I try to be well under 15 grams per day. Sometimes I'm WAY under (yay) and sometimes I'm a bit over. Keep in mind that one teaspoon is 4 grams so 36 grams is about 9 teaspoons. That seems a lot to me, but I have health issues that make keeping sugar low absolutely critical. Perhaps you do not.

If you do get concerned, reduce the honey before the other food imo. I love honey too, but it's a condiment for occasional use, including medicinal, but not for every day. Unless you are having no problems, then just keep on doing what you are doing.

No I don't use stevia. I destroyed a coffee with stevia drops only once. Gag. I'm not anti-stevia (in it's unprocessed leaf form which is pretty hard to put into coffee) but I doubt it's very beneficial especially when used to give the impression of "sweet". It's best just to get rid of the need for "sweet" imo.

Lots of Paleo people still have insanely high sugar consumption. What kills me is that many of those people are struggling too. For some extremely active people who are not struggling higher sugar may be fine; that's not the average person obviously. It's not the fault of "Paleo" but the lack of understanding that ancestrally for most of us, access to sweet things was rare/seasonal. With Paleo foods some things like fruit, nuts, honey, etc should only be "sometimes" foods.

I normally have 25 grams or less a day

I think I am usually around 15 or less if I am on my game. I do use Stevia (Sweet Leaf) but only once in a while. I find it better to wean off the taste of sweet. I do also sparingly use raw honey and coconut sugar but not for everyday things, for recipes.

My salad dressings are now so simple. I used to mix up concoctions of all kinds which were hit and miss and now it's just whatever vinegar/juice (red wine, white wine, balsamic, coconut vinegar, lemon, lime...) with whatever oils (avocado, olive, macadamia...). Nothing fancy, all tasty, and no waste.

I can't believe I forgot the ACV in my list!

I don't have a specific goal for sugar consumption, but I am trying to cut out added sugars altogether apart from rare treats. If I have sugar I want it to come from whole fruit so it is also coming with fiber and nutrients. And I also have the goal of <100 total carbs/day period, and trying to keep it <50g on days I don't workout. (I do CrossFit 3-4 times/week and run usually once a week on top of that). That said, I know diabetes runs through my family like the NYC Marathon, so I know I need to be better about cutting out carbs in general and sugar in particular.

Like the info here! Thanks

I consume about 4 tsp per do which is doable on a lower carb Primal. Any fruit introduced equals problems for me. I agree about the Stevia, bleh! I've tried to find the right brand and even opted to using the leaves to no avail. I just came to terms with not having to use sugar, period.

tshirtartist wrote: »

after watching the video I posted about sugar I started to question if I might be having too much naturally occurring sugar a day. I average between 30 to 35 grams a day. Which seems ok to me. I do have a couple of teaspoons of manuka honey in my tea (included in my average sugar intake) which I really enjoy and would prefer not to give up but will if needed. I usually only have one fruit a day if that and don't usually have a root vegetable. So what is everyone else averaging?

What was the video link again, please?

In general I try to keep my sugar on the lower side, especially fructose. I eat 1-2 servings of fruit/day but not every day. If I have some sort of dessert with maple syrup or honey I would likely not have any fruit that day (unless the dessert was a fruit dessert). I don't worry too much about lactose from my raw dairy but in general try to keep my dairy servings to 1-2/day, again, not every day. I think you definately can eat too much fruit but if you focus on not more than 1-2 servings/day and try to make most of your fruit lower fructose fruit (berries, kiwi are both low fructose) you should be fine. If I'm having a higher fructose fruit, like today I have a small pear to have with my lunch, I would not have another serving of fruit that day.

tshirtartist wrote: »

Go to the discussion in this forum on "bulletproof coffee guy and jj virgin". The video is there.

Thanks!

Something about bacon-vinegar dressing hits one of my buttons, setting off cravings. I haven't eaten it in years. Now I'm wondering if it was the white sugar in my old recipe. ..?