Enquires on sugar intake daily

Here is the best thing you can do... dont track sugar... its bogus to track it. And going over wont affect weight loss.

The less processed sugar, the better. Natural sugars found in fruit, whole grain cereals and grains is fine. Remember all carbohydrates are turned into sugars in your body, these ones are fine if they are from whole foods.

Whole fruit is fine; don't even worry about the sugar in those.

For me at least I avoid refined sugar and simple carbs when possible; sweets and highly processed cakes / cookies don't keep me full and tend to leave me hungrier within an hour. They are also empty of nutrition.

Sugar is just a subset of carbs. Unless you have a medical condition, there is no need to track separately.

Cherry, I've been pondering this too.

I got some advice from MFP users the other days that I should be watching my sugar limit, so I've been trying to follow a daily goal of 24g of sugar. I find difficult to stick to, but when I look at the sources of sugar throughout the day, many small random sources contribute (such as 1g from a hardboil egg, as a random example -- or 5g from the veggies in a lunch salad).

If I stick to 24g, I basically have to limit/skip fruit with breakfast, which I don't necessarily want to do, since it is a healthy source of nutrients (and, in moderation, the type of sugar naturally found in fruit is "better" — right?)

I completely get that carbs/sugar is good to limit in general when losing weight and that you especially want to watch real SUGAR (aka honey, maple syrup, desserts, corn syrup, processed crap... all stuff I rarely eat anyway)... but many other foods have a 1 or 2 grams of sugar in them and that adds up so quickly to the limit.

-- Should you stick to your limit at the expense of good foods like fruit and veggies, or even other non-sweet foods like greek yogurt/whole wheat bread?
--Could users like Cherry and myself up my sugar limit to allow for more of these fruits/veggies/good things?

To the OP, just saw this post a few lines down - check it out for more opinions.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/919091-tired-of-being-overweight-and-need-help-please

Sugar is just a subset of carbs. Unless you have a medical condition, there is no need to track separately.

Sugar is not a "subset" of carbohydrates, all carbohydrates are saccharides=sugars. Some are complex, longer chains that include fiber, and some are simple.

Psh......I'm lucky if my sugars are under 75g for the day. I'm not having a problem reaching my goals.

Here is the best thing you can do... dont track sugar... its bogus to track it. And going over wont affect weight loss.

Just wondering how you know this. I have always wondered about high sugars too. Does it just affect my "sense of well-being," so to speak?

Because its already been proven by every research facility that its all about calories in vs out. And i eat well over 100g of sugar a day. It doesnt even matter if its from natural or processed sugar. If calories are constant fat loss will be the same.

Btw, i frequently eat milky ways or other candy... i average 1 lb per week... but i also still get 1 g of protein per lb of lbm and .35g of fat per lb of lbm. On top of that i hit all my micronutrients and macro nutrients...

Sugar is just a subset of carbs. Unless you have a medical condition, there is no need to track separately.

This is incorrect.

no, it isn't.

There are good carbs and bad carbs. You need to track carbs and sugar separately.

no, you don't.

There are good sugars and bad sugars. You should reduce your bad sugars to under 10g a day. For a natural sugar (a fruit for example) you should eat no more than 100g.

no, there aren't. and no, you don't. because, well, no, there aren't.

solid first post, though.

Sugar is just a subset of carbs. Unless you have a medical condition, there is no need to track separately.

This is incorrect.

There are good carbs and bad carbs. You need to track carbs and sugar separately. Your carb count is different than your sugar count and should be counted with what works for you and what your goals are. Everyone will have a different carb count. And your personal carb count will vary according to where you are in your weight loss or maintenance journey. I won't go more into this, because your question was about sugars.

There are good sugars and bad sugars. Regardless of where you are in your journey you should ronly have 10g or less of bad sugars a day. For a natural sugar (a fruit or veggie for example) you should eat no more than 100g.

So, sugar is not a carb?

Where are your numbers from and what will happen if you go over them?

Sugar is just a subset of carbs. Unless you have a medical condition, there is no need to track separately.

This is incorrect.

There are good carbs and bad carbs. You need to track carbs and sugar separately. Your carb count is different than your sugar count and should be counted with what works for you and what your goals are. Everyone will have a different carb count. And your personal carb count will vary according to where you are in your weight loss or maintenance journey. I won't go more into this, because your question was about sugars.

There are good sugars and bad sugars. Regardless of where you are in your journey you should ronly have 10g or less of bad sugars a day. For a natural sugar (a fruit or veggie for example) you should eat no more than 100g.

Wrong.. there are no bad carbs.. there are simple and complex. One burns fast and one burns slow. No carb will prevent weight loss unless you have a medical condition, especially when calories in is less than out.

I was wondering the same thing. I am fine with everything else usually but the sugar always confused me. I understand that it counts the sugar in everything you eat, but it was confusing me when I would eat kiwi and my sugar would jump. its nice to know that most people go over. I try to watch my amounts but now I am just going to concentrate on my sugars that are not coming from fruits or veggies. Thank you for this.

I was wondering the same thing. I am fine with everything else usually but the sugar always confused me. I understand that it counts the sugar in everything you eat, but it was confusing me when I would eat kiwi and my sugar would jump. its nice to know that most people go over. I try to watch my amounts but now I am just going to concentrate on my sugars that are not coming from fruits or veggies. Thank you for this.

for the most part, sugar from a carrot is seen the same way by your body as sugar from a snickers.

SARAUK2SF is absolutely correct:

Carbohydrate:

The term is most common in biochemistry, where it is a synonym of saccharide. The carbohydrates (saccharides) are divided into four chemical groupings: monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides. In general, the monosaccharides and disaccharides, which are smaller (lower molecular weight) carbohydrates, are commonly referred to as sugars.