How to count carbs

I love carbs. I really do, but after my first six weeks of working with my doctor, and taking all kinds of supplements (which I’ll get into in a later post), we decided that we needed to up the ante. That meant changing my carb intake. I should preface this by saying, many people with PCOS are insulin resistant…ummm what? I know, I was shocked when I first heard it too.

About Insulin Resistance:

A report published by the National Institute of Health, says that there is a very clear and real association between people with PCOS and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance (usually ascribed to people with diabetes can also be related to higher LDL cholesterol. You know the “bad” kind, and the kind that had shown up in my initial blood test). Basically, when you’re insulin resistant, after you eat your blood sugar increases and your body keeps producing insulin in the hopes that your body will respond (which it doesn’t). Thanks to the CDC for this little tidbit: “Lots of blood sugar in the bloodstream is very damaging to the body and needs to be moved into cells as soon as possible. There’s lots of insulin, too, telling the liver and muscles to store blood sugar. When they’re full, the liver sends the excess blood sugar to fat cells to be stored as body fat. Yep, weight gain.”

So all this information is why I’m now counting my carbs. But how does one do it?

It’s very simple: Total carbs - fiber =net carbs

In the example below the net carbs per serving is 2 - 1 = 1 net carb

Hope this helps! Happy carb counting.