Should fruit be included in daily sugar intake?

fruit sugars are NOT healthy in abundance. treat fruit as a "treat" not as an important part of the diet. thats what veggies are for.

If only it were so simple - cucumbers, green peppers, zucchini, green beans, snow peas and tomatoes are all technically FRUIT. I can't think of any reason to limit those foods and consider them to be 'treats'.

I eat all kinds of fruits and vegetables freely. I don't track sugar on MFP - at all, ever. Carbs make up roughly 50% of my diet. I lost 66 pounds easily, have kept it off for nearly nine months now and have excellent bloodwork and other health metrics. I feel great - loads of energy, never hungry, etc.

I think MFP's sugar limit is silly, and unless you have some kind of metabolic condition that necessitates you to limit your sugar, turn that micro-nutrient column off and track something more meaningful.

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That is the exact same thing that is happening to me. Although I feel that it shouldn't be counted because fruit sugars are healthy. Not sure though.. looking for an answer to this aswell

fruit sugars are NOT healthy in abundance. treat fruit as a "treat" not as an important part of the diet. thats what veggies are for.

If you add in healthier choices, you don't have to remove the bad ones (they will remove themselves) & experiment to see what works! It's an art and science how our bodies react, and we just need to figure it out - however we all do absorb sugars the same way

Fructose in unprocessed fruits is metabolized very differently from free fructose in things like juices. In its natural state, the fructose in fruit is bound up in fiber. It releases much more slowly into the bloodstream than processed sugar or the sugars in juices.

That said, it's good to focus on lower glycemic-index foods, like vegetables. And it's better to get your sugars from whole fruit than from processed sweeteners or juices.

It's hard to get too much sugar from whole fruits, but really easy if you're eating processed fruit.

Just track carbs and remove the sugar tracker.

Once again... carbs are not the enemy and removing sugar tracker is not a good idea. The point of tracking it is to go back and see what works best for you.

there are different types of carbs, and processed differently and at different rates. just like calories, not all carbs are created equal.

You are all about quoting people on bro-science but I have yet to see any studies to back your claims... I am not saying it's true, but sugar is not an enemy of weight loss. It's all about calories in vs out. So if you are going to call BS for bro-science, at least have some curiosity to post the science to state otherwise.

Just track carbs and remove the sugar tracker.

Once again... carbs are not the enemy and removing sugar tracker is not a good idea. The point of tracking it is to go back and see what works best for you.

Just track carbs and remove the sugar tracker.

Once again... carbs are not the enemy and removing sugar tracker is not a good idea. The point of tracking it is to go back and see what works best for you.

there are different types of carbs, and processed differently and at different rates. just like calories, not all carbs are created equal.

You are all about quoting people on bro-science but I have yet to see any studies to back your claims... I am not saying it's true, but sugar is not an enemy of weight loss. It's all about calories in vs out. So if you are going to call BS for bro-science, at least have some curiosity to post the science to state otherwise.

1 tsp. of sugar contains 16 calories. Sugar doesn't provide any nutrients, so all those calories you take in are for nothing. When you are on a strict calorie reduced diet, it's better for you to avoid calories that have no benefit to you. Would you disagree with that statement?

I am saying if you had the choice to eat veggies or fruits, I would eat more veggies than fruits b/c they have a greater positive effect on the body with the least impact to your low calorie diet when it comes to weight loss.

If most of us took out most of the starchy or processed foods in our diet, then eating a few servings of fruit a day would be fine. But compounding the other starches and sugars with more sugars b/c you feel those ones are healthy is just plain stupid.

Your comment of "I call complete BS. I have yet to see anyone fail from losing fat or weight because of sugar from fruit" is a poor mans argument. Have you dug deep into the data of this topic? B/c you have yet to see it doesn't mean it's untrue. What is more likely- they lost weight b/c of other healthy choices - in spite of a few negative choices.

The people on here who attribute their weight loss to eating fruit or whatever is flawed and wrong. It doesn't paint the whole picture. It is possibly b/c they are eating more fruit that they have been able to push out other bad foods from their diet which in turn caused to fat loss, not the fruit itself.

Oh trust me, I research the crap out of stuff. The majority of time, I am on the NIH's website but have yet to see anything about fruit preventing weight loss assuming a calorie deficit exist. Also, while sugar may not be beneficial in it's original form, fruit is full of micronutrients that are very good for you. But since you are call bro-science on everyone in this thread, I just expect you to back up your "BS" flag. Until then, I will stick with my statement that fruit will not prevent weight loss.

When someone wants to have an extremely reduced caloric intake, then sugars are bad b/c they are empty calories that can be spent on healthier options. If you have calories to spare, then go right ahead!

Phelps is a case where cold-induced exposure (he is in a cold pool for quite a better part of the day) helps increase burned calories dramatically. In the book 4 hour body I believe it says increase fat burning by up to 300% by incorporating cold exposure similar to olympic swimmers, but most of us don't want to sit in a bath of icewater.

Limit your consumption of foods with high amounts of added sugars, such as sugar-sweetened beverages. Just one 12-ounce can of regular soda contains eight teaspoons of sugar, or 130 calories and zero nutrition.

How much is just right?
The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends limiting the amount of added sugars you consume to no more than half of your daily discretionary calories allowance. For most American women, that’s no more than 100 calories per day, or about 6 teaspoons of sugar. For men, it’s 150 calories per day, or about 9 teaspoons. The AHA recommendations focus on all added sugars, without singling out any particular types such as high-fructose corn syrup. For more detailed information and guidance on sugar intake limits, see the scientific statement in the August 2009 issue of Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association.


Tips for Reducing Sugar in Your Diet:
*Take sugar (white and brown), syrup, honey and molasses off the table — out of sight, out of mind!

*Cut back on the amount of sugar added to things you eat or drink regularly like cereal, pancakes, coffee or tea. Try cutting the usual amount of sugar you add by half and wean down from there, or consider using an artificial sweetener.
*Buy sugar-free or low-calorie beverages.
*Buy fresh fruits or fruits canned in water or natural juice. Avoid fruit canned in syrup, especially heavy syrup.
*Instead of adding sugar to cereal or oatmeal, add fresh fruit (try bananas, cherries or strawberries) or dried fruit (raisins, cranberries or apricots).
*When baking cookies, brownies or cakes, cut the sugar called for in your recipe by one-third to one-half. Often you won’t notice the difference.
*Instead of adding sugar in recipes, use extracts such as almond, vanilla, orange or lemon.
*Enhance foods with spices instead of sugar; try ginger, allspice, cinnamon or nutmeg.
*Substitute unsweetened applesauce for sugar in recipes (use equal amounts).
*Try non-nutritive sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose or saccharin in moderation. Non-nutritive sweeteners may be a way to satisfy your sweet tooth without adding more calories to your diet. The FDA has determined that non-nutritive sweeteners are safe.