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Nov 6, 2014

novorapidboi26 1,818 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

any meter with a delay [libre, CGM], just seems to be confusing for people...............why would you do it.......

these things are good for getting a good basal insulin delivery, what else........?

Nov 6, 2014

novorapidboi26 1,818 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

What was your last HbA1c?

It seems like a lot of money to me............

I still cant get on board with having a CGM full time unless you need it to identify hypos if your unaware of them.........

The readings you get aren't in real time and you need to calibrate the CGM regularly with blood glucose results.........

They would be good for overnight testing as well especially if your on a pump as you can program your basal every half hour........

so good in the short term yeah..........

but for constant use, I don't see why........... Smile

Nov 6, 2014

novorapidboi26 1,818 posts

Topic: General Discussion / How long do carbs take to 'process'

are you asking if your mid morning snack has left your system by lunch?

did you take insulin for your snack? If not then you should correct.....

I tend to think a meal as lasting the same as my insulin, so 4 hours..........a snack may be less, but if its mid morning, its very likely still going to be working......however, if you have gave yourself insulin for it, the insulin will also be working away, and so then you wouldn't correct your pre lunch BG.......

Nov 6, 2014

BeccyB 50 posts

Topic: General Discussion / How long do carbs take to 'process'

Does anyone know how long carbs take to get into your system?

I often have a mid-morning snack and then I don't know if it's all been absorbed yet when I get my lunchtime glucose level and whether I need to factor it in to any corrections. I know it will depend on the GI value but would be handy to have a rough idea for either end of the scale.

I had a quick hunt online but could only find lists of 'quick' and 'slow' foods not an idea of how slow 'slow' actually is!

Any info much appreciated...

Beccy

Nov 5, 2014

HelenP 218 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

Hi Novorapidboi!

The pump is technically 4 years old although about two years ago I was given an updated version. My private health fund "believes" I still have the original. Here in Australia if you have private health insurance often your health fund will pay for the pump thinking it will cost them less in the long run. So the fund paid the $AUD7000
and if I can persuade them to replace it I will get a new one when mine is 5 years old and technically out of warranty. The pump I have has the CGM function so what I have to buy is the receiver ($AUD810), the transmitter ($AUD580) and a pack of 5 sensors ($AUD410). I am told by the company that the sensors last 7 days but trawling the net tells me that by fiddling with the pump you can persuade it to restart on the existing sensor as if it is new and get another 7 days. People have recorded that they have had them last for as long as 30 days but a significant number report a life of between 20-25 days. Therefore price is expected to be between $12 and $4 a day just for the sensors. Problems with keeping it in place seems to be another issue... The tape gunk etc will add to the cost. So $AUD1000 to start and them the daily cost of the sensors!

Another issue I have is that the companies seem to lose interest in you once they have their money so when I am due for a new one I was thinking of changing to a Medtronic (we seem to have only two types available here).

The health fund will not come to the party with the CGM but I am having increasing difficulty keeping the BGs "flat" and my HbA1c is slowly rising. so I thought I would look at the CGM. Something to do with age/insulin sensitivity? Feeling very frustrated.

Helen

Nov 5, 2014

BeccyB 50 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

Bit of an update to the last post - I'm now on Day 5 and the latest Libre result is still about 3mmol/l below my usual meter. I also did blood test using the libre with the same finger prick (I already use a freestyle meter so have the right strips) and interestingly it matched exactly to the 'normal' libre result which could suggest they are right about the shorter delay between the 2 types of reading.

I'm still left with the dilema of which machine do I trust - if the libre says I'm 6.0 do I celebrate at being in target, or correct because I'm probably actually at 9ish. I guess most people would be able to trust their feelings when dropping low and see which machine reflects it, unfortunately I've been uncontrolled for ages so if my results is 3.0 is it a true hypo or just me feeling low at 6.0 because I've been high for so long!! Confused

Nov 5, 2014

novorapidboi26 1,818 posts

Topic: Questions ? / Review of BG Diary

if your waking up high, then you should try increasing your bedtime 16..............

do some 3 am tests to confirm its working and to identify the dawn phenomenon if it exists.......... Smile

if you can get your waking result down to a reasonable level, then you will be in a better position to make an AM BI dose change.........

if your carb free most mornings, that's an excellent opportunity to do hourly tests to see what your BI is doing over that time..........

