Tracking Sugar Intake

himtar2434

Has anyone tried tracking their sugar intake? I am a pre-diabetic patient so it is very important for me to keep my sugar intake under control. But the problem is according to the tracker on MFP, I am only allowed 28g sugar. Since 1 cup milk has 12g sugar, after 2 cups milk in a day, there is not much left.......how do we differentiate the good vs bad sugar track?

DeMarraDontStop

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spangey13

I don't think that you can do it on here. I think that you can copy and paste your food diary into Microsoft Excel. If you're alright on excel you might be able to add a column to that which you can add sugars and track it the way you need to. Someone clever might be able to post one for you?

NocturnalGirl

Ask your doctor how much he/she recommend you should eat considering your condition.

Sarauk2sf

Ask your doctor how much he/she recommend you should eat considering your condition.

Agreed.

Ignoring nutrients, sugar is sugar so I am not sure why there would be a differentiation from the perspective of your condition between where the sugar comes from.

Swethington00

I talked to my dr. She advised monitoring carbs instead... During any "meal" do not intake more than 45 carbs and for "snacks" limit it to 15-20 carbs. So for me it was

Breakfast - 45 carbs
Lunch - 45 carbs
Snack - 15-20 carbs
Dinner - 45 carbs
Snack -15 carbs

I TRY to stick with this and monitor my calories as well.

ALSOOOOOO

If you go to the tab "My home" at the top then to settings and then to Diary settings you can reprogram exactly what you are monitoring. I have my on Calories, carbs, fat, protein, fiber and sugar. Hope this helps.

axialmeow

I limit sugar(I have PCOS). I really shouldn't have any. My Dr. would prefer I stay away from milk and most fruit in addition to processed carbs like bread, pasta ect....
It's tough to do and I do slip up.

CyberEd312

I talked to my dr. She advised monitoring carbs instead... During any "meal" do not intake more than 45 carbs and for "snacks" limit it to 15-20 carbs. So for me it was

Breakfast - 45 carbs
Lunch - 45 carbs
Snack - 15-20 carbs
Dinner - 45 carbs
Snack -15 carbs

I TRY to stick with this and monitor my calories as well.

ALSOOOOOO

If you go to the tab "My home" at the top then to settings and then to Diary settings you can reprogram exactly what you are monitoring. I have my on Calories, carbs, fat, protein, fiber and sugar. Hope this helps.

Agreed!! When I started at 560 lbs. and had A1c of 10.0 my nutritionist applied the "KISS" mentality (Keep It Simple Stupid) and wanted me watching just 4 things (Caloric intake and Main Macro's- Carbs, Protein, and Fats) she set my carb intake to 60-70 grams at my main meals and 20-25 at my snacks for a daily intake around 240 grams. She told me if I managed these things the rest of my numbers would fall in line so in the past 41 months I have never tracked a single gram of sugar or sodium for that matter. I can't advise this for anyone else per say but this is what work for me... Best of Luck... (Oh yeah my A1c have averaged 5.3 for the last year and a half.)

Firefox7275

Has anyone tried tracking their sugar intake? I am a pre-diabetic patient so it is very important for me to keep my sugar intake under control. But the problem is according to the tracker on MFP, I am only allowed 28g sugar. Since 1 cup milk has 12g sugar, after 2 cups milk in a day, there is not much left.......how do we differentiate the good vs bad sugar track?

Have you not seen a dietician, had them explain the glycaemic index to you? Complex carbs and not all good and sugars all bad, actually foods like super fluffy white bread spike your blood glucose worse than table sugar (sucrose), whereas the sugars in dairy products (lactose) break down more slowly to glucose so cause much less of a spike. If you want to cut your sugar from dairy limit milk, instead choose plain live yoghurt or low fat soft cheese, these are naturally low in lactose. It's impossible to eat a healthy balanced diet and keep all sugar below 28g, even vegetables have a little natural sugar and you should be eating nine servings a day in the full rainbow of colours. Most from the blue/ purple group are fruits so inevitable contain natural sugar.

