Sugar Goals

ariamythe

ariamythe Posts: 130 Member

October 2013 in Food and Nutrition

The one macro I can't ever seem to come in under is Sugar. Even my Sodium levels are occasionally below my target; but Sugar, never!

And the problem isn't processed foods. It's raw fruit. I can eat a banana for breakfast, an apple for lunch, and with the assorted other sugars in a standard diet be over my goal by lunchtime! And 80% of those sugars come from those two fruits.

Seriously, the answer can't be to eliminate fruits, can it? I'm not indulging or anything. Two servings a day.

Any tips on reducing sugar without reducing fruit intake?

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somethingnewjc Posts: 27

October 2013

i have heard that MFP doesn't distinguish healthy sugars from processed sugar and that there is a difference... I may be wrong here, but I am guessing that means you shouldn't worry about going over on sugar limit from fruit as long as it is a reasonable amount of fruit... can anyone confirm this, or provide more info if this is incorrect?

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Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member

October 2013

Unless medically you need to track it, ignore it. It hasn't slowed me down one bit.

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pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member

October 2013

Unless you have a medical reason to monitor your sugar intake, don't worry about it.

Just in case you weren't aware of this feature, when you go to the message boards section, there is a button called search and you can type in a keyword/phrase (ex: sugar) and you can see the threads that have already been created on the topic. Good luck! :flowerforyou:

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ariamythe Posts: 130 Member

October 2013

Yes, thank you, I know about the search function. But I would like to talk and interact with people on the subject, not just read old threads. Thread necromancy is a terrible way to tackle a subject.

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Shateyn Posts: 71

October 2013

Yep, don't worry about the natural sugars, only the added refined sugar.

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