is "alcohol" your sugar intake?
 

I'm in the process of submitting my custom foods and notcied there isn't a "sugar" section, but did notice a section for alcohol.

I'm wondering if this is where I put in my sugar intake....

On most nutritional information labels on foods, sugar is a subsection under carbs.

Fitday doesn't currently track sugar separately. You should request it added as a feature, since it's something a log of diabetic or hypoglycemic need to track.

Alcohol is just alcohol.

I just joined FitDay today and was in the process of setting up my custom foods and came up with this same question.

FitDay has a section for Fiber, which is also categorized under Carbs, so one would think they would also include a space for Sugars.

Overall this seems like a really great program for nutrition tracking.

Tracking Sugar
 

I've seen several posts, where people asked about recording sugar. Even if it's recorded under the Carb section. Do we know if FitDay is considering adding a section for this.

I think FitDay is a great site, but sugar intake is something that is tracked by many dieters.

I agree, "sugars" should be added under the carbohydrate section, right there with "fiber". I have just been leaving it off, but it would be nice to track this.

I've always thought it odd to have alcohol in the nutrition tracker; I never see it on any label. One interesting observation though: sometimes when I log in whole grain bread, I get an alcohol reading on the pie chart. Curious.

Seriously, I find it appalling that it doesn't track sugar. I know from using other tracking software that I don't get much sugar in my diet, but still, if it's on a nutrition label, it should be trackable in FitDay. Especially for those of us paying for it!

I completely agree. I also wish it was possible enter everything in the "custom foods" that's in the "nutrition" section. Basically everything in the right column isn't enter-able, but I'm taking a multi-vitamin and would like to get a true intake percentage for things like pant. acid, etc. to know where I'm truly at.

Does anyone know if it's possible to contact them with suggestions. I'm new so still figuring everything out.

I track my sugar in the Alcohol grams section. It is better than nothing.
I am surprised FitDay doesn't include it. Especially with so many people using Low Glycemic programs.

I agree. We need to be able to track sugar. It is incomprehensible why FitDay doesn't include it. I hope they add this feature soon.

I am sure there are many diabetics who NEED to track their sugar, using fitday. I am prediabetic and should definitely be tracking sugar. I would appreciate it if the site would upgrade to include sugar tracking.

Tracking Sugar
 

I am a new user of fitday.come, and I see where I can track the calories, fat, vitamins, etc, for the food I eat, but I don't see anywhere that is tracking the amount of sugur. Am I missing something? Can anyone help? Thanks.

There doesn't appear to be a way to track sugar. One person said they put the sugar in where it says alcohol...

Being in a prediabetic state I would like to be able to track sugars as well. I know there was a thread on here recently addressing that very issue so perhaps the powers that be here on fitday will fix this issue.

Carbs are an umbrella category.. Basically a carb will raise your BG level... It be nice to actually be able to see a total amount of sugars (note i didnt say sugar, sugar comes in more than one form) per serving/per day... or have a place to add in your BG information, even as a premium feature.

Believe it or not when you get into the more tricky forms of diabetes control, you basically deal with "net carbs" to figure out how much insulin to take.. problem is oftentimes theres multiple types of sugars used in a product and this sums it up... Net carbs are the total carbs - fiber per serving...

Data on just sugars is usually not avalible in the food label.. Sugar alcohols sometimes are listed but thats another bag of worms.. They arent *true* sugars and behave differently than regular sugar/glucose.. Sugar alcohols tend to not increase BG (much) and are used in a lot of sugar free products...but they supposedly still have carbs.(this is an area im fuzzier on so feel free to corrent re. Sugar alcohol explanation)

I also have got to track sugar intake...i thought maybe it was where the alcohol list was as well...I wanted to address this with the site administrator but can not find a link...

Should I just use the alcohol section as well??

thanks, Deirdre

Same question. Has anyone found how best to track sugar intake?

where/how does one track sugar intake?
 

What happens when one uses the alcohol units to record sugar intake?
I think it would be helpful to have a separate catagory for sugar.
How can I send this message forward to the software folks?

I, too, used the alcohol category once and didn't like it. Reports were off. Alcohol takes up a portion of the pie chart....yuk!

I think I was assuming it was available on the PC version?? Is it?

I'd LOVE to see that added to the online version, too. :o

I am a new user also and I am diabetic. I think tracking my sugars would be more important than tracking my alcohol especially since I don't consider alcohol a nutrient. I hope they change or add sugars to the list of nutrients to be tracked.:rolleyes:

It's not a nutrient but...
 