I personally use the sugar column to track which foods are high in sugar, then check they are not added ingredients. I also use it to help choose between sugary vegetables like sweetcorn and lower sugar ones like a yellow pepper, and between sugary fruits like a banana and lower sugar ones like berries.

Firefox7275

Ignoring nutrients, sugar is sugar so I am not sure why there would be a differentiation from the perspective of your condition between where the sugar comes from.

Sugar is not sugar, it is a family of chemicals, some are monosaccharides (single molecules), some disaccharides (two bonded molecules), There are different forms - eg. lactose, glucose, sucrose, fructose - which have different effects in the body; if you body needs to do a two step process to separate the two molecules then convert one form of sugar molecule to another it takes longer than if there is no work to be done so the effect on the blood sugar is lower.

Some starchy carbohydrates are polymers (many molecules in a chain) of glucose so it's easy for the body to chop these up into blood sugar especially when the food has been ground to dust and cooked as with most modern white wheat flours so there is little digestion first, as there is if you swallow partially chewed lumps of fruit. Other starchy carbs are polymers of other sugars not only glucose so again there is a two step process.

That is a very simplistic explanation obviously.

Kymmu

I aim to keep my sugar low every day for medical reasons. feel free to add me to take a look if you wish.

pattydi

I too was pre-diabetic when I started my journey and I became a sugar nazi! That and sodiums... I tried very hard to never go over the reccomended 28 grams. It was like a game to me and I became very good at it. I barely ever ate fruit, but loaded up on veggies. And even those contained sugars as well, just not as many. I soon found out that when you exercise, you are granted more sugars and used that as a way to get a few more in my day, so I not only could eat more sugar, I did my body some good by getting it moving! ( I hated exercising in the begining!) After almsost a year I finally changed my settings and stopped tracking sugar and am now tracking carbs instead. I'm not one of those atkins people and (sorry if I offend anyone)... i discourage anyone that believes that they can maintain that kind of life style for very long... Anyhow, since tracking carbs I find that I barely ever go over or even come close to my sugar goal. My diary is open, so if anyone wants to look, please feel free.... I know I'm not perfect, and I am not a proffessional by any means but in just under a year, I've been able to lose over a hundred pounds, I no longer have issues with my blood sugar, and I've been able to say goodbye to 4 different blood pressure medications. I don't use sugar or salt in any of my foods, but have from time to time allowed myself a treat. If I'm really craving something, I will eat it.. I just don't go overboard and binge... I hope this helps, and if you need some support please send me a friend request!
Best of luck and remember DONT let sugar control you!
Patty

Sarauk2sf

Ignoring nutrients, sugar is sugar so I am not sure why there would be a differentiation from the perspective of your condition between where the sugar comes from.

Sugar is not sugar, it is a family of chemicals, some are monosaccharides (single molecules), some disaccharides (two bonded molecules), There are different forms - eg. lactose, glucose, sucrose, fructose - which have different effects in the body; if you body needs to do a two step process to separate the two molecules then convert one form of sugar molecule to another it takes longer than if there is no work to be done so the effect on the blood sugar is lower.

Some starchy carbohydrates are polymers (many molecules in a chain) of glucose so it's easy for the body to chop these up into blood sugar especially when the food has been ground to dust and cooked as with most modern white wheat flours so there is little digestion first, as there is if you swallow partially chewed lumps of fruit. Other starchy carbs are polymers of other sugars not only glucose so again there is a two step process.

That is a very simplistic explanation obviously.

What is a starchy sugar?

I realize that there are different types of sugar - but my point was, for the purposes of diabetes (and weigh loss), they are the same.

footiechick82

No - I'm not... I eat A LOT of fruit in the morning and go over everyday because of that. if it was because of candy, then I'd be more worried.

FitBeto

When I think I have to much sugar, I trick my mind.

katiedid1226

I have been struggling with sugar as well....how do you make your smoothies without fruit?

Today I got rid of half a banana and replaced it with mango - terrible idea! My meal replacement shake & fruit use up my whole sugar allowance, and that is just for breakfast!