If a young man with type 1 diabetes wants to eat cake for dessert after a meal of roast chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, and dinner rolls, he should eat less
a. potatoes and/or rolls.
b. chicken and gravy.
c. green beans.
d. of everything.
A
Foods containing sucrose (such as cake or other desserts) should be substituted for other carbo-hydrate foods in the meal plan, so he should eat less potatoes and/or rolls. Chicken, gravy, and green beans are low in carbohydrate so he does not need to eat less if he wants to eat dessert.
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