How Many Calories is Proper for Diabetes

Diet therapy counts a lot for reducing burdens to the pancreas and treating diabetes. One important aspect is proper calorie intake. The more calories are consumed, the more insulin will be needed and there will be more burdens to the pancreas. For those that have diabetes, this will worsen their illness conditions. Therefore it is necessary to know what the proper daily intake of calories is.

Too much calories will aggravate diabetes, however inadequate calories can not meet the needs for maintaining normal life activities.

To determine the proper daily calorie intake, there are many factors that need to be taken into accounts such as diabetes type, body weight, gender, age, etc.

For type 1 diabetes, proper daily consumption of calories is about 16 calories/pound. That is to say for a person weighing 100 pounds, he should have 1600 calories every day.

For type 2 diabetes, the criteria is different. Generally, proper calories intake should be around 1500-1800 per day. This can help control blood sugar level and at the same time maintaining ideal body weight.

For teenagers and male, daily calorie consumption can be slightly more. Consult a doctor for more accurate data according to your specific physical and illness conditions.

The following are a list of common foods and their calorie content of every 100 grams for you to use as reference.

Calorie content in fruits and boiled vegetables

Tomato: 18 kilocalories

Lemon: 29 kcal

Watermelon: 30kcal

Strawberry: 32kcal

Pineapple: 50kcal

Apple: 52kcal

Cherry: 63kcal

Banana: 89kcal

Artichokes: 53kcal

Broccoli: 35kcal

Butternut squash: 39kcal

Cabbage: 23kcal

Carrots: 35kcal

Cauliflower: 23kcal

Celery: 18kcal

Corn: 108kcal

Green bean: 35kcal

Green pepper: 28kcal

Onion: 44kcal

Peas: 84kcal

Pumpkin: 20kcal

Sweet potatoes: 76kcal

Calorie content in meats

Calorie in roasted turkey: 229kcal

Calorie in cooked pork: 212kcal

Calorie in honey smoked ham: 122kcal