While alcohol is not a nutrient (because it is considered a toxin) alcohol does supply calories/energy to the body.

Carbs & Protein both deliver 4 cal/g, Fats deliver 9cal/g, and alcohol delivers 7 cal/g

So if you are drinking alcohol, not tracking it could lead to additional hidden calories; not to mention the sugars. :eek:

I too cannot understand WHY Fitday.com does not track sugars. For crimity's sake About.com's free tracking software tracks sugar! We've been asking for FitDay to add Sugar as a category since the first version, do they not listen?!
:confused:

No word from FitDay?
 

Has there been any word from FitDay about adding sugars?

Unfortunately, FitDay does not separate sugars from other carbs :mad: Alcohol is alcoholic beverages (beer wine etc).

I just wanted to add my support for a sugar category. I would say monitoring sugar intake as a special category (even a broad one that might not get at the whole "net carbs" thing) would be as useful a feature as fiber and alcohol.

Tracking suger
 

Yes I think it would be important to track the amount of suger per day, I think that would be useful. All I know is that work had a huge party and I passed up on the the cake. You know the one... lots of icing 2 layers. Cake was my weekness so... I am happy to say I am not missing that suger rush from that cake!!!:)

Use Alcohol to track Sugar...
 

I use the Alcohol section to track my sugars, because in reality it is the sugar that makes you fat, not the fat...
I agree they should have a separate entry for sugar.

Sugars falls under the carbs section. After accounting for fiber, all carbs, regardless of whether they come from starch, plain sugar, or more complex starchy chains eventually turn into glucose in the blood stream. I think this is why tracking sugar separately in FD would be redundant. Your sugar intake is just your total carbs - fiber.

-Nik

Glad I browsed the board first...
 

I was gonna post this very question!! I just started using this site today and was shocked that there was no spot to track sugar!!! I would love to see this added :)

Help w/ custom foods - no sugar tracking
 

When I create a custom food there's no where to enter the sugar of the food. I sure would like to see how much sugar is in my diet! And why is there a spot for alcohols - is that supposed to be sugars or something. I'm so confused! Thanks for help.:confused:

This.

I can understand wanting to track your sugar, but in the end it's all accounted for within in your carbs. If it's an important factor in your diet to track sugar intake, simply use the above "formula" (carbs - fiber) a there ya go. =]]

If its just carbs-fiber=sugars then how come on the food labels it almost never adds up like that?

I don't know about other users but I use the alcohol in place of sugar. It's the only way to get it in my pie chart.

I don't drink alcohol so it works for me.

Sugar content
 

I'd like to know why there is no place to list the sugar content of food in the nutrition label. There is more sugar in foods than alcohol yet alcohol has it's own spot. Sugar effects a lot more people in that if you are dieting you normally cut back or cut out alcohol. Sugar is also something I have to watch carefully and I would find it very usefull to have it show up. :eek:

I agree - I would love to be able to track my sugar --- but I think I will be able to once I pay for my membership.

FitDay, add a sugar category, PLEASE!! :)
 

I thought about using the alcohol section for sugar as well, but then it messed up the calories graph :( Hopefully some FitDay admins are reading this and add a sugar category soon!

I don't need to keep track of my sugar (I'm watching what I eat partially in an attempt to avoid diabetes!), but it just feels wrong that I can add and track everything else on the label except that.

Please Add Sugar To Nutritional Tracking
 

FD, I Too Would Like Sugar Added To Nutritional Tracking:)

It doesn't matter where or how sugar is accounted for (nor should I have to figure it out having bought a program to do this kind of stuff for me) - many medical programs and/or weight loss programs do ask the individual to track "sugar"... and dependent upon what or how you're doing your fitness programs, is something that is accounted for.

Theoretically one can derive a number of things based on the information tracked from a nutrition guideline perspective, and all of those items are still available. Why not do the same for sugar? I shouldn't have to figure it out and is one of the reasons I chose to get the PC and Premium memberships.

Please add sugar to track and appear in the appropriate reports.

How do you add things to Food Nutrition Facts
 

Hi... How/Can you add categories to the food nutrition facts? I would like to know how to add sugars per serving.

Thanks!

Why isn't SUGAR in the nutritional values?
 

I'm very perplexed as to why sugar is not included in the nutritional values. It is one of the things I primarily try to avoid, but is not included in FitDay nutritional values or custom created foods.

I am also wondering the same thing.

Me too! really would like to know if it can be added...maybe a note to the webmanager...is in order...C