Anyone know why the MFP diary is so strict on sugar?

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  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    Because, sugar is the debil.
  • arrseegee
    arrseegee Posts: 575 Member
    Hi again

    To clarify (which I should have done earlier) the 'good' and 'bad' sugar labels were tongue in cheek. Parvg you are right about all sugar ending up as the same think once it's metabolised. The point I was trying to make was that about cake and sweets, no way would I slam oatmeal or fruit or any other food that provides high levels of nutrients to the diet. My information comes from my background as a nutritionist! (hence my embarrassment that this was misinterpreted).
    Sure, but it's apples and oranges (pardon the pun here). It's a common misconception a lot of people have...


    Fruits (and flavored oatmeal) aren't better for you because the sugar is 'better' -- it's the same sugar as yielded from sugar cane, it's just that sugar cane is easier to extract fructose from than, say, apples.

    Fruits and flavored oatmeal are better for you because they contain other vitamins and minerals that a candy bar or piece of cake does not.

    Yup I totally agree. Sugar is sugar is sugar, whether it's glucose, fructose, lactose or maltose.

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