For meal planning, this picture-based patient education handout explains how many grams of carbohydrates and the equivalent Tablespoons of sugar are found in portions of common foods

Dallas, Ruth

Spatz, Michele

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Pacific University 
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Diabetes Education Tools Patient Education Tools 
2-2018 
Carbs Portion Patient Handout - English 
Michele Spatz 
Pacific University, mspatz@pacificu.edu 
Ruth Dallas 
Virigina Garcia Memorial Healthcare Clinic, rdallas@vgmhc.org 
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Spatz, Michele and Dallas, Ruth, "Carbs Portion Patient Handout - English" (2018). Diabetes Education 
Tools. 28. 
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Carbs Portion Patient Handout - English 
Description 
For meal planning, this picture-based patient education handout explains how many grams of 
carbohydrates and the equivalent Tablespoons of sugar are found in portions of common foods. 
Keywords 
Carbs, carbohydrates, diabetes, nutrition, patient education 
Disciplines 
Endocrine System Diseases | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 
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1 slice bread 
1 tortilla 
1 portion is 15  grams of carb, which is 
the same as 1 tablespoon sugar 
1 bagel an 
1 hamburger 
roll  
1 pancake 
1/3 cup rice1 large burrito 
 7 crackers 
1 large 
hoagie roll 
1 cup oatmeal 
1/2 cup beans, pasta, corn or potatoes 
3/4 cup cereal 1 package oatmeal 
 1 muffin 
15 chips 
1 corn on the cob 
10 oz. glass of milk 
1 small donut 
1 small cookie 
6 oz. yogurt 
1 cup ice cream 
1 medium fries 
1 small  potato 
1/2 cup juice 
1 large slice pizza 
sweet coffee drink 1 soda 
1 banana 
1 medium peach 
1 apple  1 pear 
1/2 melon
1 orange 
15 strawberries
1 cup berries 
or cherries 
 15 grapes 
1/2 slice  
watermelon
2 tablespoons 
dried fruit 
1 small mango
  2 small 
plums 
2 pineapple rings
Some foods have no carb or very little carb 
Proteins have no carb 
Vegetables have very little carb 
Fats have no carb and nuts have very little carb 
nuts 


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