Nov 5, 2014

novorapidboi26 1,818 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

how old is your pump Helen?

If I remember correctly you had to buy your own pump?

Does that mean you will be getting a new one soon?

It sounds as though your thinking of replacing the pump with a CGM, but obviously that isn't how it works........ Smile

Nov 5, 2014

Shafiq 6 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can't set QA:CP ratios on iOS

Many thanks Simon
Really appreciated!

Nov 5, 2014

Simon 574 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can't set QA:CP ratios on iOS

Hi Shafiq,

I've fixed this now as its in the latest version of the app which is now on the App Store (version 2.0.3). Sorry for the inconvenience!

Simon

Nov 4, 2014

BeccyB 50 posts

Topic: General Discussion / How to Remember If You've Done an Injection

I'm _exactly_ like you Teanosugar!

Thanks for starting this thread asI didn't think there was a 'memory' Novopen available - I'm getting straight on to my DSN!! Very Happy

Nov 3, 2014

Shafiq 6 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can't set QA:CP ratios on iOS

Thanks Chris!

Nov 3, 2014

Chris Salter 8 posts

Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can't set QA:CP ratios on iOS

Hi, I emailed the developer Simon about this. It appears to be a problem with iOS 8 and is due to be fixed soon!

I hope this helps!

Chris

Nov 3, 2014

Chris Salter 8 posts

Topic: Questions ? / Review of BG Diary

Hi guys, fairly new to DAFNE and have made a few changes to my insulin, but am still not quite right. I recently reduced my lunch ratio from 1.5:1 to 1.25:1 as was having hypo sometime between afternoon and tea, but still feel my morning to lunch sugar is too high! I rarely have breakfast, so can only think of increasing my am BI to 16??? Any thoughts???

Nov 3, 2014

hypo 18 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Jelly Babies

It's Jelly Babies for me 2 is usually enough and Bassett's are lovely and like Alan says they are a treat It's a good job it is only occasionally they are needed

Nov 3, 2014

BeccyB 50 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

Well I'm on day 3 now and loving it!

As others have said, inserting the sensor was ridiculously easy and pain free - I thought I'd done it wrong and it hadn't attached at first as I felt literally nothing! I've only knocked it once, and got my strap caught on it once and neither time did it seem to be any problem. You really do forget it's there most of the time.

On the first day the libre was running approximately 3 mmol/l below my normal meter, and when I dropped low it seemed that the meter's result matched how I felt. I haven't done the comparison since Saturday as I decided to just run with the libre result. I had a hypo last night though and again the libre result was a lower than I actually felt. To be honest I'm not too worried about this at the moment though as I have a horrendous hba1c and rarely test, so just having some info and being able to see when I'm creeping up is enough for the moment Embarassed

I went out on Saturday night and I considered wearing clothes to cover the sensor, or putting a flesh coloured plaster over it (anyone know if this would be ok?) but just went for it in the end. I had one person approach me to say 'excuse me but you have something stuck on your arm' but I just thanked them and said it was meant to be there. I think probably from a distance it just looks like a nicotine patch possibly? And it was great to be able to just slip the libre out my little handbag and do a quick check to see if the wobbles were hypo or alcohol induced Shocked

I haven't tried the software yet but like marke would be concerned at having no ability to store the data on the pc, will be interesting to see what Abbott have to say.

Overall I'm really pleased with it and certainly feel more in control than I ever have before - even though my levels aren't actually controlled yet! Very Happy

Nov 2, 2014

marke 655 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter)

Update: I am still chasing Abbott for a response on backup of device data but their customer service doesn't seem to have improved since the launch of the device. Working in IT as I do, backups come to be a bit of an obsession so I would really like an answer from them. To remind you it seems to keep all of the data on the device and does not transfer it to the PC. The PC software they provide only works with the device connected to the PC and doesn't appear to transfer the data onto the PC. Yes you can create PDF's but that is not, to me, an acceptable means of backing up my data. The device holds 90 days of data apparently which is a lot to loose if you mis place the meter.

