Daily sugar intake, what should it be?

miaangel345
miaangel345 Posts: 54
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
Hi, I usually never count grams of sugar mainly fat and calories however I noticed my daily intake is about 150 grams on a good day when I don't drink any pop or refined sugars. My Fitness Pal states that I should be getting 41 g a day, does this include refined sugars or sugar as whole from fruit and fruit juices?

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  • foxywife75
    foxywife75 Posts: 59 Member
    I've noticed that MFP doesn't know the difference between good sugars (from whole foods) & bad sugars (that are added to food). Personally I make sure that all my sugar comes from whole foods. Since doing that my daily intake of sugar has dropped from over 160 g per day to around 30-50 g. Too much sugar isn't good for your body. So if I'm slightly over on my sugar I'm not worried because it was all from whole food.
  • Edestiny7
    Edestiny7 Posts: 730 Member
    It appears that it counts all sugars. I was not tracking my sugar, but now that I have added it, I am over every day. It says I should only eat 25 grams of sugar each day. That seems impossible. It is already a struggle to stay below the protein and carbs while still getting enough calories.
  • stylistchik
    stylistchik Posts: 1,436 Member
    Personally I have mine set at 60g and I try to make sure its all from whole foods like fruits. I've gone over the past few weeks a couple times when I splurged on Easter candy. :happy: I used to have it set at 30g but I'd get mad seeing it go over even if it was just from an apple and a banana. I eat 1 apple and 1 banana every day at work and its 30g of sugar! So I raised it according to stats I found on another site and I just make sure its sugar from whole food.
  • miaangel345
    miaangel345 Posts: 54
    That's what I figured! One Apple I ate had 19 grams of sugar! and then my orange juice (not from concentrate) has 22 grams so eating these two things put me over! I'll set it a bit higher and see what happens, thanks!
  • kwardklinck
    kwardklinck Posts: 1,601
    Fruit and dairy are high in sugar but I don't think it's the bad for you kind of sugar. I find the sugar calculator kind of pointless for me. I've lost weight despite going over most days because I eat fruit and have 2 servings of dairy per day.
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