[lloeppky]

Hello. I was wondering if anyone has a good resource they use for Carbohydrate Counting. I am starting on the pump and it was suggested that OI get a book of carb values, but I have no idea which ones are best. If you know of any, please let me know!
Thanks!

[Mich]

My favorite is The Calorie King. It's small and has many brand names. Easy to calculate by finding something similar.

Mich

[someone]

Calorie King is defintely the best I have seen. I carried that thing everywhere when I was first diagnosed. If you have a PDA/smartphone, you can also get nutrition info on your phone by going to mobile.calorieking.com.

[Funnygrl]

If you get a Cozmo, Animas, or Omnipod the food database is built in.

[lloeppky]

Thanks for the advice. I'll be checking Chapters to see if they have the Calrie king book and now I have another reason to ask for a smartphone for Christmas

[someone]

Originally Posted by Funnygrl

If you get a Cozmo, Animas, or Omnipod the food database is built in.

Those take forever to fool with... the Animas at least. Plus, the one on the Animas is very limited. Don't know about the others.

[Jules49]

I ordered a Calorie King from Amazon last weekend. Hope it is as good as all the boards say it is.

[Gary_W]

Originally Posted by someone

Those take forever to fool with... the Animas at least. Plus, the one on the Animas is very limited. Don't know about the others.

On top of that, you cannot get the built-in database in every country. It certainly isn't available in the UK and I was led to believe that it is a US only. I was told it was because of FDA regulations but know little more than this...

I program my own food items into the pump, but it is limited. For the most part, I still use a combination of a nutrition scale and the 'calorie bible'.

Gary