Carb counting is a valuable tool in managing diabetes. By understanding how carbohydrates affect your blood sugar and learning how to count them accurately, you can make smarter food choices and ...

Tallying the number of carbohydrates in the diet may be helpful to people using an insulin pump to treat type 1 diabetes, a small study suggests.

How many carbs you eat might be less important for your blood sugar than your food's glycemic load, a measure that also takes into account how quickly you absorb those carbs.

"Carbohydrate counting is critical for accurate management of diabetes," said co-author Dr. Sumana Narasimhan, a pediatric endocrinologist at Cleveland Clinic Children's in Ohio.