Red wine. I didn't check the carb listing on the Gin/Tonic until later but my sugar was still high at fasting the next morning. Looking back, I can't imagine how many carbs I actually drank alone that night b/w the GT and Wine! And then topping it off with banquet eating is even more challenging. Yikes!