New term needed?

I think we need a word, or at least an abbreviation to describe the amount in grams of anything that we eat, anything we'd need insulin for, which raises our BG. I find it frustrating and confusing that the only term I'm aware of is "carbs" which can be a misnomer, as fats and proteins also affect our BG.

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Permalink Reply by HPNpilot on May 23, 2012 at 3:01pm

"carb equivalents" ?

Cequiv ?

Pumps could either be reprogrammed to take fat and protein grams as well and apply the
appropriate scaling factors (programmable by user) or just enter "carb equivalents" into today's pumps which means doing the arithmetic externally... ?

Permalink Reply by Shawnmarie on May 23, 2012 at 3:02pm

Would an alternative be something like Total Available Glucose (TAG), which I've seen references to?

Permalink Reply by Sam Iam on May 23, 2012 at 3:07pm

That's what I'm talking about. I think I've seen that, but never understood what it meant.

Somehow, it doesn't sound right in the context of TAG per day, though.

Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on May 23, 2012 at 3:09pm

I like grams as it reinforces the "food as medicine" sensation. G works ok.

Permalink Reply by Sam Iam on May 23, 2012 at 3:16pm

My earlier thought was "converted glucose" CG

Permalink Reply by Zoe on May 23, 2012 at 3:38pm

I don't worry about counting other things than carbs. I spend enough time figuring and counting things already! I think it evens out with I:C ratio which would be different if I counted those things as well. But we're all different.

Permalink Reply by HPNpilot on May 23, 2012 at 3:39pm

Agreed!

Permalink Reply by Sam Iam on May 23, 2012 at 4:58pm

I found that to be the case when I was eating 150-200g carbs, but now that I'm down to ~35, The protein hits be pretty hard (but later). Also, my TAG comes out to ~77g / day. On my pump I used daily avg - basal x carb ratio. I think this could be an important #.

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