Sugar in fruit

no. unless you're diabetic, natural sugar is completely fine. It's the ADDED sugar that you want to limit. So I took sugar right off my site because it was always way over.

It is natural but if you are still worried - eat fruit earlier in the day so your body burns off the sugars

I am the same. I eat a lot of fruit and so i'm also always over on sugar but ok with everything else. i have been loosing about 1lb a week for about 4months. I have such a sweet tooth so i always have fruit like a peach or grapes whenever I'm craving sweets or chocolate. I figure its better for my body to have sugar from fruit than from a bar of chocolate or haribos, a lot less calories and I'm still satisfied

I limit my fruit. Berries are great because they are low-sugar (the body cannot tell the difference between natural and added sugar - it is treated the same). What you get from fruit is the nutrients and added sugar has no nutritional value.

I eat alot of fruit but I mainly eat it in the morning and stick to veggies at night.

I'm in the same boat as you.... 1/2 grapefruit and a yogurt for breakfast, and I'm already close to my sugar goal. Bottom line is sugar is sugar, but... if you are going to get it, best to get it from fruit. I've been reading up on it a little as I have the same concerns as you. What I've read most recently is.... Only 1-2 servings a fruit a day, and... watch those that are high in sugar.... like bananas or mango, etc.

These are the fruits I wrote down that have lower sugar in them: blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, casaba melon, papaya, watermelon, peaches, nectarines, cantaloupes, honeydew melon, apples, guava, apricots and grapefruit.

Some of the above may have higher carb counts as well, so... you'll have to watch them.

I've lost 47lbs since March, and my diet has consisted of 1-2 fruits per day, plus... 2 yogurts per day (which have about 10-12g of sugar). I've been averaging 1.8lb loss per week. Just in the past month I started to look more closely at my sugar consumption. So... bottom line... my diet has been working for me OK to this point, but... I'll be trying to watch it a little more closely when I can.

Found this hope it helps..

Is the Sugar in Raw Fruit OK?

Q: I've been told the sugar in raw fruits, such as pears and apples, is not bad for me. Is that true?

A: Correct. Fruit contains a two-unit sugar called a disaccharide, which is about half glucose and half fructose. But all sources of carbohydrates are converted to glucose in the body for energy.

Fruit -- whether fresh (raw), canned, dried, packaged with no sugar added, or 100 percent fruit juice -- should be part of a healthful eating plan. Fruit provides a good source of energy, vitamins, minerals, and fiber (although juice doesn't provide fiber).

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend 2 cups of fruit per day for most average-size adults. The American Diabetes Association recommends following the Dietary Guidelines for a healthful eating plan. Do keep portion sizes in mind. Serving sizes are: a small piece of whole fruit, half of a large piece of fruit, and about 1/2 cup of canned or packaged fruit.

Madhu Gadia, M.S., R.D., is a certified diabetes educator.

I asked this question not long ago and the responses I got were very mixed. Some said it's a natural sugar so don't count it, other said sugar is sugar no matter if it's processed or natural.

My suggestion is experiment. For 1 week try to stay under your sugar allowance and see how your body responds. Maybe you don't lose weight, maybe you will lose more than previous weeks. Everyone is different, so I would recommend figuring out what works for you and sticking to that.

I also asked this question awhile ago - and got the same mixed responses. I stopped monitoring sugar so closely because I was going over, but mainly from fruits. Definitely experiment and see what works for you. If I end up hitting a plateau, I plan on re-evaluating sugar, among other things. Good luck!