Separate added sugar from naturally occurring sugar?

leeflier
leeflier Posts: 1 Member
in MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
This might turn into more of a feature request for MFP, but when logging food I don’t want things like fresh whole fruit or dairy to count against my sugar goal. Added sugars and naturally occurring sugars are not the same thing, and unless one is diabetic there’s no reason to avoid eating fruit because of the sugar. But I do want to avoid added sugars. Is there any way currently to do this?

Best Answer

  • durden
    durden Posts: 3,468 MFP Staff
    Answer ✓
    We will definitely look into the possibility of distinguishing between sugars for a future update.

    For now, one workaround is to create a new meal category such as "fruits and vegetables" to log items containing natural sugars. When the food diary is viewed on our full website, or via our iPad app, nutrients are sub-totaled on a per-meal basis, making it possible to see your total natural sugar intake by logging the relevant items in a single meal.

Answers

  • rileyrover
    rileyrover Posts: 4 Member
    How do you create a new meal category?
  • Jean
    Jean Posts: 821 MFP Staff
    You can actually add up to six meals to your Diary. To do this on the main website:
    -Login to your account at www.myfitnesspal.com
    -Click Food
    -Click Settings
    -Type in your Meal Names
    -Save your changes

    Or you can also do this from the app:
    -Go to your Menu
    -Click Settings
    -Click Customize Meal Names
    -Add your new Meal Names
    -Save your changes

Categories