Sugar from fruits

Not a bad thing. When experts talk about limiting sugar, they're talking about added sugars. Fruits have vitamins, minerals and fiber. They bring sugar along for the ride.

If you must stay at 21, stay there.

Eat your fruit and don't worry about it.

Where'd that 21 g come from? MFP gives me 77. If it came from your doctor, discuss with him/her.

Yeah MFP has me at a lot higher sugar. Fruit has fiber (typically) and other vitamins and is processed by the body differently than say High Frutose Corn Syrup. The body metabolizes these different sugars differently. Of course anything in abundance is bad. Fiber delays the delivery of Frutose to the liver. This is why I stopped drinking juice. The juice alone doesn't have the fiber. I think processed foods with sugar like Cola are far worse for you, simply keep eating fruit - just in moderation.

vintem wrote: »

cbrook29 wrote: »

Yeah MFP has me at a lot higher sugar. Fruit has fiber (typically) and other vitamins and is processed by the body differently than say High Frutose Corn Syrup. The body metabolizes these different sugars differently. Of course anything in abundance is bad. Fiber delays the delivery of Frutose to the liver. This is why I stopped drinking juice. The juice alone doesn't have the fiber. I think processed foods with sugar like Cola are far worse for you, simply keep eating fruit - just in moderation.

According to this post, all sugars are processed the same
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10197460/sugar-faq-june-2015/p1

I didn't read it, but a lot of people think that all sugars are digested in exactly the same way. They say it all the time. They don't understand the digestive system at all. Of course different sugars are digested differently. Because they're different, lol.
They have different components and will, of course, be broken down differently.

Digestion really doesn't make a ton of difference. The effect on your weight isn't about how it's digested. It's about how much sugar you take in. It's about the calories.

When you're losing weight, you want all the nutrition you can get for as few calories as you can. Keeps you healthy, let's you stay full. So, it makes some sense to take your sugar from fruit, which gives you nutrients you need.

If you don't want to eat any sugar, that's your choice and I won't argue it. Everyone has to do what works for them.

But you can eat your fruit if you want to. For an otherwise healthy person, fruit won't hurt.

kshama2001 wrote: »

vintem wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

Where'd that 21 g come from? MFP gives me 77. If it came from your doctor, discuss with him/her.

You're right the limit is not 21, it's 45... but I pass it everyday...

Not sure why your limit is so much smaller than mine, but letting it go.

I pass the limit on fat almost everyday, but since my goal is to lose a pound per week, and I am losing a pound per week, I don't worry about it. Fat makes me feel full.

I pay attention to how foods make me feel - I don't feel well after eating bread made from flour, so I eat it extremely rarely. I feel great after eating fruits, so eat them a lot. I feel awful after eating a pint of Ben & Jerry's, so only buy 4 ounce containers.

Four ounces is a lot of ice cream.

I eat nonfat plain yogurt and stir one of my fruits into it. That way I don't get added sugar in my yogurt.

kshama2001 wrote: »

vintem wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

Where'd that 21 g come from? MFP gives me 77. If it came from your doctor, discuss with him/her.

You're right the limit is not 21, it's 45... but I pass it everyday...

Not sure why your limit is so much smaller than mine, but letting it go.

It's 15% of calories.

It's 45 grams for people on 1200.

As for why a young guy like OP seems to be is on 1200, beats me.

atypicalsmith wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

vintem wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

Where'd that 21 g come from? MFP gives me 77. If it came from your doctor, discuss with him/her.

You're right the limit is not 21, it's 45... but I pass it everyday...

Not sure why your limit is so much smaller than mine, but letting it go.

I pass the limit on fat almost everyday, but since my goal is to lose a pound per week, and I am losing a pound per week, I don't worry about it. Fat makes me feel full.

I pay attention to how foods make me feel - I don't feel well after eating bread made from flour, so I eat it extremely rarely. I feel great after eating fruits, so eat them a lot. I feel awful after eating a pint of Ben & Jerry's, so only buy 4 ounce containers.

Four ounces is a lot of ice cream.

Eh, it's a bit more than the usual serving size.

I'd feel crappy eating a whole pint of ice cream too, so I tend to eat only a serving or a bit more sometimes. (I have multiple pints in my refrigerator, though.)

atypicalsmith wrote: »

Didn't realize I was judging, sorry.

I didn't feel judged.

16 ounces was my previous serving size of ice cream, so in that context, 4 ounces is not a lot. Also, I'm a lot bigger than you so get a lot more calories than you do. On ice cream days, I've usually been swimming and gardening as well.