Sugar and Carbs

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Hi
I have been using mfp for a while now and have been wondering why the sugar and carbohydrates are calculated seperatly. If sugar is broken down into glucose(carbohydrate) then surely the sugar should be included into the carbohydrate calculation and carry a an energy value or caloric value and not separate from the carbohydrate. Basically wouldn't your daily caloric intake always be different base on your sugar intake because the sugars energy value is not added to the daily calorie intake, its just of measurement of how much sugar you taking in.

I hope I am making some sense in trying to get my point through and question answered


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I thought the same as futuremanda at first, but today I see in the summary at the bottom of the food page that my carb goal is 79 and my sugar goal is 91. So either the goal calculation is wrong or sugar and carbs both have to be counted. Which one is it?

Edit: OK so according to the MFP FAQs the goals are a calculation. Sugar goal is 15% of goal energy which may differ from the way the carb goal is calculated (based on your goal percentages). Looking at the actual figures against the foods and summary total the sugars are always less than the total carbs so they are counted as part of the carb value.

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ryanbennett9066389 wrote: »

Hi
I have been using mfp for a while now and have been wondering why the sugar and carbohydrates are calculated seperatly. If sugar is broken down into glucose(carbohydrate) then surely the sugar should be included into the carbohydrate calculation and carry a an energy value or caloric value and not separate from the carbohydrate. Basically wouldn't your daily caloric intake always be different base on your sugar intake because the sugars energy value is not added to the daily calorie intake, its just of measurement of how much sugar you taking in.

I hope I am making some sense in trying to get my point through and question answered


Thanks

That makes very good sense. Sugar is just a subset the Carb category. When I could carbs it includes everything that is not a Fat or Protein.

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dcw67 wrote: »

I thought the same as futuremanda at first, but today I see in the summary at the bottom of the food page that my carb goal is 79 and my sugar goal is 91. So either the goal calculation is wrong or sugar and carbs both have to be counted. Which one is it?

This just means that you put in a custom goal for carbs and didn't change the sugar goal. You can change your sugar goal if you want.