when you read the book you will learn that your blood sugar will go up so many mg/
dl for each gram of carbohydrate you eat. In my case unless I compensate for them my b/
g will go up about 5 per carb. So if I eat 10 grams of carbs my b/g would go up 50 mg/dl. 10 grams is not all that much. Without much effort I could eat 50 grams of carbs. In that case my b/g would go up 250! So if I should start at 100 (fairly decent) my b/g would go up to 350 mg/dl. Now that is a serious number.