Sugars in fruit

That's interesting. I'm not sure if I can (or should) mention the name of the diet program, but it's the first I've tried. I grew up skinny so I never noticed a change until the doctor weighed me in at 226, so I never really knew anything about nutrition...actuall I still may know nothing because everything I know came from her. Oh well, the diet lost me 40 pounds and I reached my goal in 6 months and I've been maintaining it without problem for the last 6 months.

Still no response from the forum...

Do you guys count the natural sugar in your fruits? My daily sugar goal is about 30 g and I keep going over but it's mostly from fruit as the other foods I eat is either sugar free or no sugar added and pretty low in sugar . I'm usually over by like 20 g

Better question is what do you care what your sugar is (assuming you're not a diabetic) Just keep tabs on total carb intake and stay under that goal. Eating sugar while on a restricted calorie diet is not bad for you at all assuming you're healthy)

Setting aside the fructose/sucrose issue, I personally believe that natural sugars in as unprocessed a state as possible are the best for our bodies. With fruit, you have the fibre to help slow down absorption, as well as fructose not spiking the blood sugar as quickly because it has to be processed by the liver. With raw sugar, or evaporated cane juice, or whatever, you have the natural minerals as well as the sugar, and I believe that the finer the grind, the faster the sugar is going to be dissolved and absorbed. Just my thoughts.

Pam

Craig, I have done the diet solution, and I LOVED it, I felt more energized and much healthier all around. 99% of the information she gives is good solid advice! Was she wrong on the sugar stuff? Who knows, I can not seem to find that in my pdf files from her, but I do know that for the short time I was able to afford to be on that diet, I felt energized, my skin was healthier, and I was dropping weight. Unfortunately I am on a strict budget, and things like coconut oil, spelt flour, organic veggies etc are very expensive in my area (we live in a small community and Hy Vee is the only place that carries anything "organic") also the cost of grass fed beef or bison in my area is 9-18.00 per lb, and even a dozed free range chicken eggs is around 3.00 here. We have a family of 6, and it was costing around 300.00 a week on that diet for food alone! What she says about processed foods, chemicals and man made products and how they effect your fat burning process makes total sense to me, and although I do not follow her program strictly anymore due to budget, I have incorporated many of the things she suggests, we have switched over to turkey in place of beef for burgers, tacos etc, have switched to 100% pure unrefined olive oil, stevia in the raw, no pork, lots of chicken and go to the farmers market in the summer months for fresh veggies without pesticides etc. We have also found a local who sells farm fresh eggs from chickens that are free range so all of those things still seem to help!