For me if I eat any processed sugar, (fruit is fine) I can’t lose any weight at all, it causes inflammation in me. If I continue eating it then my joints will start to hurt, and I might get brain fog. Many complaints can be traced back to too much sugar. Not just pain and inflammation, it could even be messing with hormone imbalances!
How Much Sugar Is Too Much?
Most sources note sugar should be under no more than 5-10% of your calories. If you are consuming 2,000 calories a day, that is 24-48 grams of sugar a day. If you are consuming 1500 calories a day, that is 18-36 g of sugar a day.
My favorite candy bar is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. 1 Package is 21g of sugar. That would be more than my allotted sugar for the day.
Drinking Sugar Counts Too
While I don’t drink soda, if I did, 1 soda would be more than my daily intake of sugar.
Let’s go through a typical “healthy day for me for sugars. Breakfast: Eggs, Bacon, Asparagus is 2g of sugar. Lunch: a Chicken Salad with Olive Garden Dressing 2g sugar, 1/2 cup blueberries and some nuts 15g. Dinner: Steak, Potatoes, Green Beans, 2-3 pc 75%+ Dark Chocolate 7g of sugar. So, the “healthy day’s” total is 26g of sugar. I typically eat around 1600-1800 calories a day so that would be around 7% of my calories was sugar. That’s eye opening! Imagine eating the Reese’s on top of a “non-healthy” eating day!!!
IF your wanting help in lowering your sugar intake here’s another article on that.
