Sugar and Sodium

Anniecakesss
Anniecakesss Posts: 13
in Food and Nutrition
It's so tough to eat fruit and not go over your sugar. And also---sodium! I go over that all the time! I need words of wisdom. Please tell me what you do to keep your sugar and sodium in check?

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  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    More veggies instead of fruit, and less canned soups/ boxed foods? Usually when I see people go way over, it's because of those... :smile:
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    well what are you eating that makes you go over your sodium? I know what I ate that did.


    dont worry about sugar....
    there is nothing wrong with sugar..
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    It's so tough to eat fruit and not go over your sugar. And also---sodium! I go over that all the time! I need words of wisdom. Please tell me what you do to keep your sugar and sodium in check?

    The recommendation for sugar is based on the American Heart Association's for ADDED/REFINED sugar. Just keep your added sugar in check...personally, I avoid high fructose corn syrup completely.

    Eat your fruit...it's good for you. I hardly think the obesity epidemic is due to people eating their 2-3 servings of fruit per day. Little common sense here.

    As for sodium, more natural, whole foods. If you're eating a lot of processed food and/or you eat out a lot, you're going to be getting a lot of sodium (and added sugar/high fructose corn syrup). I have to watch sodium due to hypertension...that means most of my food is prepared from scratch, whole food ingredients. I eat a lot of veg, fruit, nuts, lean proteins, and healthy fats...processed food is minimal.

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