No sugar please, I'm sweet enough!

Missylydia
Missylydia Posts: 304 Member
edited September 27 in Food and Nutrition
OK, I'm quite troubled by my diet, even on a good day, without chocolate (mmmm chocolate....), I go waaay over my sugar RDA by at least 100%
How is it possible to stay below it when a banana has 14g sugar and skimmed milk, 10g in just 200ml? And still be nourished with all necessary vitamins and minerals?
I like to eat nakd fruit bars with are made entirely of fruit oats and nuts, raw and compressed, but they have 26g of (natural) sugars alone.
Help?

(I do have a real sweet tooth, which doesn't help.... but it's especially inclined towards chocolate)

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  • Hype
    Hype Posts: 349
    bump
  • VixFit2011
    VixFit2011 Posts: 663 Member
    I've cut way back on sugar (as in cookies, cake, ice cream and other sweets), but when it comes to the sugar in bananas I say eat one because the nutrients are important just as in other foods like fruits that may have some sugar but it's not processed sugar so it's better. That's my opinion.
  • Losingitin2011
    Losingitin2011 Posts: 572 Member
    Fruit sugar isn't as bad as refined sugar, but FDA doesn't distinguish, so MFP can't distinguish. Somewhere there was a link to a video about this, I'll see if I can dig it up.
  • BBaley2720
    BBaley2720 Posts: 13
    About the sugar you should probably only have the fruit in the morning and keep away from sugar the rest of the day. Anything you crave with sugar in it I'm sure is made without sugar. It might not taste as good but you need to sacrifice to make progress. I would stay away from milk all together because of the sugar content. You can find all the vitamins and nutrients you need in a 2 times a day women's multivitamin and yes I know it's not from natural sources. The research today in the supplement field is very advanced and there might be a product relatively close to being natural without having to intake that horrible thing called sugarw
  • menchi
    menchi Posts: 297 Member
    I bump up my sugar allowance a little by manually changing it. It's a bit unrealistic and a lot of my sugar comes from good foods like fruit and yogurt. I learn to go for fruits with less sugar and cut out energy/protein bars that have stupid lots of sugar.

    I agree with VixFit2011, going over on unprocessed sugar is not so bad.

    You also get more sugar allowance if you exercise.
  • Losingitin2011
    Losingitin2011 Posts: 572 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/241535-sugar-the-bitter-truth?hl=sugar#posts-3194903

    Here is the forum post I was referring to. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet though.
  • Missylydia
    Missylydia Posts: 304 Member
    @BBaley2720
    I've read some really conflicting things about multivitamins though, how come cancel each other out and others just aren't absorbed and leave through the urine within hours. Also I'm not about to risk osteoporosis to be skinny. I know that I haven't consumed enough milk/calcium for most of my teenage and adult life so better late than never ;)
  • Danlol
    Danlol Posts: 32
    I am so glad you posted this. I have been wondering the same thing. I only eat fresh fruits and whole grains and most of the time i'm over my sugar after breakfast alone. It's nice to know it's not just me. This made me feel way better.
  • BBaley2720
    BBaley2720 Posts: 13
    I understand the need for Calcium in the body but you can get it other ways and I'm sure any protein shake being made from Milk would obtain the daily amount of Calcium needed. About the Multivitamin I would think that any liquid multivitamin would work a lot better than a pill for a various amount of reasons and one being that it goes right into your system
  • Losingitin2011
    Losingitin2011 Posts: 572 Member
    Sugars that occur naturally aren't evil. Lactose is a sugar that occurs naturally in milk, it isn't granulated crap that's dumped into it.
  • Missylydia
    Missylydia Posts: 304 Member
    watching that video, it's interesting, but i don't drink soda, eat white carbs and always eat lots more than the default fibre, I'm also not obese though...
    Just wondering if I actually am eating too much sugar or not, (ignoring the chocolate, i'm working on that one)
  • Losingitin2011
    Losingitin2011 Posts: 572 Member
    watching that video, it's interesting, but i don't drink soda, eat white carbs and always eat lots more than the default fibre, I'm also not obese though...
    Just wondering if I actually am eating too much sugar or not, (ignoring the chocolate, i'm working on that one)

    If it's naturally occurring, like in fruits, or milk, then I wouldn't worry about it too much. How many people do you know who got fat off of fruits and veggies? I don't know any! :-)
  • Missylydia
    Missylydia Posts: 304 Member
    watching that video, it's interesting, but i don't drink soda, eat white carbs and always eat lots more than the default fibre, I'm also not obese though...
    Just wondering if I actually am eating too much sugar or not, (ignoring the chocolate, i'm working on that one)

    If it's naturally occurring, like in fruits, or milk, then I wouldn't worry about it too much. How many people do you know who got fat off of fruits and veggies? I don't know any! :-)



    Thank you, this is what my head's saying, but good to hear it from someone else. Just isn't nice seeing a red that isn't protein or fibre!
  • Missylydia
    Missylydia Posts: 304 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5-4FLA6rkw&feature=related

    I think this is as good as the video but shorted and less biochemical :)
  • lisabel87
    lisabel87 Posts: 152
    About the sugar you should probably only have the fruit in the morning and keep away from sugar the rest of the day. Anything you crave with sugar in it I'm sure is made without sugar. It might not taste as good but you need to sacrifice to make progress. I would stay away from milk all together because of the sugar content. You can find all the vitamins and nutrients you need in a 2 times a day women's multivitamin and yes I know it's not from natural sources. The research today in the supplement field is very advanced and there might be a product relatively close to being natural without having to intake that horrible thing called sugarw

    sugarless ben & jerrys? is that possible?? haha
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