Is it bad to go over sugar that comes from fruit?

The default sugar recommendation in MFP is based on the USDA recommendation for ADDED sugar. It was never intended to include fruit. Unless you are trying to figure out a dose of insulin there is zero reason to keep an eye on sugar in particular anyway. Sugar is just one form of carb. Enjoy your fruit, within your calorie goals!

If you read the book: How not to die; Dr. Greger cites a study that showed that people ate up to 48 servings of fruit per day with no change in weight. Better yet the sugars that come from fruit do not spike your sugar the way raw sugar does. I've lost 12 pounds eating all the fruit I want during the day. Also fruits deep in red color have tons of antioxidants that prevent cancer and many fruits have anti-inflammatory properties and other positive effects that make life better. So instead of a protein bar, eat some fruit and a couple walnuts.

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You suggest eating fruit over a protein bar - most people eat protein bars to ensure they are getting adequate protein as a supplement to their intake from food, which helps maintain muscle whilst losing weight and can also help with satiety. When losing weight and becoming more active protein is important and not everyone can manage to get enough into their diet, so a bar or shake is a quick, low calorie and convenient way of doing it. How does eating fruit help with those things?

Fruit is great and full of vitamins, etc but it's not going to replace what I eat protein for.

BuddhaBunnyFTW wrote: »

If you read the book: How not to die; Dr. Greger cites a study that showed that people ate up to 48 servings of fruit per day with no change in weight. Better yet the sugars that come from fruit do not spike your sugar the way raw sugar does. I've lost 12 pounds eating all the fruit I want during the day. Also fruits deep in red color have tons of antioxidants that prevent cancer and many fruits have anti-inflammatory properties and other positive effects that make life better. So instead of a protein bar, eat some fruit and a couple walnuts.

I too have lost weight while eating lots of fruit.

However, nuts aren't a great source of protein because they contain so much fat you have to eat a whole lot of nut calories for just a little protein.

According to the USDA, 14 walnut halves, so 7 whole, have only 4 grams of protein for 185 calories.

I'm not arguing for protein bars, just against thinking of nuts as a good protein source when they should be thought of as a good fat source.

If people want plant-based sources of protein, they should think foods like legumes or seitan.