I eat 2 peices of fruit and I am over on my sugar!!!

jessicob
jessicob Posts: 33
edited October 4 in Food and Nutrition
What is everyones sugar set at? Do any of you have this issue?

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  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    What is everyones sugar set at? Do any of you have this issue?

    I do not track sugar, nor do I think it is necessary for people without insulin related issues or people who are toothbrush deficient.
  • ldalbello
    ldalbello Posts: 207 Member
    I don't track mine either as I love tomatoes and they usually set me over.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    I'm almost always over
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    my dietician told me not to worry about sugar in fruits, just to watch ADDED sugars and keep it less that 35 grams.
    but i generally agree that if you dont have insulin related issues you dont need to worry too much about sugar anyway.
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    IDGAF about sugar from fruits.

    Processed sugars are another, and I cut them out completely.
  • Mariposa187
    Mariposa187 Posts: 344 Member
    I dont track it cuz i eat fruits and it always puts me over. I jus try to stay away from the other sugar but chocolate stalks me
  • jamiesadler
    jamiesadler Posts: 634 Member
    fruit contains natural sugar I would not worry about it. I do not track my sugar. That being said I do not eat candy and sweets either
  • dancingdeer
    dancingdeer Posts: 373 Member
    I track my sugar and have it set for 18 grams. If you are trying to lose weight, watching your sugar grams is important. Try limiting yourself to one fruit per day while you are trying to lose, and make it one of the lower carb fruits, like berries. And, try to eat it before 12 noon. I rarely eat fruit, as I find the extra sugar, whether added or not, doesn't agree with me.

    Dr Mercola has an excellent article on his website regarding sugars and belly fat.
  • therealkittymao
    therealkittymao Posts: 194 Member
    I never pay attention to that... it is probably helpful for people who are doing low-carb or sugarbusters style diets, but for anyone eating regular, balanced diets it is probably way too low of a number.
  • arubabound
    arubabound Posts: 51
    LOL! Toothbrush deficient - love that!! As long as you're eating sugar that occurs naturally in food I wouldn't worry - but if you're eating a 5 lb bag of sugar with your strawberries you may just have a problem.....
  • Auspiciousgirl
    Auspiciousgirl Posts: 89
    This is so funny, I JUST asked this question to my friends yesterday since I had that problem, too! Their wonderful advice was to pay more attention to carbs rather than sugars. Our bodies know what to do with natural sugars and the nutrients in fruit are so beneficial, so go enjoy your fruit :)
  • mallorybriann
    mallorybriann Posts: 1,380 Member
    Sugar in fruit is different than refined sugars added to food.
    Don't worry about it :)
  • sabcooke
    sabcooke Posts: 82 Member
    I eat loads of fruit and I am always hugely over but I don't think it's a big deal cause it's natural sugar.
  • Clare_F
    Clare_F Posts: 76
    I am always over on my suggested sugar too and it all comes from fruits, I make a smoothie for breakfast each morning with fat free yoghurt so its low calorie and fat free but it puts me over for my sugar as soon as I start my day. However as all the sugar I am getting comes from fuits, and I am loosing the lb's I am not worrying about it - think the goodness from all the fruit outweighs any negatives from natural sugars.
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    I track my sugar and have it set for 18 grams. If you are trying to lose weight, watching your sugar grams is important. Try limiting yourself to one fruit per day while you are trying to lose, and make it one of the lower carb fruits, like berries. And, try to eat it before 12 noon. I rarely eat fruit, as I find the extra sugar, whether added or not, doesn't agree with me.

    Dr Mercola has an excellent article on his website regarding sugars and belly fat.

    The minority :D
  • catherine4211
    catherine4211 Posts: 944 Member
    I'm the same but in my opinion sugar from fruit is fine. But my sister-in-law who is being trained by some big shot fancy trainer guy had to totally cut out fruit and slowly work it back in to her diet. She's trying to lose like 10% body fat and he has her eating a very strict diet (I hate that word)......but for just regular people trying to be healthy I would say sugar from fruit should be good. That is what I'm telling myself anyway.
  • jessicob
    jessicob Posts: 33
    i will have to check it out thanks for the 411 on the article
  • gingerb85
    gingerb85 Posts: 357 Member
    I don't track sugar either. My added sugar intake is very low. I'm generally over on natural sugars though. I eat a lot of fruit.
  • IvoryParchment
    IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
    I drink a lot of skim milk, and the lactose is a complex sugar, so my sugar is always "over."

    But lactose and sucrose (table sugar) and all starches are eventually converted to fructose (natural fruit sugar) during digestion. Eating more sugar and less starch ends up the same as long as you aren't prone to diabetes. It's about moderation, and about whether that sweet or starchy food has any other reason for its existence. A soda is pure sugar water, whereas a tomato has sugar but also lycopene, vitamin C, vitamin A, potassium, fiber, etc. Make sure you're getting all the important nutrients you need while staying within your calorie limit, and your sugars will end up limiting themselves.
  • TMasticTB
    TMasticTB Posts: 62 Member
    my dietician told me not to worry about sugar in fruits, just to watch ADDED sugars and keep it less that 35 grams.
    but i generally agree that if you dont have insulin related issues you dont need to worry too much about sugar anyway.

    rockerbabyy has it right on the nose. Added sugars (not those found naturally in foods like fruits and such) are not good.
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    I never even look at my sugar.

    I once did a report for a month on my sugar, and was way, way over every day.

    But, maybe that's what's making this not only bearable, but actually enjoyable for me, and that's far more important than cutting stuff out and ending up giving up.
  • Vivian_Phoenix
    Vivian_Phoenix Posts: 68
    fructose> sucrose
    your body digests table sugar differently than it does the natural sugar from fruits.
  • Deirdre_R
    Deirdre_R Posts: 54 Member
    Mine is always over as well. It's nearly all from fruit and dairy. The only added sugar I've had today was from a non-diet fruit yoghurt and a tablespoon of chutney. I'm not going to worry about it unless it's coming from chocolate, sweets, sugary cereals, non-diet drinks etc.
  • IvoryParchment
    IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
    Table sugar = sucrose

    Sucrose is a combination of one molecule glucose and one molecule fructose. Your body splits the sucrose to create the fructose and glucose before it can digest it any further.

    Glucose is the currency of the realm in many of your body's energy reactions. The brain can't use anything else for energy.

    You also break down starches into glucose. And the body can create its own glucose from a storage product called glycogen when you are fasting (under normal conditions).

    Fructose is sweeter than the larger, more calorie-packed molecule sucrose, so generally you can eat less calories for the same amount of sweetness when you are eating fruit/juice. However, eating foods full of added fructose, such as high-fructose corn syrup, is associated with obesity. Fructose is metabolized mostly the same way glucose is, though it requires a different transformation to enter the chain of reactions. There's still a lot of controversy about what, if anything, is wrong with fructose other than the fact that we eat too much of it in processed foods. But there's no intrinsically good vs. bad sugar -- it's a question of how much you are eating, and if you're eating the less-sweet sucrose, you're probably eating more of it. Sucrose is just as natural as fructose -- the only way it is "processed" is to purify it from the fibers and residues of the sugar cane or beets which produce it.
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