Is sugar just sugar?!

kyunda

So i've been going over on my sugar intake lately. But its not because of sweets it's from my fruit! Does it matter if its fruit sugar or "regular" sugar or is sugar just sugar? I'm wondering if that is part of the reason i am at a stand still with my weight?

Matt_Wild

Fructose cannot be stored in the muscle, it can only be stored in the liver or as fat. Best not to have too much fruit IMO.

BuckeyeLife

What Matt said. The biggest thing is are you eating stuff with added sugar or just the organic natural "as it comes" option. Added sugar is total garbage for you as you're gaining no real value from the caloric increase. But like Matt said, keeping your sugar low is important, so too many sugars, no matter the source, can be bad.

Becky_Boodle

Everything in moderation...
too much of a good thing can be a bad thing

kyunda

ok thanks!

neanderthin

If there's something in your diet that's causing you to not lose weight, it's doubtful it's the fruit your eating. Going over on sugar is a given simply because the g's are for discretionary sugars (added) not the natural sugars found in various natural foods.

anraq13

Here is a link to a list of other words for Sugar. 99 other words!\
http://www.hcginfoonline.com/sugars.htm

Added SUGARS in processed foods can be found under the following names:

Agave Syrup
Amasake
Any name ending in "ose" or "ol" or "syrup"
Barbados Sugar
Barley Malt
Blackstrap Molasses
Black Sugar
Brown Sugar - the refined sugar coated with molasses or colored with caramel
Cane Juice
Cane Juice Crystals
Cane Sugar
Caramel
Caramel Coloring
Castor Sugar
Confectioner’s Sugar
Corn Sweetener
Corn Syrup - a manufactured syrup of corn starch, containing varying proportions of glucose, maltose, and dextrose
Corn Syrup Solids
Crystallized Cane Juice
D-mannose
Date Sugar
Demerara
Demerara Sugar
Dehydrated Cane Juice
Dehydrated Cane Juice Crystals
Dextran
Dextrin
Dextrine
Dextrose (glucose) - a simple sugar made of only one molecule
Disaccharides
Evaporated Cane Juice
Evaporated Cane Juice Sugar
Florida crystals (a trademarked name)
Free Flowing Brown Sugars
Fructose - a simple sugar refined from fruit
Fruit Juice Concentrate
Galactose
Galatactose
Glucose
Glucose Syrup
Golden Syrup
Grape Sugar
Grape Sweetener
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) - highly concentrated syrup of predominantly fructose
Honey
Hydrolysed Starch
Hydrogenated Glucose Syrup
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysates (HSH)
Invert Sugar
Isomalt
Levulose
Lactitol
Lactose - a simple sugar from milk
Malt
Malt Extract
Malt Syrup
Maltodextrin - a manufactured sugar from maltose and dextrose
Maltose - a simple sugar made from starch, usually grains
Mannitol
Maple Syrup
Molasses
Monosaccharide
Muscovado
Organic Dehydrated Cane Juice
Panocha
Polysaccharide
Powdered Sugar
Raw Cane Crystals
Raw Honey
Raw Sugar - a less refined sugar with a small amount of molasses remaining
Refiner's Syrup
Ribose
Rice Extract
Rice Malt
Rice Syrup
Saccharide
Saccharose
Sorghum
Sorghum Syrup
Sorbitol
Sucanat
Succanat
Sucrose
Sugar (sucrose) - the refined crystallized sugar; a combination of glucose and fructose
Sugar (granulated)
Sweetener
Syrup
Table Sugar
Treacle
Turbinado
Turbinado Sugar
Unbleached Crystallized Evaporated Cane Juice
Unbleached Evaporated Sugar Cane Juice Crystals
Unbleached Sugar Cane
Unrefined Cane Juice Crystals
Washed Cane Juice Crystals
White Grape Juice - a highly purified fructose solution; virtually no other nutrients are present
Yellow Sugar
Xylitol OR Xylose

ninerbuff

Sugar and carbs are treated the SAME way in the body. Both are broken down to glucose to be used by the body.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
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Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

garlic7girl

Just my opinion but sugar in fruit is not the same as the added sugar in "bar code" foods and what we add to coffee and cereal. In the fruit package you get antioxidants, fiber, vitamins & minerals minimal calories along with fructose.
What do you get in a packaged food? Ha!!!!
Fruit is not the enemy as many say.

prettygirlhoward

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kyunda

Just my opinion but sugar in fruit is not the same as the added sugar in "bar code" foods and what we add to coffee and cereal. In the fruit package you get antioxidants, fiber, vitamins & minerals minimal calories along with fructose.
What do you get in a packaged food? Ha!!!!
Fruit is not the enemy as many say.

Thats kinda what i was thinking!

Sl1ghtly

So i've been going over on my sugar intake lately. But its not because of sweets it's from my fruit! Does it matter if its fruit sugar or "regular" sugar or is sugar just sugar? I'm wondering if that is part of the reason i am at a stand still with my weight?

If the diet is unbalanced, its unbalanced. The source of the unbalance isn't as important as the unbalance itself. Cut down on sugars across the board. Problem solved.