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Dan Abel

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> "Dan Abel" wrote
>
> > Both my nutritionist and my diabetes nurse are telling me that 1/3 cup
> > of cooked pasta is a carb portion. Three carb portions are a meal,
> > depending on some other factors. A cup of cooked pasta means no other
> > carbs for that meal (no dessert).
>
> Wouldn't it be simpler to just measure this in terms of
> calories of carbohydrates, rather than relying on inexact
> terminologies like "cups of cooked pasta" and "portions"?

I think that would be too complicated. People can visualize a cup of
cooked pasta. Some of these diabetics don't cook, and the people who do
the cooking may not be diabetic.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA