Carb Counter discriptions

August 20, 2009 11:25

MaryMary
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 1 post

Alongside the weight for melon, the Dafne Carb counter also gives '1 small slice'. Does anyone know whether this is peeled or unpeeled? On most fruits this wouldn't make much difference, but most of the weight of the melon is in the skin. Also can we please have the count for fresh, not tinned pineapple in there please?

August 20, 2009 12:24

JayBee DAFNE Graduate
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 587 posts

I know this might make some members laugh, but I have a similar problem with banana sizes.... is there some kind of "by banana" length guideline? I've been told that some large bananas are 2.5 units... so how do you know what's what when you're just looking at them?

August 20, 2009 21:34

LizB DAFNE Graduate
South East Kent PCT 23 posts

Hi

On our DAFNE course our Dietician had plastic sample portion sizes marked with their CP value and I remember the banana was quite small (about the size of one that you'd get in a "junior" pack in Sainsbury's and it was 1 1/2 CP. When I had a banana that lunchtime we peeled and weighed what I would consider to be a "normal" (not too big, not too small) banana and it was 2CP. Having seen these samples I've never forgotten it!

Hopefully this might help a bit, if not maybe your local Diabetes Specialist Dietician or DAFNE Educators could help out?

August 20, 2009 11:25 MaryMary University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 1 post	Alongside the weight for melon, the Dafne Carb counter also gives '1 small slice'. Does anyone know whether this is peeled or unpeeled? On most fruits this wouldn't make much difference, but most of the weight of the melon is in the skin. Also can we please have the count for fresh, not tinned pineapple in there please?
August 20, 2009 12:24 JayBee DAFNE Graduate James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 587 posts	I know this might make some members laugh, but I have a similar problem with banana sizes.... is there some kind of "by banana" length guideline? I've been told that some large bananas are 2.5 units... so how do you know what's what when you're just looking at them?
August 20, 2009 21:34 LizB DAFNE Graduate South East Kent PCT 23 posts	Hi On our DAFNE course our Dietician had plastic sample portion sizes marked with their CP value and I remember the banana was quite small (about the size of one that you'd get in a "junior" pack in Sainsbury's and it was 1 1/2 CP. When I had a banana that lunchtime we peeled and weighed what I would consider to be a "normal" (not too big, not too small) banana and it was 2CP. Having seen these samples I've never forgotten it! Hopefully this might help a bit, if not maybe your local Diabetes Specialist Dietician or DAFNE Educators could help out?