# Different Ratio for Certain Foods?

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/different-ratio-for-certain-foods/13209>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Created:** [October 2, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/different-ratio-for-certain-foods/13209 "2022-10-02T16:41:46Z")\
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> [@beans\_betes](#):
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> I:C ratio of 1:8 works well for me for a lot of foods, but not for yogurt.

When eating foods that are a mix of carbs, protein and fats, rather than mostly carbs, some count some of the protein/fat grams into the calculation.

This is referred to as T-A-G, Total Available Glucose.

> [@Do You TAG? If so, how?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-tag-if-so-how/474):
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> [TAG (Total Available Glucose)](http://blog.joslin.org/2012/01/should-tag-be-a-part-of-your-diabetes-meal-plan/) is a counting system that also counts protein and fat (in addition to carbs) in order to calculate bolus insulin. Do you TAG? Do you TAG every meal, or some meals? What is your formula? How well does it work for you? We do not TAG in general, but do TAG high-fat meals such as Costco Pizza :-).Without it, we go high for long periods after some very high-fat meals. I will post soon an example of a TAGging error.

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