122: Carb Counting for Diabetics
From Type 2 Diabetes Talk by Dr Jedha
June 2, 2026 · 25 min · Episode 122
About this episode
Dr Jedha discusses the limitations of carb counting for diabetics and emphasizes the importance of understanding overall carbohydrate intake.
Carb counting has been standard diabetes advice for decades, but if it worked as well as many people hoped, far fewer people would still be struggling with high blood sugar, rising A1c, weight gain, and frustration. In this episode, Dr Jedha explores why carb counting became important mainstream advice for diabetics, where it often falls short, and why understanding the overall carbohydrate burden on the body is far more important than simply counting numbers on a page. For show notes and r...
People in this episode
Host: Dr Jedha
Topics covered
- carb counting
- diabetes management
- blood sugar control
- nutrition advice
- carbohydrate burden
Keywords
- carb counting
- diabetes
- A1c
- blood sugar
- nutrition
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