Diabetes and You by Novo Nordisk - HTML preview
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Knowing your nutrients and keeping track of your carbs
The foods you eat provide the nutrients your body needs to stay heathy. Each type of food has a different job to do in your body.
Carbohydrates (“carbs”)
- Are the main kind of food that raises blood sugar levels. That’s why it’s important to be aware of the amount of carbohydrates you eat
- Simple carbohydrates, or sugar, will begin to raise blood sugar very soon after you eat them
- Complex carbohydrates, or starchy foods, take longer for the body to change into sugar but will eventually be changed completely to sugar
