How many carbs per day for diabetic female?
I'm a female diabetic and sometimes I feel overwhelmed with all the diet advice. Could someone please tell me the recommended carb intake per day for a diabetic female?
I'm a female diabetic and sometimes I feel overwhelmed with all the diet advice. Could someone please tell me the recommended carb intake per day for a diabetic female?
Honestly, don't get into too much heavy math for carbs daily. I just cut my white rice and normal roti by half and filled the plate with more sabzi and dal. This works very easily without stressful calculations.
I track my meals on MyFitnessPal and usually a safe starting point is around 100-130 grams of clean carbs for women, but it totally depends on your activity. Try logging your normal food for three days first to see where you actually stand.
Beta, there is no one magic number for everyone. Just try to eat thoda kam rice and add more green seasonal veggies in your plate. Take care of your health and don't take stress, everything will be fine.
Before you change your diet entirely, please do a simple fasting and PP blood sugar test from a local lab, it costs very little. Once you have the report, you can budget your rotis and rice according to your doctor's plan rather than buying expensive low-carb fancy foods.
I have been managing my sugar levels for twenty years now, so trust me on this. Don't completely stop carbs out of fear, just choose better ones like daliya or oats instead of maida and white sugar. Slow and steady changes are the ones that last forever.
Please be very careful with general online advice on low carb diets. For my diabetes, my doctor recommended around 30 to 45 grams of complex carbs per meal, but your body might react differently depending on your medication. Please check with your diabetologist first.
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