Sugar Intake

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Todayistheday13
Todayistheday13 Posts: 22 Member
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Does anyone else have issues with meeting your sugar intake goal? Everyday it seems I go over...

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  • Kariensgoal
    Kariensgoal Posts: 8
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    YES its very hard. just keep trying though it does get easier
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
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    It has an LD50 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_lethal_dose) of 29,700 mg/kg so be careful.




    Just take it out of your diary unless you have a health issue.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    as long as you are you a calorie deficit, no need to worry about it...
  • vinzorelli
    vinzorelli Posts: 279
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    Keep your fiber at 15g per 1000 calories and you won't have to worry about sugar. Fiber helps keep blood glucose under control. I don't actively watch my sugar intake. Out of 360g of daily carbs some days I'll have 60g sugar other days I'll have 150g.
  • Kariensgoal
    Kariensgoal Posts: 8
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    You're suppose to eat fresh fruit but when I do my sugar intake goes up significantly...a banana has 20 grams alone...even if I only eat 1/2 banana I am almost half way through my sugar for the day. What do you do?
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
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    You're suppose to eat fresh fruit but when I do my sugar intake goes up significantly...a banana has 20 grams alone...even if I only eat 1/2 banana I am almost half way through my sugar for the day. What do you do?
    You take the sugar column out of your diary settings and ignore it.
    Meet your macro (carbs/fats/protein), and micro nutrient(vitamins and minerals) goals, and stick to your deficit.
    Sugar is just a carb and can fill the gaps after getting the important fats and proteins.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    You're suppose to eat fresh fruit but when I do my sugar intake goes up significantly...a banana has 20 grams alone...even if I only eat 1/2 banana I am almost half way through my sugar for the day. What do you do?
    You take the sugar column out of your diary settings and ignore it.
    Meet your macro (carbs/fats/protein), and micro nutrient(vitamins and minerals) goals, and stick to your deficit.
    Sugar is just a carb and can fill the gaps after getting the important fats and proteins.

    this + 1
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
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    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1120102-scapegoat-of-this-decade-sugar
  • iechick
    iechick Posts: 352 Member
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    You're suppose to eat fresh fruit but when I do my sugar intake goes up significantly...a banana has 20 grams alone...even if I only eat 1/2 banana I am almost half way through my sugar for the day. What do you do?

    you delete the sugar column from your food tracker and then eat the other half of the banana :wink: Unless you have a medical problem there's no reason to worry about going over on sugar.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    You're suppose to eat fresh fruit but when I do my sugar intake goes up significantly...a banana has 20 grams alone...even if I only eat 1/2 banana I am almost half way through my sugar for the day. What do you do?

    Avoid banana ? it's the highest sugar/starch fruit.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1017237-so-what-s-with-this-sugar-then-faq

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