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Normal meal bolus using carbohydrate counting
Lydia has been taught that she needs to take 1 unit of insulin for every 10 grams of carbohydrate. This is her
insulin to carbohydrate ratio. For dinner she will have:
4 oz. broiled chicken 0 grams
2/3 cup of rice 30 grams
1/2 cup cooked broccoli 5 grams
1 oz. dinner roll 15 grams
1 tsp margarine 0 grams
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total grams of carbohydrates = 50 grams
Lydia's dinner totals 50 grams of carbohydrate. Her insulin to carbohydrate ratio is 1 unit: 10 grams. She will take
a meal bolus of 5 units for her dinner. She determined this by dividing 50 (total grams of carbohydrate) by 10
(insulin to carbohydrate ratio).
Choose a meal you might eat and fill in the blanks.
Food:__________ grams of carbohydrate:____________
__________ grams of carbohydrate:____________
__________ grams of carbohydrate:____________
total grams of carbohydrate:____________
Your insulin to carbohydrate ratio: 1 unit of insulin for _______ grams carbohydrate.
Divide your total carbohydrates by your insulin to carbohydrate ratio and take _____ units of insulin for your
meal.
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