This visual guide helps you understand how foods affect your blood sugar level, enabling you to choose right foods to meet your diet goals, manage portion sizes and monitor the amount of carbs you consume - keeping your blood sugar levels well under control.

A calorie is just a measure of energy. Many healthy foods are also high in calories; it’s not just junk food or fatty foods. It can be more helpful to focus on balancing the number of calories you take in with the calories you burn each day. And it’s often more important to pay attention to ingredients that might be harmful instead of just the calorie count. Why You Need Calories Research shows that a starchy, high-carb diet may lead to decreased physical activity, and, ultimately, increased weight gain. Excessive weight gain can lead to obesity.Yonsei Medical Journal : “High-Carbohydrate Diets and Food Patterns and Their Associations with Metabolic Disease in the Korean Population.” Supermarket products from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose, M&S, Co-op and other stores are available to scan. Ramadan is the Holy Month for Muslims, a time of worship, self-discipline, austerity and charity. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and is obligatory for all Muslims. It takes place in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and this year it begins on around April 12 th 2021, depending on the sighting of the moon, and lasts for approximately one month. During Ramadan Muslims fast during the daylight hours all month, abstaining from all food and drink and other practices such as smoking. What it means Carbs & Cals was developed by Chris Cheyette BSc (Hons) MSc RD, Senior Diabetes Specialist Dietitian with 20 years experience working in the NHS.

Avoid drinks that contain caffeine such as tea and coffee as these can make you lose more water by going to the toilet more. Avoid sugary drinks such as orange, apple, tropical fruit juice and fizzy drinks. Diet drinks and non-sweetened drinks such as unsweetened labaan drinks are a preferred option Eating particularly large meals at Iftar (consuming more than 1500 calories per meal), which may result in high blood glucose levels after eating and weight gain Doughnuts are a popular morning treat, but one chocolate-frosted donut contains just under 30 grams of carbs.A significantly lower annual price would lead to a far higher customer take up (increasing company profit and more importantly customer satisfaction…I would have been upgrading and leaving a 5 star rating!). With a more reasonable annual rate, you would be receiving an ongoing 100% of a lower fee from far more people rather than 0% of your higher rate from many potential participants. It’s simple maths and definitely worth asking your customers’ opinion - I would definitely be ‘in the upgrade’, if the price was much lower. Why not ask your customer base what we think is a reasonable price to pay annually? The Qur’an allows you not to fast if you have an illness or medical condition. You could consider donating some money to charity as an alternative means of participating in Ramadan. But if you really want to fast, make sure you can do it safely. Reading the App comments, I can see others - sharing a lower star rating - feel the same. Why not consider a different business model to secure better business profits? American Journal of Public Health : “Effects of Soft Drink Consumption on Nutrition and Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” Carb content clearly displayed using blood glucose icons, highlighting each portion's possible effect on blood glucose level