Yes I peak at your food diary and must ask you...

IDK...but if they are doing okay achieving whatever goals it is they are aiming for, unless they are asking for advice...live and let live? Or..maybe they are monitoring it...and that is an improvement from their prior choices?

Some people track their sodium, and revolve their lives around that, or some track their sugar, and revolve their decisions are that. Moral of the story is, though, that all people are different...and even though some people choose to cut things out of their lives, others either simply have found a balance of foods they can live with, or just have not discovered the effects of certain things on them..

Example: I hate artificial sweeteners aka high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, splenda, etc. My step mother passed away at 47 from a stroke. Artificial sweeteners are linked to a much higher stroke risk...and considering she drank diet sodas and teas daily for years....I tend to believe those studies. I'd much rather have some real organic sugar, than that crap. However, many others choose to drink diet soda all day. That is their prerogative. Not mine.

Another example, is the fact that I choose organic milk, cheeses, meats, and pretty much everything else I can find that is organic. THIS is due to my mother developing a rare cancer (Leiomyosarcoma) at age 49. She was incredibly healthy until then. For some, switching from chips, to lettuce is enough. For me, I think not just along the lines of "how many calories are in this"...I think "how pure is this, how much of this is genetically modified, has hormones, is it contaminated by the pesticides?" Again, it is a matter of what matters to ME. What matters to me, does not necessarily matter to everyone. Of course, people would benefit from switching to organic, or cutting out sugars, or whatever topic we might be talking about...but to each their own.

If you are very curious, just come out and ask them instead of posting a topic? Perhaps they aren't aware of how sugar affects their body/

I track protein, fat, carbohydrates, fiber, and potassium -- because when I'm low in fiber and potassium I notice the effects, and sugar is counted under carbohydrates anyway.

All the sugars I get are monitored in the carbs

I prefer to montior my macros fallowed by cholesterol as hear disease and hight cholesterol runs in my family. Also since I track my carbs its kinda on target with the sugar. If my carbs are on or under target then I tend not to worry over it much. That and I really don't use sugar for much of anything. I have switched to splenda

I monitor my sugar at the moment because I have a sweet tooth but am about to take it off my macros/micros as I'm aware when I go over with refined sugar - other things interest me more such as sodium and fibre.

The only reason I monitored it was to see if I felt better when my sugar was stabilised (I am not diabetic) and I do - no sugar cravings and I don't look for chocolate/ cakes

Not enough columns. I want to monitor my iron, and I've switched the last column among a few other options, and currently it's sodium.

Because I haven't found sugar to make a difference in my weight loss or my overall health (based on bloodwork and how I feel). I do tons of long endurance-type cardio, and to be honest - my best workouts are often fueled by jellybeans. :-)

Blood work won't show the signs of inflammation until after it has set in, which could be years from now.

I do. I don't always come in under. I mainly monitor my sodium though. I often wonder why more people don't monitor that.

That is another thing I don't have to worry about monitoring since I cut out all processed foods also.

Fresh meat, eggs, fruits and vegetables have natural occurring salt and sodium, so need to monitor.

Because the sugar monitor on here is immensely inaccurate. You should be watching refined sugars but a lot of my sugar comes from fruit.

I'm definitely more preoccupied with iron and sodium.

You should also watch how much "natural" sugar you consume also. It is metabolized the same as refined sugar and can lead to chronic inflammation in the future.

because it doesn't matter to me

I try to. Sometimes I'm on the go, so fast food is the only chance I have to eat and that can affect my sugar intake.

I can only keep count of so many things at once. I am losing now,when that slows down,I will have something to switch up..

Well I just joined. And haven't really figured out a food plan. Just winging it and trying to eat natural foods. Hopefully I will learn more as time goes on.

Sugars are a subcategory of carbs and are monitored under the carbs section!!

I thought so too at first, until I started tracking sugars and realized that while I could be way under on carbs, I was always way over on sugars. I think TOTAL Carbs is what we'd like to be seeing, but instead we're seeing that "other carbs" category - if you look at a cereal box, you'll see what I'm talking about. Fiber + Sugar + Carbs = Total Carbs.

I haven't stopped tracking my sugars since.

But everyone has their own priorities depending on the weaknesses they need to keep in check - I feel like my biggest weakness is sugars so I am one of those people who do track that. I do check other things from time to time, like sodium or cholesterol but usually those numbers are at a reasonable number for me, not too high, not too low, so I'm really not too worried about those for myself.

Sugars are a subcategory of carbs and are monitored under the carbs section!!

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