Fruit and sugar?

Eating fructose with fiber helps to remove some of the crappy effects of sugar so I wouldn't worry too much, just don't go overboard with fruit... or anything for that matter. Eat a balanced diet.

Sugar from fruit is not as bad for you. However, there are fruits that have less sugar than the ones you are eating. Bananas and apples are some of the worst you can choose. If you are wanting something sweet, try melons, berries, or kiwis. But if your sugar is coming from fruits and vegetables, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I tend to go over my 40g sugar allowance a day if I eat fruit. You are better eating two pieces of fruit a day (that's what I've been advised to do by my Nutritionist) opposed to eating refined sugars. With the fruit you're getting the fibre, Vit A etc and pectin etc......I'd maybe limit to two portions, make sure you get a good 3-5 portions of veg in throughout the day too! It's amazing what's in stuff when you start looking into it!

Hey guys and gals,

according to my nutrition goals(which I am trying to fullfill daily), my sugar maximum is about 32 g. Yet, after eating just 2 or 3 pieces of fruit(granny smith, tangerine, banana's), the limit is reached, and I can't eat another piece of fruit. I mean, of course I can, but I really want to come out under my goals. Are 2/3 pieces of fruit normal, or are these fruit types(11g of sugar for granny smith) contained with too much sugar?

I took off my sugar thing because I don't think sugar from fruit is bad at all and I try to avoid unnatural sugar altogether.

You'd be better off sticking to lower sugar fruit such as apricots and blueberries. Banannas in particular are high in sugar. I only ever eat them after a heavy cardio session at the gym for a boost.

Banana's and other high sugar fruits are not the enemy. As long as you have fruit in moderation, you are good.

OP, eliminate sugar from your tracking. It's a carb and if you are moderate with your carbs, you will be moderate with your sugar.

I took off my sugar thing because I don't think sugar from fruit is bad at all and I try to avoid unnatural sugar altogether.

I've been contemplating this as well because fruit sugar kills my sugar limit. Though, it could be much worse.

I just joined and am confused too, I grew up in a place where fruit was hard to come by, and food and sugar were rationed.
I eat a lot more fruit in a day than the plan say's I am allowed, as fruit was our "treat of choice," and I use sugar as a garnish, not a main ingredient.
Yesterday my first day - I couldn't come near what the plan said my goal s/b for carbs , and I tried! Today I will just eat what I normally do, and go from there. In all the categories I felt under pressure to follow those numbers yesterday - is this normal, would be my question.. as I ate more than I normally would ?

Sometimes I even ignore the "carbs" thing all together, because it's all fruit. Sure, you can go overboard with fruit, but frankly the odds of you getting "fat" on apples, pears, etc, is pretty low.

Bananas you might have to watch, but I eat at least one of those a day, many times two.

Thank you, this helped me, as I've always eaten a lot of fruit and small meals , and sugar as a burst of flavour not as a main ingredient . I didn't realize sugar was supposed to be tracked seperately from carbs, so will ignore that bit, and see what happens...I don't eat processed foods, so don't think it will be a problem for me.

Sugar, ESECIALLY from fruit, doesn’t really have anything to do with weight loss period regardless of people opinions. They have never proven it scientifically that even high fructose or un natural sugar as well have any impact on your weight loss journey regardless of what people think. Granit this doesn’t have anything to do with overall health and the studies are all short term like 6 months and so on. Obviously their have to be some ramifications for that however not from sugars from fruit. As long as you stay in your caloric deficit range you will loose weight, body fat, and so on. So do what you want with your body and factor that with what you are trying to achieve . Don’t be afraid of going over in your sugar. Especially if it’s a banana or apple or peach! Its not like you are stuffing your face with chocolate, which I am My opinion, and most peoples here that know their stuff, is that MFP undercuts you on your sugar totals for the day. You can either manually change it or manually hide it. Most people that I have seen just manually raise it. I go over almost every day and I am down to 16.4% body fat. So eat your banana, peaches, apples, and so on for the day. Its calories in and calories out and any diet that denies you 1 fruit a day based on sugar, would not be one that I would want to be on nor would I consider that “healthy” even though I don’t eat health, lol. We need that in our diet… there is a reason why God created it and its on the food pyramid!