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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.

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.

Meal type and size are the most important factors influencing the accuracy of carb-counting for the control of blood sugar in type 1 diabetes, according to Italian researchers. They said their results ...