How much sugar is too much sugar?

julianpoutram

Just wanted to know because the goals I have set myself, I seem to exceed sugar. These sugars are mostly from fruits but how much sugar should I be aiming to stay under per day? Like today, my sugar consumpton was 100+ grams!

Thanks for any responses here!

juggernaut1974

Too much = an amount which would put you over your total caloric budget for the day and/or so much that it impedes your getting adequate other macro and micro nutrients.

Unless you're diabetic or have other medical issues with sugar.

Phoenix_Down

I ignore sugar in my diary, as I don't have a medical condition that requires me to monitor it. Instead, I focus on hitting my macro and micronutrients for health and staying within my calorie limits for whatever my goals may be.

SueInAz

100 grams of sugar is actually quite a bit. There's no real reason to avoid sugar but you may want to moderate your intake a bit. To your body, sugar is sugar whether it's granulated, in a candy bar or from fruit.

I don't use the sugar tracker in MFP. It's really not very helpful for me, especially since it's already tracking total carbs. I changed mine to track calcium instead.

yarwell

julianpoutram wrote: »

Just wanted to know because the goals I have set myself, I seem to exceed sugar. These sugars are mostly from fruits but how much sugar should I be aiming to stay under per day?

UK GDI is 90 grams. Drop the raisins and you're under it. Grapes (raisins before drying) and Banana are the highest sugar fruits at 15 and 20+. Avoid them and replace with apple or something lower like raspberries and the number will fall.

HeidiCooksSupper

The flippant-but-true answer is that no one knows. The US has a recommendation for "added sugars" but not for sugars that naturally occur in foods. Generally, you don't need to avoid the naturally occurring sugars in an otherwise well-balanced diet unless you have difficulty processing them for example, if you have diabetes. If you eat or drink sugary foods of any kind and then don't brush your teeth, you enhance the likelihood of developing dental cavities so there is that to consider. And for some of us more than others, sweet tastes pique our appetites and drive us to want to eat more.