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Sugar

BxMom
BxMom Posts: 363
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How do you record your sugar intake?

I eat a lot of fruits and veggies that natrually have sugar and cause me to go over my daily limit every single day?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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  • shalinik78
    shalinik78 Posts: 82
    Hey you know I have the same trouble .... I am a total veggie so I eat fruits veggies and drink milk and everyday I overshoot my sugar units :( What should be done ?
  • BxMom
    BxMom Posts: 363
    I was thinking about ignoring the sugar when it's from fruits and veggies but watching the Carb count
  • Chenoachem
    Chenoachem Posts: 1,758 Member
    I ignore the sugar count and pay attention to protein, carbs, fiber and calcium. As a female runner, it is crucial to keep the calcium up. I just make sure that the sugars are coming from healthy things.
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
    The sugar is ADDED sugar in foods, not naturally occurring - so although MFP can't differentiate, you can. The recommended daily sugar of added sugars is 40 grams. MFP put mine lower, which is fine. But bananas, apples, milk - those things don't have added sugar so that sugar doesn't count as "sugar" in a sense, it's when they put in added sugar, like in pop, cookies, cereal, etc.
  • BxMom
    BxMom Posts: 363
    Thanks everyone for your input it really helped.
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