Carb goal v sugar goal

charlotteeade4469
charlotteeade4469 Posts: 1 Member
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I am trying out a low carb/keto diet whilst I'm unable to run due to a stress fracture. I'm aiming for 10% carbs, which equates to an target of 30g per day. Given sugar is a carb, why is my sugar target higher than my total carb target (46g)... Given carbs can be made up of a few things, why would the target for sugar be higher? It doesn't make sense to me, but probably just being dim...

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,305 Member
    Are the carbs designated as 10% of your total calories?

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    charlotteeade4469 wrote: »
    I am trying out a low carb/keto diet whilst I'm unable to run due to a stress fracture. I'm aiming for 10% carbs, which equates to an target of 30g per day. Given sugar is a carb, why is my sugar target higher than my total carb target (46g)... Given carbs can be made up of a few things, why would the target for sugar be higher? It doesn't make sense to me, but probably just being dim...

    When I changed my carb goal from the MFP default of 50% to 10%, my sugar goal did not change. However, I am able to edit it here: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/my-goals

    I don't know what you want your sugar to be, but using the default macros, sugar represented 30% of my carbs.

    From 2019:

    https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032626031-A-Message-about-MyFitnessPal-s-updated-nutrition-goals

    ...Sugar

    Following the recommendations to increase fruit and vegetable intake in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, and using an average of the sugar found of sample menus provided by the USDA, recommended sugar intake limits have been set to 15% of total calories.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,187 Member
    The sugar goal is not linked to your macro split, so you'll need to adjust it manually.
  • MacLowCarbing
    MacLowCarbing Posts: 350 Member
    1 gram of sugar = 1 gram of carbs.

    Tracking carbs is really all you need to do, since sugar is pure carbohydrate.

    For a diet that low in carbs though, best bet is to avoid anything with added sugars, stick to things like fruit, veggies, and unsweetened dairy. Produce especially also adds fiber, which you can subtract from your total carbs to get net carbs (because your body doesn't absorb it and it goes right through).

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