what should my sugar intake be?

imzosocrazy

I don't eat much added sugar anymore- probably about 15-20 grams, but I get about the same or up to 30 grams of sugars from fruit which can really add up. I just wanted to know if the 25 grams people are supposed to eat a day is counting both sugars or just the added, and what is the maximum amount of natural sugars you should have a day.

lexarae87

I've heard there's really no limit as long as you don't have diabetes or other health concerns. I usually stay around 50-60g a day. And yes that includes fruit.

Uneeknitter

The American Heart Society says no more than 6 tsp. or 25 gms of added sugar per day. They have an article about it here: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyEating/Sugar-101_UCM_306024_Article.jsp

SharonBrobst

As long as you do not have diabetes sugars found naturally in foods is not bad. But too much of even a good thing can be bad.

I too have cut out added sugars due to being borderline diabetic and trying to get my numbers down. I try to stay between the AHS suggested 25gms and MFP 45gms. I usually have no problem staying below the 25...except yesterday I was way over!! Too much fruit! lol

Sued0nim

Swap out your sugar tracking for something useful like fibre

Sued0nim

Uneeknitter wrote: »

The American Heart Society says no more than 6 tsp. or 25 gms of added sugar per day. They have an article about it here: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyEating/Sugar-101_UCM_306024_Article.jsp

This a guideline to tackle obesity due to over consumption of calories

It is not because there is anything bad in consuming sugar per se

If someone is accurately counting their calories and has a generally nutritious diet then there is no point in tracking sugar or limiting it ..other than dental health of course

And the body treats added refined sugar in exactly the same way as fruit or dairy sugars...cos it's the same stuff

yarwell

MFP has a lower limit on total sugars of 45g at 1200 calories. Anyone with less has either set it manually of not recalculated their goals for 18 months.

itsjoshuashawn

Refined sugars are not fully treated by the human body as natural sugars are. The refined sugars are not expelled biologically in the same manner. Our bodies are actually unable to fully breakdown certain refined sugars, due to the molecular structure. The effects of this have been theorized in multiple studies but a true answer had not been established yet.

To the sugar intake, it seems if mainly about 80-90% of your daily sugars are natural, within about 50g-60g, you should be completely fine. Links of sugar intake to obesity is only one of very many other factors found to increase likelihood of obesity, even going as far as the amount of microbes present in your intestines. If you can take in lower sugars and be happy, I don't personally see anything wrong with it.

Hope this helped if at all!

louubelle16

I tend to think of my sugar intake as being ok, as long as I avoid added sugar wherever possible. I usually go over my daily limit according to MFP, but I like fruit and don't see that as being a bad thing!