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Low Sugar Snacks

jenversuslife
jenversuslife Posts: 57 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Disclaimer: I know fruit sugar is not the devil and for this reason I do not get cross if I go a little over sugar, I am just finding I have calories left at the end of the day and don't really want to eat fruit or something sweet due to only having a couple of grams of/already exceeded my recommended sugar intake.


Any suggest for any zero/low sugar snacks?

The amount of fruit I eat and the occasional skinny latte take up a good amount of my sugar allowance, and I am looking for ways to reach my calorie goal without increasing this much further. I'm not looking for any artificial type doodahs, and things like sugar free jelly (or in the US jello) is only 15 calories so not much help to reaching my calorie goal!

Would appreciate any recommendations!

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  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    The sugar tracking option on MFP is in no way accurate. Sugar and Carbs are the same thing. Unless you have a medical condition, just monitor your carbs. Don't worry about the sugar.
  • jenversuslife
    jenversuslife Posts: 57 Member
    Thanks for the advice :)

    Aren't sugars just a type of carb? I thought non sugar carbs, like fiber, were digested slower at a slower rate than sugar and therefore don't cause peaks and crashes in your blood sugar levels/energy? IDK this is from like 6 years ago I was taught this at school haha.
  • joshmulvihill
    joshmulvihill Posts: 2 Member
    This is a late reply because I'm just getting back in mfp; but yes sugars and carbs are not necessarily the same. High fiber sugars, like those in fruit, do metabolize much slower. So it is worth while to track both. Added sugars are the one to avoid.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    jenversuslife wrote: »
    Thanks for the advice :)

    Aren't sugars just a type of carb? I thought non sugar carbs, like fiber, were digested slower at a slower rate than sugar and therefore don't cause peaks and crashes in your blood sugar levels/energy? IDK this is from like 6 years ago I was taught this at school haha.

    Sugar is a subset of carbs. Whether or not you have to worry about peaks and crashes in blood sugar really depends. For the most part healthy people don't have to worry about that except maybe if you eat a mostly sugar or mostly refined carb (like white flour) item without anything else with it, and not near exercise. Since most foods tend to be a mix, or eaten with other foods, I think people exaggerate how relevant this is.

    Anyway, fruit is usually fine even if you are prone to this, since the sugar comes with fiber, which would slow it down. (Fat and protein tend to have the same effect.)

    Anyway, if you are within your carbs and exceeding sugar largely based on fruit/veggies/dairy, I wouldn't worry much about it. The sugar limit for ALL sugars if you are on low calories can be quite low. If you track fiber rather than sugar plus carbs you can usually see if the balance of your carbs are coming from more nutrient dense sources, which many find more helpful than tracking sugar.

    All that aside, I just had some nuts for my late afternoon snack (with some cherries, but you can ignore that bit) and I found them really filling. A post-dinner snack I like if I have extra calories and don't want something sweet is cheese. Avocado might work too. Peanut butter if you like that (I'm a weirdo who doesn't, much.)
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