Nov 1, 2014

HelenP 218 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

Hi,

Has anyone in Australia ventured to CGMs?

What is the total cost?
What is the learning curve...and who teaches you?
What is the upside? Downsides?

My pump runs out of guarantee in a few months and am thinking of going with a CGM (also thinking of changing manufacturers!).Have not had a happy experience with the two diabetic educators I have tried and am cautious of this next step. Both CDEs were more interested in building up a client base that they saw every month rather than "educating" you about your pump and how to work with it. AAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH!

Helen

Nov 1, 2014

SimonC 78 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Packaged food without total weight

Moray Nairn said:
Has anyone else been UNBELIEVABLY annoyed by pacakaged foods which have the nutritional content included per 100g, but then fail to even report the weight of the item which is being sold?!!!

I'm looking at a range of Tesco cakes, and there are brownies and millionaire shortbread and rocky roads - all of which are high in carbohydrate, and I can see that the CHO content varies from 50 to 70g per 100g. Great. Now I can go ahead and estimate my carbohydrate consumption... but no, actually I can't because I have no idea how much of the food is in the package! There are 22 slices of millionaire shortbread, and there are the mini-nutritional content on teh front showing the calorie and fat content per unit, but not the carb. So I can laboriously calculate the per item carb content by figuring out what proprotion of the total calorific value each individual slice is, and then applying that ratio to the total carbohydrate content of the whole package!

Annoying. I had thought that all food products had to have a record of the total weight of each package, but perhaps not......

Moray - I agree, I find it extremely irritating that when you pick up something and there is the total per 100g but no total weight of the item - I am perfectly capable of doing a small bit of maths, but I need the info to work with.

What I also find bizarre is that - and again this was tesgrots but it's not exclusive to them, I picked up one packet of sandwiches to see the CHO, and they had them per pack - great, but a different flavour - in the same range, only had per 100g and no total weight. The problem was didn't really fancy the first one, and would have preferred the second, but had no idea what the CHO content was.

I accept that someone will say, then don't buy at Tesco's then, but what about my ability to choose what I would like - and on this occasion there were no other stores within 30 mins walking and I was on a lunch break on a course and only had 45 mins - so was stuck at Tesgrots. Also this isn't limited to just them - nearly all the big stores do this on some of their items - and IT IS REALLY annoying.

Nov 1, 2014

Garry 328 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Packaged food without total weight

I sympathise. Some people find the necessary maths too difficult to do and make Carbohydrate intake errors as a result.
I've complained in the past about alcoholic drinks which show an alcohol unit value but no CHO value.
Now I see that there is a media supported push to get calorific values on drinks labelling.......but still no support for us. It really hacks me off. There are some 400,000 type 1s in the UK now. Surely we warrant some support.
Regards
Garry

Nov 1, 2014

NilesCrane 5 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

Have been informed on diabetessupport message board that the cellnovo pump is available on NHS so I'm still not sure. I'll ask my diabetic nurse when I see her later this month. I keep you informed.

Oct 31, 2014

NilesCrane 5 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps

Cheers. I saw a video on Youtube - John from Swansea but don't know if he got his on the NHS.

This is the link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO3_tIkrLww&edit=vd

Oct 31, 2014

Moray Nairn 3 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Packaged food without total weight

Has anyone else been UNBELIEVABLY annoyed by pacakaged foods which have the nutritional content included per 100g, but then fail to even report the weight of the item which is being sold?!!!

I'm looking at a range of Tesco cakes, and there are brownies and millionaire shortbread and rocky roads - all of which are high in carbohydrate, and I can see that the CHO content varies from 50 to 70g per 100g. Great. Now I can go ahead and estimate my carbohydrate consumption... but no, actually I can't because I have no idea how much of the food is in the package! There are 22 slices of millionaire shortbread, and there are the mini-nutritional content on teh front showing the calorie and fat content per unit, but not the carb. So I can laboriously calculate the per item carb content by figuring out what proprotion of the total calorific value each individual slice is, and then applying that ratio to the total carbohydrate content of the whole package!

