Inpatient Acute Care Diabetic Diet

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Hello,

I recently started as the food service director/only RD at a very tiny community

hospital. Many of the practices are outdated and I'm working to bring us into

the current century My question is what types of meal patterns or CHO

counting is the preferred method for diabetes control for acute care? We still

have the old " ADA " w/ calorie level diet and CHO meal pattern. I am also

familiar with the consistent CHO diets, but am not sure how to implement this

for our kitchen staff. It seems to me that you still have a CHO meal pattern,

but with only 3 levels such as low, medium, and high calorie/CHO levels??

Unfortunately, we are not computerized and we have a 7 day cycle menu. Any help

or examples would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!