sugar

nlhr2011

So I have been doing well but I can't seem to stay under the sugar content and I don't think I am eating anything wrong. Here is my diet so far for today and it still puts me over my sugar. MFP has my sugar at 28 per day.

Breakfast:
Banana
Brown Cow Blueberry Greek Yogurt

Lunch
Green Beans
Carrots
4 Grilled Chicken Tenders

Snacks so far:
1 cup grapes
Turkey Sausage Snack Sticks 1

With this menu for today I am already 33 over, I think it is the fruit that is putting me over should I cut back on it or are natural sugars ok?

Please advise


SW: 323
CW: 243
GW: 140-150

Mindful_Trent

All sugar is something that should be consumed in moderation, though you should particularly try to cut down/eliminate added sugars from your diet. Did the yogurt list sugar (or some kind of sugar) in the ingredients? If so, it had added sugars in addition to the natural sugar in milk. Were the chicken tenders homemade? If not, they may have had sugar added to the coating... It's quite sneaky all the things they put added sugars into!

Some people will say not to worry about natural sugars at all - I did a lot of research and decided that I needed to limit myself to 10% of calories from sugar (natural or added) - that's 30 to 40 grams per day, depending on how much exercise I do. This does mean that I can only eat one serving of fruit and maybe one of dairy per day - with a tiny bit of wiggle room for the minor sugars from vegetables. I can only stay under this limit and still eat fruit/dairy if I cut out essentially all added sugars. It's diffiicult, but worth it!

If any of the ingredients below are listed in the ingredient list on food you buy, it means there are added sugars:
http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/discretionary_calories_sugars.html

brown sugar
corn sweetener
corn syrup
dextrose
fructose
fruit juice concentrates
glucose
high-fructose corn syrup
honey
invert sugar
lactose
maltose
malt syrup
molasses
raw sugar
sucrose
sugar
syrup

mtwd65

This is something I'm struggling with too. It seems that when manufacturers reduce the fat content they think people want it sweeter to compensate so 'diet' foods end up having higher sugar content than regular foods.

I tried a diet fruit yoghurt and couldn't believe how sweet it was! My solution was to just add fresh fruit to natural no fat yoghurt. I try to replace sugar with honey where it is necessary to add a bit of sweetness (supposedly lower GI in honey).

Uptopargolf

You should watch your sugar, HOWEVER.

The most important things of a diet are CALORIES/CARBS/PROTEIN.

If you are diabetic than clearly you will need to consider sugar. However as long as you keep it in moderation, I personally would not worry about it.