I was discussing diet with a friend of mine last weekend. We were talking about her mother, who is borderline type 2. I asked if her mother was watching her carbs and she said yes, that her mother had cut out almost all carbohydrates, but her blood sugars were still fluctuating all over the place.

When I asked what she was eating, my friend responded with "Chicken, fish, lots of fruit and yoghurt." I just kind of goggled at her. "Fruit? And yoghurt? Those have carbs in them, you know."

But no, she didn't know. Is it just that I've been dealing with carbs for so long now that I know this? Is it really that uncommon to know that certain foods have carbs and certain foods don't? I thought that all those people doing Atkins had clued the world into the fact that it's only protein that has little to no carbs. I just assumed everyone knew that an apple or an orange had carbs. Sure, they're much better for you than a bag of potato chips, but they still contain carbs.

It just seems that no matter how often I explain that sugar free doesn't equal carb free, people just don't get it. A carb is a carb is a carb and just because there's no nutritional label doesn't mean there aren't carbs involved. I just wish people would listen. It drives me crazy to have to keep explaining this over and over and over again.