How many grams of sugar do you eat in a day?

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  • Jmeisalive
    Jmeisalive Posts: 38 Member
    ...pretty much the equivalent of a kiddy pool.
  • gracetillman
    gracetillman Posts: 190 Member
    Thank you to everyone who responded. I thought it was added sugars too but then MFP tracks all sugar and caps it at 25g so I thought maybe i misunderstood.

    As I said, going over (when I include naturally occurring sugars like those in fruits and dairy) doesn't seem to impact my weight loss and honestly it makes my diet broader and more varied. I enjoy cooking and baking -- I reduce any added sugar where I can, but I am not making my own bread or dairy.

    I will be mindful of it, but not let it control me.

    Thanks again.
  • ngyoung
    ngyoung Posts: 311 Member
    You mean carbs not sugar? 25g of sugar is over when you eat greek yogurt or fruit. Doesn't matter. As long as you dont over do it. I eat about 150-175g of carbs per day

    Not the yogurt I eat. Fage whole fat is 9g for a 1cup serving iirc. I can only eat about 1/2 though at a time, is pretty filling. I usually only track total carbs and fiber to determine net carbs. I try to keep around 50-100g carbs daily.
  • nonnadiquattro
    nonnadiquattro Posts: 3 Member
    I have a hard time staying below the 25 grams of sugar that MFP allows me. My plain Kefir is about half of that! Help!
    Any suggestions?

    Also, is there any way to add fiber to the daily allowances??? I would think they'd already have that included.

    Thanks!

    Nonna
  • aimforhealthy
    aimforhealthy Posts: 449 Member
    I switched sugar for fiber in my diary since I was sick of seeing the big red number in my sugar column every day. You can barely eat 2 pieces of fruit a day without going over and that is ridiculous. Unless you are a diabetic or have some other medical condition, I would ignore it.
    Yup.
  • thmgoodw
    thmgoodw Posts: 49
    <10g/day
  • thmgoodw
    thmgoodw Posts: 49


    Also, is there any way to add fiber to the daily allowances??? I would think they'd already have that included.


    Click on the Food tab, then Settings. You are allowed 5 things to show in your diary (although everything is tracked), but you can change them up however you want. I don't need to track Sodium, so I added Fiber to my five tracking values.
  • _EndGame_
    _EndGame_ Posts: 770 Member
    I usually go over on sugar every day, but it's mainly down to fruit.
  • nonnadiquattro
    nonnadiquattro Posts: 3 Member


    Also, is there any way to add fiber to the daily allowances??? I would think they'd already have that included.


    Click on the Food tab, then Settings. You are allowed 5 things to show in your diary (although everything is tracked), but you can change them up however you want. I don't need to track Sodium, so I added Fiber to my five tracking values.
  • nonnadiquattro
    nonnadiquattro Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you very much! I don't see "settings" so I am certain I need to do it on the laptop and not my iPad. Appreciate your help.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    AHA recommendation is for *added* sugars.

    ^^This. It's an important distinction.
    I don't track sugar that often, but when I do it's anywhere from mid 40s to around 100 for total sugars, and anywhere from upper single digits to low 30s for added sugar (I include sugar from juice and dairy when I'm manually added up added sugar, since the point if I understand it seems to be whether the sugar is coming in whole foods with fiber, but I might be overthinking that).
  • MeganAndJNo
    MeganAndJNo Posts: 2
    You can create another meal category to track natural sugars as opposed to added sugars. That makes the numbers a little easier to decipher.

    thank you so much for this idea, i'm gonna try it :)
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    I don't even track it.

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