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Sugar Allowance

lorijay24
lorijay24 Posts: 2
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone know if the sugar allowance in MFP is total sugar or just added or artificial sugar?
I eat a lot of fruit which has naturally occurring sugars and find this often pushes me over the daily allowance.

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  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    Total sugar. I ignore that one as most of my sugar comes from fruit and vegetables.
  • Phoenix_Down
    Phoenix_Down Posts: 530 Member
    It's total sugar but I don't even track it. Unless you have a medical condition, sugar is just a carb (tasty one at that) and I like carbs ;)
  • BattyP
    BattyP Posts: 18 Member
    I am like you lorijay, I have fruit for breakfast or lunch and it always takes me over the allowance. I did read in another post that natural sugar is Ok amd mfp cannot tell between natural or added. If that makes sense x
  • Thanks. I'll probably just ignore it in future.
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