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Hidden sugars and how to lower sugar

lilyrosieposie3
lilyrosieposie3 Posts: 28 Member
edited February 21 in Food and Nutrition
This is my first day on the plan, and was shocked to find I had gone over my daily sugar level.

I don't add sugar to teas/coffee.
I don't eat cakes or sugary snacks. So the sugars I am eating are hidden sugars. Could eating too many carbs cause sugar to rise? I appear to be eating far too many. I would be grateful for any help on this. Thank you

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  • JossFit
    JossFit Posts: 588 Member
    MFP doesn't differentiate between natural and added sugar, so unless you are diabetic I would actually just change your settings to ignore that number.

    You can eat nothing but "clean" foods or unprocessed things you cook yourself and still have too many sugars (according to MFP) from sweet potatos, fruit, yogurt, etc.
  • lilyrosieposie3
    lilyrosieposie3 Posts: 28 Member
    Thank you for your help. Will change my settings
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