Illustrated food label for diabetics to explain how to identify total carbohydrates

Dallas, Ruth

Spatz, Michele

English

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Pacific University 
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Diabetes Education Tools Patient Education Tools 
2-2018 
Food Label - 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, "Food Label - English" (2018). Diabetes Education Tools. 26. 
https://commons.pacificu.edu/det/26 
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Food Label - English 
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Illustrated food label for diabetics to explain how to identify total carbohydrates. 
Keywords 
Diabetes, Patient Education, Food Label, Carbohydrates Disciplines 
Disciplines 
Endocrine System Diseases | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 
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How to read the nutrition facts label
15 g  =
To find how many carbohydrates are in a food:
Look at the Serving size:
• It is  ½ cup.
• Is this how much you will eat?Serving size ½ cup     
Look at Total Carbohydrate:
• Total carbohydrates are listed in Grams 
or g
• Total carbohydrate tells you all the 
carbohydrate in this food.
• This is how much sugar will go into your 
blood.
• Total carbohydrate on this label is 15 
grams
1
515g
• 15 grams of carbohydrate is 1 tablespoon          
of sugar
Fiber is good for you.


Food Label - English

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