MFP sugar calculator/recommended daily amount

Will_Run_for_Food

According to MFP, I should only be having 45 g of sugar/day. Makes sense, until I log in my daily fruit intake. An apple, an banana and half a cup of blueberries puts me over. I always thought it was supposed to be added sugar you should watch out for, but natural sugar (i.e. the kind found in fruit) was okay to an extent. If not, should I really be eating less fruit? Seems kind of silly that 2.5 servings of fruit is too much.

MakePeasNotWar

The USDA and world health organization recommend a maximum of 15% of calories from added sugar. As far as I know, no large health organizations have put a limit on total sugar intake. I either ignore the MFP sugar target or manually change it to something more reasonable.

Elsie_Brownraisin

I've turned off the sugar target because a few pieces of fruit seem to put me well over.

MakePeasNotWar

You can also go into your diary settings and change your display to track something else, like fibre or one of the micronutrients.

yarwell

MakePeasNotWar wrote: »

The USDA and world health organization recommend a maximum of 15% of calories from added sugar. As far as I know, no large health organizations have put a limit on total sugar intake

Yes they did. See http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1181259

MFPs limit is total sugar based on USDA example meal plans. WHO recommendation is 10% of "added sugar" as calories.

I don't understand the obsession with fruit, being from a latitude where it doesn't grow much, but the sugar in it is still sugar.

Will_Run_for_Food

MakePeasNotWar wrote: »

You can also go into your diary settings and change your display to track something else, like fibre or one of the micronutrients.

Aha! Done. Thank you.

Kalikel

I always say this, but one day I was thisclose to being over that MFP sugar number after breakfast, lol.

I swapped the sugar out for fiber and I'm so much better off for having done it. I needed to be reminded that I should be taking in more fiber. That did me good. The sugar thing was purposeless. I don't care if I go over.

When the experts talk about limiting sugars, they're talking about added sugars, not fruit. Unless the doctor has advised you to back off the fruit, there is no reason to skip the apple, raspberries and cherries. But if you haven't asked the doctor, you should.