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Sugar intake

BossyGirl
BossyGirl Posts: 173 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
My sugar reccomendation on here is 31 grams. I always go over! Is this all I can really have?

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  • Tiff_09
    Tiff_09 Posts: 5,627 Member
    I am the worst one to answer :embarassed: I LOVE my sugar!!

    but this Article does help:
    http://health.yahoo.com/experts/joybauernutrition/40/sugar-how-much-should-we-eat/
  • BossyGirl
    BossyGirl Posts: 173 Member
    :tongue: yikes! That sucks
  • cheshirekat
    cheshirekat Posts: 126 Member
    I had that same number! I stopped counting. Instead, just try to avoid processed food with sugar in it (actually, avoid processed food altogether is nice but a pipe dream for most!). Bananas alone have like 11 grams. See if the other nutrients balance out the sugar in the food, as in fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, protein, etc
  • tammietifanie
    tammietifanie Posts: 1,496 Member
    Do you eat alot of fruit???? If it's Fruit sugar i don't worry too much about it since it's natural but if it's from cookies, ice cream etc then i would start to cut back
  • MichelleWagner50
    MichelleWagner50 Posts: 240 Member
    Thanks for posting this link! I always go over too and didn't know if I should be concerned when a lot of it is fruits. I really need to quit the junk though!
  • FireMonkey
    FireMonkey Posts: 500 Member
    I don't worry about the sugar if it's from fruit. I only keep track of it to find out what foods have a lot of hidden sugar; otherwise I wouldn't even count it.
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