Annoying. I had thought that all food products had to have a record of the total weight of each package, but perhaps not......

Nov 6, 2014 novorapidboi26 1,818 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) any meter with a delay [libre, CGM], just seems to be confusing for people...............why would you do it....... these things are good for getting a good basal insulin delivery, what else........?

Nov 6, 2014 novorapidboi26 1,818 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps What was your last HbA1c? It seems like a lot of money to me............ I still cant get on board with having a CGM full time unless you need it to identify hypos if your unaware of them......... The readings you get aren't in real time and you need to calibrate the CGM regularly with blood glucose results......... They would be good for overnight testing as well especially if your on a pump as you can program your basal every half hour........ so good in the short term yeah.......... but for constant use, I don't see why...........

Nov 6, 2014 novorapidboi26 1,818 posts	Topic: General Discussion / How long do carbs take to 'process' are you asking if your mid morning snack has left your system by lunch? did you take insulin for your snack? If not then you should correct..... I tend to think a meal as lasting the same as my insulin, so 4 hours..........a snack may be less, but if its mid morning, its very likely still going to be working......however, if you have gave yourself insulin for it, the insulin will also be working away, and so then you wouldn't correct your pre lunch BG.......

Nov 6, 2014 BeccyB 50 posts	Topic: General Discussion / How long do carbs take to 'process' Does anyone know how long carbs take to get into your system? I often have a mid-morning snack and then I don't know if it's all been absorbed yet when I get my lunchtime glucose level and whether I need to factor it in to any corrections. I know it will depend on the GI value but would be handy to have a rough idea for either end of the scale. I had a quick hunt online but could only find lists of 'quick' and 'slow' foods not an idea of how slow 'slow' actually is! Any info much appreciated... Beccy

Nov 5, 2014 HelenP 218 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps Hi Novorapidboi! The pump is technically 4 years old although about two years ago I was given an updated version. My private health fund "believes" I still have the original. Here in Australia if you have private health insurance often your health fund will pay for the pump thinking it will cost them less in the long run. So the fund paid the $AUD7000 and if I can persuade them to replace it I will get a new one when mine is 5 years old and technically out of warranty. The pump I have has the CGM function so what I have to buy is the receiver ($AUD810), the transmitter ($AUD580) and a pack of 5 sensors ($AUD410). I am told by the company that the sensors last 7 days but trawling the net tells me that by fiddling with the pump you can persuade it to restart on the existing sensor as if it is new and get another 7 days. People have recorded that they have had them last for as long as 30 days but a significant number report a life of between 20-25 days. Therefore price is expected to be between $12 and $4 a day just for the sensors. Problems with keeping it in place seems to be another issue... The tape gunk etc will add to the cost. So $AUD1000 to start and them the daily cost of the sensors! Another issue I have is that the companies seem to lose interest in you once they have their money so when I am due for a new one I was thinking of changing to a Medtronic (we seem to have only two types available here). The health fund will not come to the party with the CGM but I am having increasing difficulty keeping the BGs "flat" and my HbA1c is slowly rising. so I thought I would look at the CGM. Something to do with age/insulin sensitivity? Feeling very frustrated. Helen

Nov 5, 2014 BeccyB 50 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Bit of an update to the last post - I'm now on Day 5 and the latest Libre result is still about 3mmol/l below my usual meter. I also did blood test using the libre with the same finger prick (I already use a freestyle meter so have the right strips) and interestingly it matched exactly to the 'normal' libre result which could suggest they are right about the shorter delay between the 2 types of reading. I'm still left with the dilema of which machine do I trust - if the libre says I'm 6.0 do I celebrate at being in target, or correct because I'm probably actually at 9ish. I guess most people would be able to trust their feelings when dropping low and see which machine reflects it, unfortunately I've been uncontrolled for ages so if my results is 3.0 is it a true hypo or just me feeling low at 6.0 because I've been high for so long!!

Nov 5, 2014 novorapidboi26 1,818 posts	Topic: Questions ? / Review of BG Diary if your waking up high, then you should try increasing your bedtime 16.............. do some 3 am tests to confirm its working and to identify the dawn phenomenon if it exists.......... if you can get your waking result down to a reasonable level, then you will be in a better position to make an AM BI dose change......... if your carb free most mornings, that's an excellent opportunity to do hourly tests to see what your BI is doing over that time..........

