went over sugar limit- but with natural sugar, is that bad?

KadyLosingItx2

I have already went over my sugar level for today according to MFP, its all sugar from fruit though (except for some sugar from my cereal) is it bad that I went over my sugar limit even though it was all natural sugar from fruit?
Thanks

VickiMitkins

IMO as long as you don't have diabetes, getting sugar from whole foods such as fruit is fine. I go over every day because of fruit. I would watch the cereal though, that kind of refined grain with added sugar is not the way to go. Even though I go over every day, almost none of it is added surgars in processed foods, just the fruits and vegies I eat.

ntdrive

The answer is not necessarily 'bad'. First of all it sounds like most of your sugars were complex sugars ('good' slowly digested) as opposed to simple sugar ('bad' quickly digested). It might pose a problem if you frequently exceed the recommended carb input, total caloric intake and you are not getting physical activity. Those combined will lead to eventual weight gain.

mjrkearney

Your body needs sugar as much as it needs anything else- in slow, constant moderation. You'll probably feel better after getting your sugar from all of the strawberries than after snorting pixie sticks, but that has more to do with the fact that there are far more nutrients in fruit than in sugary snacks.

That being said, unless it comes out of a chemical vat, it's natural sugar. You run the risk of crashing later one if you don't pace yourself.

corn63

You're totally going to grow another pancreas to deal with the sugar. True story. Happened to my aunt.

Kelbelle30

Hi
I'm always confused by this - I go over by 100-200% most days on sugar. I eat a fair amount of things like peppers, carrots and dried fruit and nut mixes. All reasonably healthy. My cereal is sugared from the dried fruit in it.
Apart from that, I'm low-carb as I found cutting out fruits/other carbs really helped both my weight and my energy levels.
If it's natural sugar I don't worry too much, it's when it's hot chocolates I start worrying!
KM

timpicks

The sugar guidelines on this site are puzzling. A plain yogurt and an apple this morning met my pre-exercise sugar limit for the day? Please. That being said, limiting fast metabolizing carbs is my most important dietary goal and try my best to follow a low glycemic diet. My diaries are open if anyone is interested and your comments are welcome.

titi4j

I go by what I was told by a nutritionist I was seeing. She said as long as you don't have diabetes, you should only worry about "added sugar" and that you shouldn't have more than 28 grams of "added sugar" in a day. Therefore, natural sugars as in fruit would not count in the daily max of 28 grams. I don't pay attention to the MFP sugar guidlines for that reason.

courtneywiens

I only count added sugars towards the guidelines, and I believe you should stay around 20-25 grams or less of added sugars. Whatever sugars you are getting from fruits or natural sources I wouldn't count or worry about, unless you're eating like hundreds of grams of sugar a day from fruit which would be quite a lot of fruit!

wibutterflymagic

You're going to die!!

No, seriously don't worry about it. Use some common sense. You're not eating 5 candy bars but even if you did it was one day. Get off the #'s. Yes, it's good to have guidelines, but that is all they are. Nothing is going to happen to you because you ate more sugar 1 day or more carbs another day. When all of those things are completely off the chart, then you have to deal with the situation. If you know you are eating healthy then there isn't an issue unless you have some medical issue that requires you to keep an extremely close what on certain nutrients.