I'm not diabetic, but I am a medical student that has been given the task to create a diet plan which consists of 1500 calories, and to be diabetic approved.
My current calculation has given me the sum of 149.2g of sugar for the course of the day, breakfast to dinner.
Is this alright or have i gone too high?
I cannot seem to find a page of any sort saying safe daily intake on sugar for diabetics.
Much appreciated if anyone could feed me info.
You have to count carbs, not just sugars, as carbs will raise blood sugar too. I'd advise you to look at a table of diabetic food exchanges, and see how many carb exchanges someone on a 1500 calorie diet is allowed. I'm SUPPOSED to do this, but I don't, I just limit myself to one carb serving per meal or snack.
In the past I've worked with the Diabetes Society of the Santa Clara Valley as their Outreach Chairman for about 3 years. I've had Type 1 Diabetes since 1974.
Grams of sugar isn't what I look at. I count are grams of carbohydrate and with that I can calculate the amount of insulin to take. The amount of calories I intake is based on the what will keep me at a good weight. I've never had a doctor or dietitian talk to me about grams of sugar in something.
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