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LexieDouglas92
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Morning,
I am trying to eat a lot more fruits and vegetables and eat a loss less meat - since doing this, I have found I go over my sugar allowance every day by a substantial amount because of the fruit.
Is this something I should be worried about as its only natural sugar?
Thanks
I am trying to eat a lot more fruits and vegetables and eat a loss less meat - since doing this, I have found I go over my sugar allowance every day by a substantial amount because of the fruit.
Is this something I should be worried about as its only natural sugar?
Thanks
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"natural" sugar is still sugar, so it isn't like it doesn't count just because you got it from an apple.
However, unless you have a reason to be concerned with tracking sugar, like diabetes or something, then going over on sugar is no big deal. As long as you are keeping a caloric deficit you will lose weight no matter how much sugar you eat.0 -
Your body has no real way of discerning the difference between 'fruit sugar' and others. Barring a specific medical issue, don't worry about sugar at all.0
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Looking at your diary it isn't really "fruit" that's doing it - over 1/3 of the sugar one days was from some "vitamin water" (see below) and anothe rlarge contribution from a fruit soya yoghurt which I guess is also laced with sugar.
Dragonfruit flavoured Vitamin Water Ingredients :-
Spring Water, Fructose, Sugar, Citric Acid, Vitamins (C, Niacin, E, Pantothenic Acid, B6, Folic Acid), Sweetener (Steviol Glycosides), Mineral Salt (Ferric Pyrophosphate), Colour (Anthocyanins), Natural Flavourings0 -
Fruits and Veggies are so good for you! I go over every day on sugar because of fruit and I ignore it because I know I"m eating well. Think of all the nutrition you're getting!0
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Looking at your diary it isn't really "fruit" that's doing it - over 1/3 of the sugar one days was from some "vitamin water" (see below) and anothe rlarge contribution from a fruit soya yoghurt which I guess is also laced with sugar.
Dragonfruit flavoured Vitamin Water Ingredients :-
Spring Water, Fructose, Sugar, Citric Acid, Vitamins (C, Niacin, E, Pantothenic Acid, B6, Folic Acid), Sweetener (Steviol Glycosides), Mineral Salt (Ferric Pyrophosphate), Colour (Anthocyanins), Natural Flavourings
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GauchoMark wrote: »"natural" sugar is still sugar, so it isn't like it doesn't count just because you got it from an apple.
However, unless you have a reason to be concerned with tracking sugar, like diabetes or something, then going over on sugar is no big deal. As long as you are keeping a caloric deficit you will lose weight no matter how much sugar you eat.
This is so good to know!! I was worried because I go over on sugars all the bloody time! So happy to read this.
Thank you!
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Fruits are not bad, unless you have a disorder/disease that requires carb/sugar management. I stopped tracking it because it was driving me nuts to be "over", even when the sugar was coming from grapes or an apple.
Echoing above as well. Gotta watch out for those flavored waters though! They're mostly sugar water. Better off drinking a real glass with some fruit slices infused in it!0 -
It bothers me that I can't flag a post for being helpful or insightful -- well done, yarwell!
For others lured here by the headline -- if you're not sensitive to sugar, it's hard to eat too much sugar per ounce/gram of whole fruits (exception: dried fruits and maybe grapes). Eating too much fruit sugar will make it harder to balance your calories toward the proteins and fats column.
However, refined sugars are very dense -- a lot of calories for their light weight -- and when eaten to excess can cause short-term unwanted mental and physiological changes (a sugar high, an unusually blood-sugar spike) and long-term changes such as diabetes and lipid reactions.0 -
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I've just changed my calorie tracker so I see fibre instead of sugar - problem fixed
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THIS!RllyGudTweetr wrote: »Your body has no real way of discerning the difference between 'fruit sugar' and others. Barring a specific medical issue, don't worry about sugar at all.
All sugar is sugar - whether from a fruit or from candy! IT don't matter, your body treats it the same.
Unless you got tha diiiiaabeeettuuus, you're good to go!
Now excuse me while I go finish my tub of candy for breakfast!
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Ask your doctor.
Mine approved all the fruit I want to eat. 0 -
Why are we reducing protein??0
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Thank you so much for getting back to me = all good to know! yes Vitamin water was a massive shock once I had finished it, but if you look at the past week has mostly been dates/grapes etc. but thanks for all the advice0
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No, not all sugar is treated the same. There is evidence that fructose (a sugar in fruit but also a prominent sugar in High Fructose Corn Syrup as well as prominent in table sugar) is metabolized differently, converting more quickly to fat than expected.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/does-fructose-make-you-fatter/
Again, the small amount of sugar in a whole fruit is not concerning for most people. It's the high concentration of sugar in processed foods, baked products, syrups, and etc. that create for high-sugar meals and out-of-balance diets.0 -
LexieDouglas92 wrote: »Morning,
I am trying to eat a lot more fruits and vegetables and eat a loss less meat - since doing this, I have found I go over my sugar allowance every day by a substantial amount because of the fruit.
Is this something I should be worried about as its only natural sugar?
Thanks
Speak with your doctor, know one knows better than him.
Not sure why you would want to reduce your protein... Do you find your hungry all the time? that's because your not eating enough protein.
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OP - sugar is sugar ..does not matter where it comes from. I would suggest not tracking it at all. As long as you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight. So focus on being in your calorie and macro goals for the day, and not so much about sugar.0
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No, not all sugar is treated the same. There is evidence that fructose (a sugar in fruit but also the sugar in High Fructose Corn Syrup) is metabolized differently, converting more quickly to fat than expected.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/does-fructose-make-you-fatter/
Again, the small amount of sugar in a whole fruit is not concerning for most people. It's the high concentration of sugar in processed foods, baked products, syrups, and etc. that create for high-sugar meals and out-of-balance diets.
a NY times blog is hardly a definitive source....0 -
Tedebearduff wrote: »LexieDouglas92 wrote: »Morning,
I am trying to eat a lot more fruits and vegetables and eat a loss less meat - since doing this, I have found I go over my sugar allowance every day by a substantial amount because of the fruit.
Is this something I should be worried about as its only natural sugar?
Thanks
Speak with your doctor, know one knows better than him.
Not sure why you would want to reduce your protein... Do you find your hungry all the time? that's because your not eating enough protein.
Hi, I am trying to cut down meat not for a health point of view but for other reasons 0 -
No, not all sugar is treated the same. There is evidence that fructose (a sugar in fruit but also the sugar in High Fructose Corn Syrup) is metabolized differently, converting more quickly to fat than expected.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/does-fructose-make-you-fatter/
Huge sample size
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546703/
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