How bad is sugar for you?

Fruit is fine--it has fiber which you need and your body uses the sugar as fuel. Processed sugar isn't great for you, but you can still lose eating it. Don't cut out all fruits, but see if there are other sugars you can cut out.

Your diary is closed, so can't give any better advice than that.

Don't worry about naturally occurring sugar in fruits. Epidemiology links high fruit intake with longer life. While it's just epidemiology, it would still be pretty silly to avoid fruit for health reasons.

It's foods with added sugar that you have to worry about.

Don't worry about naturally occurring sugar in fruits. Epidemiology links high fruit intake with longer life. While it's just epidemiology, it would still be pretty silly to avoid fruit for health reasons.

It's foods with added sugar that you have to worry about.

completely agree

Agree with circumstances. Yes, lots of benefits to fruit - I (usually) eat 2-3 servings worth. But epidemiology also links constant insulin release induced by foods with coronary heart disease, diabetes, hyperinsulinemia, high blood pressure, and a plethora of other things. Sugar is sugar it doesn't matter where it came from. All carbs are sugar just some in more complex forms and are broken down as such. With that being said:

"I see carbs as elective macronutrients, in general. I don’t elect to eat all that many of them, personally, but that’s because I’ve tailored my lifestyle such that this is the healthiest way for me to eat. Eat more if you’re going to be burning glycogen. Eat fewer if you’re not. Eating too few carbs while working out with high intensity and high volume will ruin your adrenals, depress your thyroid, and stall weight loss. Eating too many carbs without putting them to good use or enjoying exercise-induced insulin sensitivity will promote hyperinsulinemia and weight gain." - Mark Sisson

Hey, I rather enjoy my fruits and by the end of the day I usually go WAY over my sugar limits set by the site. Is it something that I should watch or is it okay to go over your limit?

I don't worry about fruit. I have health issues and cutting out processed sugars except as an occasional treat has taken care of my issues. For weight loss all that matters is calories, but you want to be healthy and well balanced, enough protein, enough carbs for energy, fruits, veggies, fiber.

But everyone is different. If your doctor thinks fruit is good for you and you are still within the calorie budget then I wouldn't worry.

Unless you have health issues that require you to cut sugar or you eat massive amounts per day, it's not important. Honestly I lost the majority of my weight while eating probably too much of the stuff. MFP sets sugars and proteins stupid-low.

Watch out for those sneaky sugars, like fruit juice, orange juice, granola, and breads even so-called whole wheat (unless it's sprouted grain breads). I lost about 15lbs just by cutting those things out of my diet.
I not only have a family history of diabetes but I also had gestational diabetes with all 3 of my pregnancies. So I've cut out a lot of sugar from my eating habits. The one weakness I have is coffee. Gotta have sugar & cream.

Hey, I rather enjoy my fruits and by the end of the day I usually go WAY over my sugar limits set by the site. Is it something that I should watch or is it okay to go over your limit?

I would not consume sugar willy-nilly but if you're using some common sense with food selection and your macros are set up reasonably well to align with your goals, I'd not really worry about it.

Leisure reading on Insulin:
weightology.net/weightologyweekly/?page_id=319

Fruit is good for fibre and vitamins, but you can find that fibre and vitamins in vegetables, which generally have less sugar.

Also, some fruit has less sugar than others. Berries have less sugar than bananas.

The key is balance and moderation.

I'll give you an example from my life - last week I ate a whole pan of roast veg (parsnips, swede, onion etc.) for dinner, just by themselves, by myself. You might think, 'that's really healthy, eating all those veggies!' But it amounted to 22g of sugar. Those veggies were intended as a side for 4 people and it would have been a much more balanced meal if I'd had a quarter of them with a slice of roast beef, a portion of green beans and a Yorkshire pud.

So if you're reaching for your fourth or fifth portion of fruit of the day, maybe a bowl of almonds (protein, calcium, magnesium, vitamin E etc.) would be a better option.

fruits are perfectly fine, it's processed sugar that's bad. oh but who am i to tell you such. i eat something with processed sugar everyday. from white bread to candies. it's kinda ok if you ask me, just don't overdo it. and one more thing, as long as you eat those kinds of sugar, you'll never get rid of cellulites

Sugar is bad, the glucose drives the hormones wild for no reason and makes your skin look old (reducing elasticity) etc. Fruit can even be worse, some fruits contain high fructose to glucose ratio and the fructose metabolize straight into fat. That being said, I eat tons of sugar.....most of my carbs are either straight sugar or other simple sugars like lactose in milk. If it makes it easy to maintain your goals, have some sugar. The caloric value isn't that high and in moderate amounts it does no damage. Certainly a single fruit isn't bad for you !