Is carbohydrate counting enough? Towards perfection or unwanted complexity?

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-5

  Maahs, David M ^a   Higgins, Janine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ACCURACY; CARBOHYDRATE COUNTING; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DOSE CALCULATION; EDITORIAL; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN METABOLISM; LIPID DIET; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; STOMACH EMPTYING;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 84855440305     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: 15578593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2011.0234     Document Type: Editorial

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