Sugar

robynrstiles
robynrstiles Posts: 41 Member
edited November 17 in Food and Nutrition
What does everyone have their sugar set at? Most of mine is from fruit and a little from yogurt etc.

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I don't have any medical issues that would require limiting sugar, so I just ignore the sugar limit.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    I don't have medical issues with regards to sugar so I no longer track it. Sugar is a carb - tracking it once is enough for me. I changed my settings to track fiber instead.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    No idea. Tracking protein, fat, carbs and fibre is what I worry about.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Whatever the default percentage is. I don't even look at it.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Never bothered tracking it - just a subset of carbs.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,420 Member
    It is tracked by default on page "two" of the Food Diary (the printable version.)

    You can toggle over there and see it (at the bottom of Food) so I don't pay it much attention and took it off my Food page.

    The sugars from diary and fruits/vegetables are fine, so I just stay below 60g a day of added sugars on most days.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,330 Member
    Don't track it.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    The recommended is to limit to 10% of added sugar.. but I don't track mine. Calories, protein and fiber are what I am concerned with.. and also aim to get most of my calories from whole foods.
  • Silkysausage
    Silkysausage Posts: 502 Member
    I do look but I'm always under, I don't eat processed food so will get sugar from fruit and the occasional honey. I'm more interested in protein and cals than anything.
  • fjmartini
    fjmartini Posts: 1,149 Member
    I eat between 15-30 carbs a day with barely any sugar. Safe to say it's low.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    15% of total calories -- it's the default. I look at it, but more to make sure I am not surprised by anything, such as getting more added sugar that I expected. So long as calories, protein, and healthy fats are in check, and fiber of course, I don't care about sugar from foods like veg and fruit and dairy and even feel good if I get a lot from veg.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Never really tracked it...I don't eat much in the way of added sugars...most comes from fruit and veg and I generally only have one or two servings of fruit and eat a lot of veg.
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    I think I have mine set around 20 gm/day but I don't pay attention; I really just look at macros. I do have a history of prediabetes though and PCOS/IR so I do best with a lower sugar limit.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    I don't know... I rarely have more than 10g per day, but I eat a LCHF diet for health reasons.
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    edited April 2017
    I have about 30-50g/day depending. I don't watch it but that seems pretty low fto me since I'm not diabetic. Not sure what would be considered high or low, but that's usually where I fall
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