Fruit Sugar

Loozin
Loozin Posts: 91
in Food and Nutrition
Hi Pals,

I'm keeping to my daily Nutritional goals quite well, apart from Sugar.
I am not eating any sweets or cakes but do tend to consume Fruit which bumps up my figure.

Should I be cutting down on Fruit also to reduce my (natural) Sugar in take?

Thanks in advance,

Loozin

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  • londoneye
    londoneye Posts: 195 Member
    No. It is healthy and contains fibre that keeps you full. Just avoid fruit juice (no fibre) and you'll be fine!
  • Loozin
    Loozin Posts: 91
    So do you think it would be OK to take away the calories from Fruit sugar from my total on my Food log?
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    So do you think it would be OK to take away the calories from Fruit sugar from my total on my Food log?
    That would be illogical captain. If you're trying to control your sugar intake you should consider it all as the sugars involved are the same group of compounds whatever the source.

    There's a good argument for ignoring sugar altogether, or for setting a higher limit, but if unsweetened orange juice and coke have the same sugar content ........
  • Loozin
    Loozin Posts: 91
    hhhmmm, I hear ya.
    I've spent years saying "Sugar us Sugar" - but try to justify it's OK when doing this.

    I'm gonna have to find Fruits that are low in Sugar, like Honey Dew Melon.

    Anybody know of any more?
  • Loozin
    Loozin Posts: 91
    OH NOOOO !!!

    Quick Google shows one of my favourite Foods (let alone Fruit) is Very High in Sugar - MANGO !!!

    Here's some others, that are better:

    #1- Strawberries
    46 calories/11g carbs/1g protein/7g sugar

    #2- Cantaloupe
    54 calorie/14 g carbs/1g protein/3g sugar

    #3- Plum
    30 calories/8g carbs/.5g protein/7g sugar

    #4- Kiwi
    50 calories/12g carbs/1g protein/8g sugar

    #5- Watermelon
    48 calories/11.5g carbs/1g protein/ 9.5g sugar

    I can live with that.
    No more Bananas, Oranges or Apples.
  • misscristie
    misscristie Posts: 643 Member
    It depends. Are you diabetic or otherwise insulin resistant? If so, then yes. You should cut back on fruit. If not, then have it. Wish I could eat more fruit, but alas....
  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    Eat all the fruit you care for.
  • Meggles63
    Meggles63 Posts: 916 Member
    Unless you have diabetes and have to monitor your sugar intake, I wouldn't break it out of the general carbs category. Why micromanage something that you really don't have to!
  • bm99
    bm99 Posts: 597 Member
    Is there a reason why you want to cut down on sugar?
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    hhhmmm, I hear ya.
    I've spent years saying "Sugar us Sugar" - but try to justify it's OK when doing this.

    I'm gonna have to find Fruits that are low in Sugar, like Honey Dew Melon.

    Anybody know of any more?

    Cucumber
  • hoffdoggs
    hoffdoggs Posts: 7 Member
    You are a male. Do not eat sugar. If you have any doubt, message me, and I'll explain in gory details about infertility in male mice.
  • dare2love81
    dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
    I found myself wondering the same thing. I snack on fruits a LOT throughout the day, and then I look at my sugars and carbs and they're off the chart high. But I guess it's better than eating straight sugar...unless of course you're diabetic, and then I guess it really doesn't matter since your body can't differentiate between the good and bad sugars.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    I found myself wondering the same thing. I snack on fruits a LOT throughout the day, and then I look at my sugars and carbs and they're off the chart high. But I guess it's better than eating straight sugar...unless of course you're diabetic, and then I guess it really doesn't matter since your body can't differentiate between the good and bad sugars.

    Good and bad sugars? What did they do break curfew?
  • toysbigkid
    toysbigkid Posts: 545 Member
    berries are low in sugar, raspberries, blueberries and strawberries, I like my apples to munch on and they send my sugar allowance out the window but I'm losing weight and I won't give them up yet. I have a mango tree in the yard and they are ready, oh boy!!!!
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    It doesn't matter where your sugar comes from... If you are only looking at SUGAR consumption.

    If you want to cut back on sugar, then yes you'll have to cut back on fruit.
    Personally I eat a lot of fruit and have never had an issue. Some people are particularly sensitive to sugar, others not so much.

    If you want to keep the fruit - BERRIES are superfoods that have relatively low sugar and higher nutritional benefits.
  • Mr_Clean
    Mr_Clean Posts: 6 Member
    Cherry tomatoes (still some sugars but not bad), but honestly, out of all the people I know who are overweight, I don't know one who got that way from eating too much fruit.
  • Loozin
    Loozin Posts: 91
    Is there a reason why you want to cut down on sugar?

    I heard somewhere Fat doesn't make you Fat Sugar does. It kinda stayed with me.

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