How many grams of sugar should a type 2 diabetic eat in a day?

Answer 1

• It varies from person to person. Some people with Diabetes can take more carbohydrate than other diabetics can. Therefore, you need to test this out for yourself by counting carbs and checking your blood sugar levels, with your glucometer, after eating.

• Just recently the American Dietetics Association posted a meta-analysis of low-carbohydrate diets as treatment for diabetes and the evidence is in favor of total carbohydrate restriction. (See the link below about the ADA.)

• The ADA recommends that diabetic's blood sugar measurement before meals should be between 80 - 120 mg/dl and less than 170 mg/dl one to two hours after meals. Please use a glucometer and check until you're sure your carbohydrate intake doesn't bring your blood sugar above these limits.

• I am non-insulin- dependant diabetic type 2 and I can cope with no more than 15 grams of carbohydrate per day. Anything more than that and I feel dreadful. However, everyone is different. Some people with diabetes type 2 can cope with more, particularly if they are taking insulin.

• Diabetes (type II) is the body's way of telling you that you do not need as many carbohydrates as you are currently eating. Insulin sensitivity will increase as you lower your carbohydrate intake.

• We're talking about diabetes here, and your limbs and eyes and organs are at stake if you happen to be different from average. Everyone's reaction to carbohydrate is somewhat different, and if you're diabetic you can't afford to be wrong. Taking the advice above, I'd buy a glucometer (available inexpensively at any drugstore) and learn exactly how much carbohydrate *you* can eat without raising your blood sugar above the now-recommended limits.

• Note that changing the GI Index of carbohydrates you eat will soften the blood sugar spike too, so you have more control than simply changing the *amount* of carbohydrates you eat. More details on this strategy at the link below on "How to keep your blood sugar under control".

See the page link, further down this page, listed under Sources Related Links for more information.

Answer 2

You need to test this out for yourself by checking your blood sugar levels, with your glucose meter, after eating. Check one hour after eating and again two hours after eating. That way you will learn your carbohydrate limit. Moreover, the carbohydrate limit varies from person to person. Some people with diabetes type 2 can tolerate far fewer carbohydrates than others can. Eat according to your meter. Know your individual carbohydrate tolerance. Never follow what others do. Never leave it to chance. You have far too much to lose.

Answer 3

135g - 180g depending on weight and exercise

Answer 4

A person with type one Diabetes should consume the number of carbs consistent with a healthy diet based on the age height weight and activity level.

Answer 5

My avg. consumption of carbohydrates is limited to 65 grams x 3 meals, or a total of 195 grams. Amounts may vary, according to individual conditions.

Answer 6

1200 or 2500 depends on ur weight

Answer 7

250