Sugar intake

ashleyShades

Based on the daily sugar guidelines MFP has set for me, I eat too much sugar every day. My question is, is there a difference between natural sugar and refined sugar? Most of the sugar I eat is from fruits.

pastryari

Most of the sugar I eat is from fruits.

I wouldn't worry about it.

MrsRamseyForever

Just have to say, glad I am not the only one having an issue with the sugar! I was actually talking with my mom (who is not a nutritionist- just want to through that disclaimer out there ) today about it and she thinks that there is a bit of a difference between refined sugar and fruit sugar (I tend to think so too). Honestly, the sugar intake seems to be more suited to a diabetic diet (I had to be on one for one of my pregnancies because of gestational diabetes). I try to stay close to the guidelines but honestly, if I am 10mg outside of that, I really don't sweat, as long as my calories are not over and all of that sugar is not from candy . Fruit really has a lot of sugar in it once you get down to it, and one piece of fruit (sometimes half) and just regular food (maybe one or two carbs) will usually throw me over the daily allowance...

seena511

i was just about to make a post about this. i feel like i can't eat fruit because my sugar intake is always too high. but if i'm over by 18 and i have 12 g from an apple, i try not to worry about it.

reklawn

http://www.discovergoodnutrition.com/2011/02/the-truth-about-sugars-in-fruit/

This is a great article

ashleyShades

Thanks!

ashleyShades

Mine is wayyyy over by the way but I have been making smoothies for breakfast with bananas and frozen fruit

JCupelli

I went to my doctor for acne. He told me Is should cut back on my fruit intake and eat more good carbs (veggies). I was told it was putting too much sugar in my diet and to eat fruits and any sugars in the morning. I do eat 5x a day. So eating fruits with every meal makes sense that I was getting too much sugar. It was causing my breakouts. I just don't eat fruit past 1pm now.

I'm not sure if the body treats refined sugars different than natural sugar.

cwolfman13

Fruits are definitely better for you than reaching for a cookie or other sugary treat. My dad is diabetic and he can eat some fruit, but he's not supposed to go overboard...maybe two servings per day. The fiber in the fruit makes your body process that sugar a little differently than refined sugar. That said, I don't eat as much fruit as I used to..maybe 2-2.5 servings per day and have upped my vegetable intake; this is primarily because I was going over on my carb macro goal at the expense of my protein and healthy fats.

concordancia

It depends on how over, how sensitive your body is and which fruits you are eating.

If you are having only tropical fruits like bananas, pineapple,and mangoes, they are mostly sugar and if you are eating three or four a day, they might cause you some issues.

On the other hand, if you are generally healthy and don't have any problem processing sugars, a couple of pieces a day are great.

Finally, if you are really watching your sugar, I have noticed that a lot of dairy products in the database don't include sugars, so be sure to double check, as milk has natural sugars, just like fruits.

Firefox7275

There are a number of recent threads on this topic with some great science based responses if you run a search, there was one yesterday IIRC.

kimcalica

http://www.discovergoodnutrition.com/2011/02/the-truth-about-sugars-in-fruit/

This is a great article

Great article! But I get from that, that the sugar from fruit is still technically the same as refined sugar but we just get a lot more out of fruit and for less calories.