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kbbphillips
kbbphillips Posts: 1 Member
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I am eating lots of fruit and vegs and I keep going over my sugar intake? I know that fruit has sugar but I was always told that it was good sugar. If I am eating to much sugar any ideas on what I should be eating?

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  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    There is no good and bad sugar. All carbs eventually get broken down into glucose. You can eat anything you want in moderation. Just increase your target sugar goal or ignore it. As long as macronutrients and calories are in check, your goals should be unaffected by sugar intake.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    There is no good and bad sugar. All carbs eventually get broken down into glucose. You can eat anything you want in moderation. Just increase your target sugar goal or ignore it. As long as macronutrients and calories are in check, your goals should be unaffected by sugar intake.

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  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    There is no good and bad sugar. All carbs eventually get broken down into glucose. You can eat anything you want in moderation. Just increase your target sugar goal or ignore it. As long as macronutrients and calories are in check, your goals should be unaffected by sugar intake.

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    Deserves a double:

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I am eating lots of fruit and vegs and I keep going over my sugar intake? I know that fruit has sugar but I was always told that it was good sugar. If I am eating to much sugar any ideas on what I should be eating?

    Less fruit, or lower sugar fruits, or less things with big numbers in the "sugar" column.

    What is your daily goal ? (closed diary)
  • LuckySlydog
    LuckySlydog Posts: 34
    Simple sugars digest quickly into your bloodstream, get used up fast and cause cravings. Complex sugars take longer to digest therefore lowering impact on your blood sugar minimizing cravings. If too much glucose is in your bloodstream it is stored as fat.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    Ready.....Set....and....GO!

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  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    There is no good and bad sugar. All carbs eventually get broken down into glucose. You can eat anything you want in moderation. Just increase your target sugar goal or ignore it. As long as macronutrients and calories are in check, your goals should be unaffected by sugar intake.

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    Deserves a double:

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  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    Simple sugars digest quickly into your bloodstream, get used up fast and cause cravings. Complex sugars take longer to digest therefore lowering impact on your blood sugar minimizing cravings. If too much glucose is in your bloodstream it is stored as fat.
    This is taking a complex process and completely oversimplifying it. Sure excess glucose can be stored as fat, but if you eat in a caloric deficit, even if some glucose is stored as fat, your net fat loss will be greater then you net fat storage. The body is constantly burning, and storing things as energy. If weight loss is your goal, only net gains and losses are significant. So even if some glucose is stored temporarily as fat, it really isn't significant as far as net fat loss is concerned.

    Cravings are also a very subjective thing. Single sugars don't cause everything to have cravings. While they might personally cause you to have cravings, this is not true for everyone across the board. Many people, myself included, don't get cravings from simple sugars. In fact, the only time I actually get cravings is when I avoid a food completely. So for me, to avoid simple sugars would actually increase cravings rather then decrease them.

    Long story short, CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT.
  • LuckySlydog
    LuckySlydog Posts: 34
    Simple sugars digest quickly into your bloodstream, get used up fast and cause cravings. Complex sugars take longer to digest therefore lowering impact on your blood sugar minimizing cravings. If too much glucose is in your bloodstream it is stored as fat.
    This is taking a complex process and completely oversimplifying it. Sure excess glucose can be stored as fat, but if you eat in a caloric deficit, even if some glucose is stored as fat, your net fat loss will be greater then you net fat storage. The body is constantly burning, and storing things as energy. If weight loss is your goal, only net gains and losses are significant. So even if some glucose is stored temporarily as fat, it really isn't significant as far as net fat loss is concerned.

    Cravings are also a very subjective thing. Single sugars don't cause everything to have cravings. While they might personally cause you to have cravings, this is not true for everyone across the board. Many people, myself included, don't get cravings from simple sugars. In fact, the only time I actually get cravings is when I avoid a food completely. So for me, to avoid simple sugars would actually increase cravings rather then decrease them.

    Long story short, CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT.

    For me if I'm controlling Calories in vs. Energy used, then controlling cravings is essential in controlling calories.
    I don't "avoid a food completely" just because I CONTROL my carbs. Different foods effect different people across the board, and by controlling my calories intake and logging my meals and snacks I identify what affects me personally.

    Keeping it simple is what most people understand. Excess sugar in the bloodstream leads to a sugar crash leading to cravings. Cravings lead to loss of will power and overeating.
  • Stilllosing26
    Stilllosing26 Posts: 256 Member
    It honestly depends on your body. my diet(due to me being vegan), relies heavily on carbohydrates from fruit, vegetables, and sprouted breads, oats, brans, and other whole grains. I have completely cut out all sources of white, refined, and processed grains because all they did was make me crave more, and they did nothing for my body. Carbohydrates are NOT all treated the same way. White refined grains are immediately turned into energy, and if that energy is not used in a short matter of time, they will be turned into fat. Whole grains, and grains that are not processed, and that contain high amounts of fiber, and nutrients, are slowely processed by the body, giving you more time to utilize the energy, thus making them a MUCH better choice. But some people, like my own sister, are able to eat wonderbread, and oreos, and white flatbreads, and cookies and cakes without gaining any weight. This is solely due to the fact that they were born with a metabolism that only relies on a small amount of fat to live, and they simply don't need the excess fat to be stored. But just remember, skinny does NOT justify being healthy. There are plenty of heavier set people who are MUCH healthier than little skinny people!

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