Fresh Fruits and sugars

ok I love fresh fruit - oranges, strawberries, apples, pineapple, etc. you get the picture. BUT if find that consuming these makes me go over my sugar intake. I thought fresh fruits were good for you.

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unknown

The sugar daily limit is rather low. I believe it's based on the WHO recommendation for ADDED sugars. There's no way at the moment to distinguish between added and natural sugars so MFP adds it all.

Fresh fruits are good for you.

Some MFP members track fiber rather than sugar because of this.

unknown

Unless you have a medical reason to track sugars, my understanding is that eating fruit is just fine and that added sugars (in baked goods, honey, desserts, sodas etc) are the real issue here. Fruit contains great amounts of fiber (have you seen how much fiber is in raspberries?!), which slows down the absorption of sugars as far as I'm aware. They also contain a surprising amount of other nutrients like protein, calcium, iron, potassium and vitamins.

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jgnatca wrote: »

The sugar daily limit is rather low. I believe it's based on the WHO recommendation for ADDED sugars. There's no way at the moment to distinguish between added and natural sugars so MFP adds it all.

Fresh fruits are good for you.

Some MFP members track fiber rather than sugar because of this.

This^

I changed my settings to track fiber instead.

unknown

Fresh fruits, like everything, should be eaten in moderation.

Even things that are good for you have calories.

I don't mind going over on sugars when I know that it was because of fruit but I still try to keep close to the goal.

unknown

I track fiber too. Unless you have a medical reasons to watch your sugars quite ok to go over, the setting is quite low..

unknown

You don't really need to worry about the sugar goal, I replaced it with fiber as well. If you do have an issue with sugar that is really an issue with carbohydates so minding those will take care of the sugar.

unknown

Also tracking fiber instead.

unknown

How much should we have on our Fiber count daily?

unknown

tlhsuthrn76 wrote: »

How much should we have on our Fiber count daily?

My goal is 30+ grams. Adding in beans and lentils on a regular basis helps me a lot for this goal.

unknown

ok thank u... I just needed an idea.. I also eat ALOT of fresh vegs & fresh fruits

unknown

seska422 wrote: »

Fresh fruits, like everything, should be eaten in moderation.

Even things that are good for you have calories.

I don't mind going over on sugars when I know that it was because of fruit but I still try to keep close to the goal.

As long as you are counting the calories, then it doesn't matter.

unknown

I'm counting everything I eat: cal, carbs, fat, protein, sod, sugar & now fiber