Blood-sugar levels must maintain an equilibrium daily in the life of a diabetic. A diabetic is not barred from eating any kind of sugar. He can eat small amounts. Large amounts day in and day out can throw his body off kilter, though. He must monitor his intake to prevent complications from diabetes.
Grams Per Day Vary
The most that doctors recommend for their patients is 300 grams of sugar per day . Still, each patient has an individual limit of how much sugar is beneficial to his body. Some diabetics only need 120 grams per day. Other people can survive with 180 grams to 200 grams of sugar per day. It all depends on the trial and error of the doctor working with his patient to get the right dosage of insulin and the right diet balanced together to promote a healthy eating lifestyle.
U.S. Standards and Low Blood Sugar
In the United States, the standard measurement for a normal blood sugar reading is 70 to 100 mg/dl (milliliters over deciliters). Anything below these measurements will have a diabetic feeling lousy and sluggish, prompting her to measure her blood-sugar level. Then, she will find something sweet to compensate for the amount that the reading gave her to balance out her blood sugar.
Canadian Standards & High Blood Sugar
In Canada, the standard measurement for a normal blood sugar reading is 4 to 7 mmol/L (millimoles over liters). Anything above will prompt a diabetic to take his blood sugar reading and put in the appropriate amounts of insulin to bring his blood sugar down. He might also consume foods, herbs and spices, such as cinnamon or lemon juice, to bring down his blood sugar. High blood sugar is better than low blood sugar because high blood sugar can be brought down, but a blood sugar too low can lead to diabetic coma and/or death.
Restaurants and Grocery Stores
When eating out, a diabetic person needs to watch the sugar grams she intakes. It is important to read the labeling on packages in the grocery store, as well. The sugar and carbohydrate content and daily serving is key to discern what type of food is acceptable on his diet.
Natural and Processed Sugar
A carton or bottle of juice with 23 grams of sugar may be too much sugar for a diabetic to drink. Ten to 12 grams of sugar may prompt him to buy the bottle or carton of juice. Fruit juices laden with high fructose corn syrup are not a staple on the diabetic diet. In fact, they must be avoided however possible. Fruit juices that only contain the natural sugar from the fruit itself are encouraged on the diabetic diet. These sugar grams may be equal in quantity to those obtained from high fructose corn syrup, but the body of a diabetic can process and convert the natural sugar better than it can the refine high fructose corn syrup.
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