Nov 5, 2014 novorapidboi26 1,818 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps how old is your pump Helen? If I remember correctly you had to buy your own pump? Does that mean you will be getting a new one soon? It sounds as though your thinking of replacing the pump with a CGM, but obviously that isn't how it works........

Nov 5, 2014 Shafiq 6 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can't set QA:CP ratios on iOS Many thanks Simon Really appreciated!

Nov 5, 2014 Simon 574 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can't set QA:CP ratios on iOS Hi Shafiq, I've fixed this now as its in the latest version of the app which is now on the App Store (version 2.0.3). Sorry for the inconvenience! Simon

Nov 4, 2014 BeccyB 50 posts	Topic: General Discussion / How to Remember If You've Done an Injection I'm _exactly_ like you Teanosugar! Thanks for starting this thread asI didn't think there was a 'memory' Novopen available - I'm getting straight on to my DSN!!

Nov 3, 2014 Shafiq 6 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can't set QA:CP ratios on iOS Thanks Chris!

Nov 3, 2014 Chris Salter 8 posts	Topic: DAFNE Online Mobile / Can't set QA:CP ratios on iOS Hi, I emailed the developer Simon about this. It appears to be a problem with iOS 8 and is due to be fixed soon! I hope this helps! Chris

Nov 3, 2014 Chris Salter 8 posts	Topic: Questions ? / Review of BG Diary Hi guys, fairly new to DAFNE and have made a few changes to my insulin, but am still not quite right. I recently reduced my lunch ratio from 1.5:1 to 1.25:1 as was having hypo sometime between afternoon and tea, but still feel my morning to lunch sugar is too high! I rarely have breakfast, so can only think of increasing my am BI to 16??? Any thoughts???

Nov 3, 2014 hypo 18 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Jelly Babies It's Jelly Babies for me 2 is usually enough and Bassett's are lovely and like Alan says they are a treat It's a good job it is only occasionally they are needed

Nov 3, 2014 BeccyB 50 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Well I'm on day 3 now and loving it! As others have said, inserting the sensor was ridiculously easy and pain free - I thought I'd done it wrong and it hadn't attached at first as I felt literally nothing! I've only knocked it once, and got my strap caught on it once and neither time did it seem to be any problem. You really do forget it's there most of the time. On the first day the libre was running approximately 3 mmol/l below my normal meter, and when I dropped low it seemed that the meter's result matched how I felt. I haven't done the comparison since Saturday as I decided to just run with the libre result. I had a hypo last night though and again the libre result was a lower than I actually felt. To be honest I'm not too worried about this at the moment though as I have a horrendous hba1c and rarely test, so just having some info and being able to see when I'm creeping up is enough for the moment I went out on Saturday night and I considered wearing clothes to cover the sensor, or putting a flesh coloured plaster over it (anyone know if this would be ok?) but just went for it in the end. I had one person approach me to say 'excuse me but you have something stuck on your arm' but I just thanked them and said it was meant to be there. I think probably from a distance it just looks like a nicotine patch possibly? And it was great to be able to just slip the libre out my little handbag and do a quick check to see if the wobbles were hypo or alcohol induced I haven't tried the software yet but like marke would be concerned at having no ability to store the data on the pc, will be interesting to see what Abbott have to say. Overall I'm really pleased with it and certainly feel more in control than I ever have before - even though my levels aren't actually controlled yet!

Nov 2, 2014 marke 655 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Cyborg Times (new BG meter) Update: I am still chasing Abbott for a response on backup of device data but their customer service doesn't seem to have improved since the launch of the device. Working in IT as I do, backups come to be a bit of an obsession so I would really like an answer from them. To remind you it seems to keep all of the data on the device and does not transfer it to the PC. The PC software they provide only works with the device connected to the PC and doesn't appear to transfer the data onto the PC. Yes you can create PDF's but that is not, to me, an acceptable means of backing up my data. The device holds 90 days of data apparently which is a lot to loose if you mis place the meter.

