*RANT* Sugar, sugar, sugar!
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It used to bother me. But sugar from fruit (consumed with fiber) is not metabolized the same way. I only worry about added sugars. I no longer track sugar in my macronutrients! I look at Carbs, fats, protein, fiber and sodium
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Why is my daily sugar goal at 75g on my MFP?... seems overly much now that I am reading this thread where people have a set amount of 20-25g. (I also do not want Liam Neeson to come after me.)0
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banana's are overrated they are pretty much the natural equivalent of a cookie- so skip the cookie and move on to something else.0
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I had a banana and a cookie yesterday0
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i eat tons of bananas pineapple apples ,oranges,.80-10-10 - natural glucose isnt my issuse its,the unnatural prosessed i try,to stay,away from
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It looks like the MFP guidelines are in line with the new draft recommendations from the WHO. I would probably shoot for the max of 25g (particularly since you have PCOS) but really try not to go over 50g to stay with the guidelines.
"WHO’s current recommendation, from 2002, is that sugars should make up less than 10% of total energy intake per day. The new draft guideline also proposes that sugars should be less than 10% of total energy intake per day. It further suggests that a reduction to below 5% of total energy intake per day would have additional benefits. Five per cent of total energy intake is equivalent to around 25 grams (around 6 teaspoons) of sugar per day for an adult of normal Body Mass Index (BMI).
The suggested limits on intake of sugars in the draft guideline apply to all monosaccharides (such as glucose, fructose) and disaccharides (such as sucrose or table sugar) that are added to food by the manufacturer, the cook or the consumer, as well as sugars that are naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit concentrates."
I'm trying to limit the amount of sugar in my diet - in my opinion there does appear to be enough of a relationship between sugar consumption and diabetes/metabolic syndrome disease (from an epidemiological standpoint) for me to try and make some changes.
It will be interesting to see what the final guidelines say when they are published.0 -
MFP's sugar recommendations allow for 15% of your calories to come from sugar. Even if you were only eating 1,200 a day your total sugar would allow 45g wouldn't it? Maybe you can recalculate your goals to fix it. Since it's important for you not to overdo it on the sugar (if your new sugar goal still isn't enough) I'd customize your sugar goal to something you think is more appropriate so you don't get discouraged going into the red rather than not track it all.
Also, a cup of whole milk and strawberries might be a better option (assuming you like berries) since it would have 192 calories and 20g of sugar vs. 232 calories and 27g of sugar. Best wishes.0 -
Why is my daily sugar goal at 75g on my MFP?... seems overly much now that I am reading this thread where people have a set amount of 20-25g. (I also do not want Liam Neeson to come after me.)
Its based on how many calories you are allotted per day....I get 1340, so my sugar is 27g.
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Laurend224 wrote: »martyqueen52 wrote: »Unless you have medical issues with sugar, don't worry about it.
this..
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now...
please...?
We aren't that lucky.
Replies to post are voluntary....don't like the topic of the post, don't reply, then you don't have to worry about the thread...promise!
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Yes (to OP)! Much of the advice from the government concerning food is both contradictory and unrealistic. The sad thing is that it makes people confused and frustrated, and disregard all of it, even the sensible and doable parts.0
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Why is my daily sugar goal at 75g on my MFP?... seems overly much now that I am reading this thread where people have a set amount of 20-25g. (I also do not want Liam Neeson to come after me.)
Its based on how many calories you are allotted per day....I get 1340, so my sugar is 27g.
Oh, I see. Thank you! I was getting a little worried. I'm new to MFP, trying to read up and get educated/informed. I'm right there with you on the sugar thing though, the first few days I went into the red on sugar and when I saw it I was like "WTF, I have ate so good today!" It was oranges and bananas (and yogurt/milk). You're supposed to get 5 servings of fruit a day, as well as your low-fat dairies.... but not go over that sugar? It's highly annoying. So you're not alone. I have just been trying to cut portions even more, or try lower sugar fruits instead. Good luck to you~0 -
Laurend224 wrote: »martyqueen52 wrote: »Unless you have medical issues with sugar, don't worry about it.
this..
end thread/
now...
please...?
We aren't that lucky.
Replies to post are voluntary....don't like the topic of the post, don't reply, then you don't have to worry about the thread...promise!
Their point is, this thread comes up roughly daily. They begin to fill with loads of "sugar is the debil" misinformation. Many will come into these threads to disprove the misinformation, mostly for lurkers and noobs.
A dumpster fire normally ensues after that.
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I probably eat well over 75 grams a day, I don't track it, I haven't grown any horns, lol!!!
But I did lose 121 pounds!!
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Remember that there is a big difference between natural sugar and refined sugar... I generally subtract the natural sugars from my total at the end of the day. Yes, the red number is annoying, but if you give up fruits because of the sugar content, you will be missing out on other great nutrients. I generally try to keep my refined sugar under the MFP recommendation and don't worry about the natural sugars, like those from fruits and veggies.0
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martyqueen52 wrote: »Unless you have medical issues with sugar, don't worry about it.
this..
end thread/
now...
please...?
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skipping the banana- having two cookies instead!!!!It used to bother me. But sugar from fruit (consumed with fiber) is not metabolized the same way. I only worry about added sugars. I no longer track sugar in my macronutrients! I look at Carbs, fats, protein, fiber and sodium
also.
1.) no- sugar is sugar.
2.) sugar isn't a macro.
I mean- technially sugar is a carb and CARBS are a macros- but sugar isn't a macro itself. It's not that special .0 -
herrspoons wrote: »I heard that if you go over 25g of sugar Liam Neeson will come round and kill everyone.
Or you could just not worry about it.
Greatest response I've seen to ANY topic on here. Thanks for making my day!
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Also a PCOS'er and am on a modified sugar diet because of that as well. One trick for me is not to use milk (1 cup of 2% milk = 12 g of sugar because of the lactose), but to use a milk substitute. Personally, I really like the Good Karma brand Flax Milk+Protein (unsweeteend) in smoothies. It's like 50 calories a cup, 2 g carb/no sugar and gives a really similar flavor/texture to milk-based smoothies. But I also use unsweetened almond milk or unsweetened cashew milk.0
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I probably eat well over 75 grams a day, I don't track it, I haven't grown any horns, lol!!!
But I did lose 121 pounds!!
^She seems to know what she's talking about.
The new recommendations are regarding "added sugar" which would not be fruit, but there is no way to differentiate that since labels don't reflect added sugar (I believe that is in the updated USDA label though).
As stated previously, if you don't have a medical problem metabolizing sugar, there is no need to track it. Just track carbs of which sugar is a subset. Additionally, every diabetic I know doesn't actually track sugar, they also just track carbs.0
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