Fruits and sugar

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i am really struggling with this issue. I eat lots of fruits and am blowing my sugar goal by lunch. Should I be concerned and cut out this fruits?

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  • Unknown
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    Don't cut them out, they have unique nutrients. Moderate how much you eat and sub in vegetables instead if you can.
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    why not just reduce the amount you eat and eat it early in the day? i love fruits as well but i eat a cup of fresh berries or an orange after lunch.
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    MFP's sugar recommendation is really....really low. Switch to a different macro, like fiber, to track.
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    RGv2 wrote: »
    MFP's sugar recommendation is really....really low. Switch to a different macro, like fiber, to track.

    What macros do you track? I'm not sure which ones I should be other than kcal and salt (my mum has high blood pressure so I have to keep an eye).
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    No. Unless you have a medical reason to do so, you don't need to cut out fruit, or even added sugar. Personally, I switched my goals to track fiber instead of sugar.
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    I was concerned about this when I started over a year ago and posted something very similar. I got pretty much the answer that 3bambi3 gave you. Perhaps with a few more comical gifs and sarcasm though.
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    RGv2 wrote: »
    MFP's sugar recommendation is really....really low.

    It's 15% of your total calories -- some might consider that reasonable. Here's a sugar faq you might find helpful, menabino.

    So what's with this Sugar then?

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    RGv2 wrote: »
    MFP's sugar recommendation is really....really low. Switch to a different macro, like fiber, to track.

    This: if you track carbs, it includes sugar, so many find it more helpful to track fiber and not sugar itself. If you get enough fiber, you will know that a good portion of your carbs are from nutrient dense foods, typically, as fiber tends to come from carbs like beans, whole grains, fruits, and veggies.

    Also, MFP's sugar recommendation is 15% of total calories. Now that I have a reasonably high calorie goal (1750) it's not an issue, but I've noticed that I can easily hit 45 grams (which is 15% of calories for someone at the 1200 minimum) with just veggies, fruit, and dairy, and I don't even eat that much fruit.

    There's no good reason for all sugars to be so low. The idea is that you shouldn't be getting a disproportionate number of your overall calories from low nutrient sweets, really. The sugar tracker is not a good way to monitor that, so if it bugs you, switch to fiber.
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    edited May 2015
    I go over mfp's sugar goal everyday, and I don't add sugar to anything. Mine comes from fruit, dairy and veggies.
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    I'm finding the same thing....glad to know others are too!
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    kpodaru wrote: »
    why not just reduce the amount you eat and eat it early in the day? i love fruits as well but i eat a cup of fresh berries or an orange after lunch.

    Why early in the day?? What time you eat something makes zero difference.
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    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    kpodaru wrote: »
    why not just reduce the amount you eat and eat it early in the day? i love fruits as well but i eat a cup of fresh berries or an orange after lunch.

    Why early in the day?? What time you eat something makes zero difference.

    Big picture, just concentrate on staying under your calories first and foremost but there are studies indicating meal timing might very well matter. This one was just floating around twitter today:

    Meal timing affects glucose tolerance, substrate oxidation and circadian-related variables: A randomized, crossover trial

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    Thank you all for your comments. Now, how do I change my settings to track fiber instead of sugar?

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