Is it just me, or is my sugar goal absurdly low?

jmparkins4387
jmparkins4387 Posts: 2
in Food and Nutrition
I refuse to cut out fruit from my diet, and as such I routinely double or triple my sugar allowance. And I'm not talking canned peaches in syrup, I mean straight up, delicious, raw apples and bananas and whatnot.

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  • JoanaMHill
    JoanaMHill Posts: 265 Member
    The counter can't tell the difference between sugar from a candy bar and sugar from fruit. Neither is necessarily problematic unless you have diabetes or something, though, so I'd suggest just ignoring it for the most part.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    If you're not diabetic, ignore the sugar allowance here. Its based on diabetic limits.
  • pastrychefoz
    pastrychefoz Posts: 22
    I'm in the same boat , I stay away from added sugar as much as possible but I always find I go over my sugar allocation as well. It all comes from apples, pears, bananas and grapes.

    What I am planning on getting is baby carrots, always asessible that familiar crunch and low sugar, great for snacking and high in nutrients and fibre,

    Anyone else have healthy replacements?
  • blanphere
    blanphere Posts: 82 Member
    So glad to find your post! I just ate a honeycrisp apple and, although delicious, it consumed my entire days sugar allowance! I did a little research and couldn't find a hard and fast rule about how much "natural" sugar is OK, unless you are diabetic...so I'm going to use the 80/20 rule...80% of the time I will try and stay within 40g (a realistic goal) and the other 20%, I'm not going to beat myself up about it! I am NOT going to not eat fresh fruits and veggies - that's just silly!

    I'm not NOT going to eat a gluten free cupcake every now and then either ;)
  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 Member
    I'm finding just the opposite. I feel like mine is insanely high. Yesterday I had 3 cups of tea, each with one teaspoon of turbinado sugar, two bananas, and two little weight watchers snack cakes along with three regular meals and I still had 35g of sugar to go to hit my goal. Now I'm wondering if perhaps something isn't logging correctly....

    ETA: Just double-checked and it did log the two bananas I ate last night after my workout into today's food rather than yesterday's. So, in fact, I was under my goal by 11g of sugar rather than 35g. Still, 2 bananas, 2 WW snack cakes, 3 cups of tea, and syrup on my oatmeal for breakfast yesterday and I am still 11g under? That can't be right.
  • GardenGirlie
    GardenGirlie Posts: 241 Member
    I have found more people than not have removed sugar from the list of tracked items and replaced it with something else. I have always found the sugar number to be too low.
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    Ignore sugar goal, it's pointless unless you're diabetic. As long as you're getting enough protein, fat, fiber, and micronutrients, you an get 100% of your carb goal from sugar if you really want to, doesn't matter
  • holdthemustard
    holdthemustard Posts: 19
    I ignore any sauger that is in fruit or vegetables as it is not refined but natural. I only count sugar that is in my yoghurt or coffee or processed foods as it is the one you really need to be careful about. I would replace the sugar column with something else if your diet is otherwise healthy.: :happy:
  • QueenBishOTUniverse
    QueenBishOTUniverse Posts: 14,121 Member
    My nutritional tracker shows calories, carbs, fat, protein and potassium. You can set it to show whatever you want and ignore the rest. I HIGHLY recommend ignoring the sugar setting.
  • MaritzK
    MaritzK Posts: 66 Member
    Someone gave me the tip to only count added sugars from drinks or sweats and ready-meals. Fruit is fine, in my diet I wouldn't be allowed to have a single apple a day otherwise and I'm not going to do that :P

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