A Little Confused About Sugar?

[Erin 25]

OK....I know to never drink any sweet Fruit Drinks over 5 g of sugar. And I know alot of people have dumped on OJ because its so extremely high in sugar, but can you have a few segments of fresh orange? If that's possible then can't people have a few ounces of fresh juice from the orange? Just wondering because I recently bought some grapefruit without thinking if it was naturally too sugary or if the fruit itself is OK .......just not the processed juice the store sells? Any thoughts?

[musicalwonder 34]

I haven't had my surgery yet and used to drink OJ every day. Tropicana makes a 50% less sugar and calories OJ. Not sure how much is in it but it's a HUGE difference.

I was also told stay away from anything acidic

[KevinsBabyGirl85 364]

Erin I have drank oj and ate oranges and I've been just fine but that is me you may be different the only thing you can do is try!

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[mary818 66]

I had a conversation about sugar yesterday with my nutritionist as I'm concerned about dumping. Generally natural sugars are much more tolerated. So juices/foods with no sugar added are usually safer. Big thing is to avoid concentrated sugars. With that being said... She also said everyone is different so what may trigger dumping in me may not effect you.

I think like vamp said all we can do is try! I'm only 3 weeks post op so I'm still a bit too scared to try anything.

Good luck!

[amy0501 4]

There's a really cool app (or website) www.calorieking.com that will give you information about food's nutritional value. I've used it many times. It pretty lists evert thing you can imagine to eat, restaurants included. I was told 15 grams of sugar max. Funny the different stories from different doctors.