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Douglas Sur (douglas.sur@verizon.net) 2005/01/18 10:44

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Alan wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 03:35:01 GMT, Douglas Sur <douglas.sur@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> |I am kind of new to diabetes and carb counting.  My main problem is
> |going out to eat.  I have no idea how much carbs I am eating most of the
> |time.  Tonight I went to Red Lobster. They have some items with "carb"
> |values but they look like Net Carb values which are totally useless to
> |me.  What is the best way to get carbohydrate information on
> |restaurants, especially small non-national restaurants?  I need the
> |total carbohydrate values for various menu meal items.  I often ask the
> |waitress and they mostly shrug their shoulders.  Any ideas you have
> |would be appreciated.
>
> Hi Douglas
>
> Now that you've got your book, a little more reading for you. Have a
> look at http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm . If you
> follow that advice it will assist you to understand exactly what the
> foods you eat do to your BG readings.
>
> Which group are you reading on?
>
>
> Cheers, Alan, T2 d&e, Australia.
> Remove weight and carbs to email.

Read the page, thanks.  I haven't settled on a diabetic newsgroup yet.
Any pro's and con's to each of them?

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