Nov 1, 2014 HelenP 218 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps Hi, Has anyone in Australia ventured to CGMs? What is the total cost? What is the learning curve...and who teaches you? What is the upside? Downsides? My pump runs out of guarantee in a few months and am thinking of going with a CGM (also thinking of changing manufacturers!).Have not had a happy experience with the two diabetic educators I have tried and am cautious of this next step. Both CDEs were more interested in building up a client base that they saw every month rather than "educating" you about your pump and how to work with it. AAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH! Helen

Nov 1, 2014 SimonC 78 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Packaged food without total weight Moray Nairn said: Has anyone else been UNBELIEVABLY annoyed by pacakaged foods which have the nutritional content included per 100g, but then fail to even report the weight of the item which is being sold?!!! I'm looking at a range of Tesco cakes, and there are brownies and millionaire shortbread and rocky roads - all of which are high in carbohydrate, and I can see that the CHO content varies from 50 to 70g per 100g. Great. Now I can go ahead and estimate my carbohydrate consumption... but no, actually I can't because I have no idea how much of the food is in the package! There are 22 slices of millionaire shortbread, and there are the mini-nutritional content on teh front showing the calorie and fat content per unit, but not the carb. So I can laboriously calculate the per item carb content by figuring out what proprotion of the total calorific value each individual slice is, and then applying that ratio to the total carbohydrate content of the whole package! Annoying. I had thought that all food products had to have a record of the total weight of each package, but perhaps not...... Moray - I agree, I find it extremely irritating that when you pick up something and there is the total per 100g but no total weight of the item - I am perfectly capable of doing a small bit of maths, but I need the info to work with. What I also find bizarre is that - and again this was tesgrots but it's not exclusive to them, I picked up one packet of sandwiches to see the CHO, and they had them per pack - great, but a different flavour - in the same range, only had per 100g and no total weight. The problem was didn't really fancy the first one, and would have preferred the second, but had no idea what the CHO content was. I accept that someone will say, then don't buy at Tesco's then, but what about my ability to choose what I would like - and on this occasion there were no other stores within 30 mins walking and I was on a lunch break on a course and only had 45 mins - so was stuck at Tesgrots. Also this isn't limited to just them - nearly all the big stores do this on some of their items - and IT IS REALLY annoying.

Nov 1, 2014 Garry 328 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Packaged food without total weight I sympathise. Some people find the necessary maths too difficult to do and make Carbohydrate intake errors as a result. I've complained in the past about alcoholic drinks which show an alcohol unit value but no CHO value. Now I see that there is a media supported push to get calorific values on drinks labelling.......but still no support for us. It really hacks me off. There are some 400,000 type 1s in the UK now. Surely we warrant some support. Regards Garry

Nov 1, 2014 NilesCrane 5 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps Have been informed on diabetessupport message board that the cellnovo pump is available on NHS so I'm still not sure. I'll ask my diabetic nurse when I see her later this month. I keep you informed.

Oct 31, 2014 NilesCrane 5 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Insulin Pumps Cheers. I saw a video on Youtube - John from Swansea but don't know if he got his on the NHS. This is the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO3_tIkrLww&edit=vd

Oct 31, 2014 Moray Nairn 3 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Packaged food without total weight Has anyone else been UNBELIEVABLY annoyed by pacakaged foods which have the nutritional content included per 100g, but then fail to even report the weight of the item which is being sold?!!! I'm looking at a range of Tesco cakes, and there are brownies and millionaire shortbread and rocky roads - all of which are high in carbohydrate, and I can see that the CHO content varies from 50 to 70g per 100g. Great. Now I can go ahead and estimate my carbohydrate consumption... but no, actually I can't because I have no idea how much of the food is in the package! There are 22 slices of millionaire shortbread, and there are the mini-nutritional content on teh front showing the calorie and fat content per unit, but not the carb. So I can laboriously calculate the per item carb content by figuring out what proprotion of the total calorific value each individual slice is, and then applying that ratio to the total carbohydrate content of the whole package! Annoying. I had thought that all food products had to have a record of the total weight of each package, but perhaps not......