Hitting sugar targets

gavinberriman

How do people manage to hit their sugar targets, while also getting their 7 fruit and vegetables each day? I've already run past my sugar quota and it's only lunch. The main culprits today that have taken me past are an apple, five dried apricots and a bar made of mushed dates etc. I'd say each of those are healthy so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. The bar...probably fair enough but when an apple has 19g of sugar, dried apricots are 21g and my goal is 69g, I'm up against it from the start. Any ideas?

It makes sense that I'd put on weight while I was drinking sports drinks.

lcyama

Maybe snack on vegetables instead? Hummus is vegan and sugar-free and goes great with cut veggies. Nuts make good snacks as well.

ariceroni

I personally don't worry about the sugar in whole fruits- I only track added sugars. The AHA recommends limiting added sugars to < 25 g a day for women so that's my target.

ladyzherra

I think about sugar in a different way. Sugars that occur naturally in whole foods, such as in plums, oranges, bananas, potato, tomato, and more, is not the same kind of sugar that you get when you consume refined powder or granules or syrups. That kind of sugar is refined and it is toxic. So when I track my sugar, I include the bad kind of sugar, the unnatural refined kinds, and don't worry about sugars that present in whole foods that are in their natural state.