Sugar content
04-20-2010, 03:03 PM
#21
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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No word from FitDay?
Has there been any word from FitDay about adding sugars?
04-21-2010, 08:09 AM
#22
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 687
Unfortunately, FitDay does not separate sugars from other carbs 
Alcohol is alcoholic beverages (beer wine etc).
Alcohol is alcoholic beverages (beer wine etc).
04-21-2010, 11:56 PM
#23
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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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.
04-22-2010, 05:00 AM
#24
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 3
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!!!
04-29-2010, 02:05 AM
#25
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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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.
I agree they should have a separate entry for sugar.
04-29-2010, 03:37 AM
#26
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Location: San Francisco, CA
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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
-Nik
06-21-2010, 03:00 AM
#27
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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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
07-06-2010, 01:38 PM
#28
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 1
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.
07-13-2010, 02:56 PM
#29
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Atlanta/Germany/Afghanistan
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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
-Nik
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. =]]
07-17-2010, 07:38 PM
#30
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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If its just carbs-fiber=sugars then how come on the food labels it almost never adds up like that?
