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Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms And Causes Mayo Clinic Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms And Causes Mayo Clinic See full list on mayoclinic. org. According to the national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases (niddk), you can calculate the amount of carbs you need by first figuring out what percentage of your diet should be made up of carbohydrates. (the niddk notes that experts generally recommend this number be somewhere between 45 and 65 percent of your total calories, but people with diabetes are almost always recommended to stay lower than this range. ) multiply that percentage by your calorie target. for example, if youre aiming to get 50 percent of your calories from carbs and you eat 2,000 calories a day, youre aiming for about 1,000 calories of carbs. because the niddk says 1 gram (g) of carbohydrates provides 4 calories, you can divide the calories of carbs number by 4 to get your daily target for grams of carbs, which comes out to 250 g in this example. for a more pe...