I go over my sugar by eating fruit, is this bad?

kaibiggs
kaibiggs Posts: 1
in Food and Nutrition
I have a 1200 calorie a day diet and I'm always a bit under by the end of every day, but I always go over my sugar. For example I ate an orange and that was it for my daily sugar intake. Is it bad to go over sugar if you're eating natural sugar from fruits etc.?

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  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    I have a 1200 calorie a day diet and I'm always a bit under by the end of every day, but I always go over my sugar. For example I ate an orange and that was it for my daily sugar intake. Is it bad to go over sugar if you're eating natural sugar from fruits etc.?

    This is a perennial topic, to which you will receive multiple conflicting answers. From what I can make out -

    1. To the body, sugar is sugar, but...
    2. So long as you don't have a health issue requiring you to limit sugars, and...
    3. You don't have other risk factors for such issues, and don't horribly over do it, then...
    4. The extra sugar is worth is for the extra nutrition and the fact that you're snacking on fruit instead of chips or candy.

    Veges would be even better, because you get that nutrition without the sugar. But somehow chewing on a kale leaf is not quite the same as crunching into a nice juicy apple.

    Like I said though, many may disagree. This is just the best advice I've been able to extract from all the bull****.
  • segooey
    segooey Posts: 24
    I am experiencing the same thing, breakfast today used up almost all of my daily sugar goal. I can't see a scenario where I can stay under the daily goal. I do not have blood sugar issues, so I've decided not to sweat it - but not over do it. I'm also trying to take in less processed sugars when ever possible, most notably light agave syrup.
  • arcticfox04
    arcticfox04 Posts: 1,011 Member
    Fruit sugar is fine. Just avoid processed sugars.
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    I am experiencing the same thing, breakfast today used up almost all of my daily sugar goal. I can't see a scenario where I can stay under the daily goal. I do not have blood sugar issues, so I've decided not to sweat it - but not over do it. I'm also trying to take in less processed sugars when ever possible, most notably light agave syrup.

    For men, the MFP sugar limit is very low. If you look it up, you'll find that the FDA recommended limit for men is 45g. For women, it's 30g, for reasons unknown to me.

    I manually upped my MFP limit to 45g. I only have between 5 and 10g of processed sugar a day, so I don't sweat going over from fruits and veges too much. There is a history of diabetes in my family, though, so I have regular tests.

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