Switched from coffee to green tea!
jaimestewart1980
Posts: 47 Member
One huge nutritional change I have made recently is to stop drinking coffee. I personally like my coffee with heavy 18% cream and two tsp of sugar, a 'double double' as we say in Canada. Sometimes I would drink 2 or 3 a day and it really adds up. Now I have changed over to green tea and its way better not only because I can add honey to it but because it counts towards my daily water intake. Cutting cream out is paying off in how I feel during the day (and I don't have dairy issues at all it's just that it is so fattening). Also no refined white sugar is an ideal situation nutritionally. All of that combined with the health benefits of green tea as an antioxidant made it an easy choice. I've been off coffee for 3 weeks now and I would recommend everyone try it! Feel free to add me.
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Hey great, whatever works for you. But "everyone should try it" no way...
you definitely wouldn't want to be around me if I didn't have my coffee! 18 -
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I've never been a coffee drinker but I do love tea. All kinds! I love a good sencha or genmaicha but black teas are tasty too. I buy the flavoured teas from David's Tea. For the black teas, I usually add a squirt of liquid Stevia and about 1/4c of unsweetened almond or cashew milk. You could always do stevia + low-cal milk coffee if you do enjoy coffee.1
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I drink multiple pots of coffee a day, I know its to much so yeah i work towards drinking more tea lately. Although im fine with black coffee some cups ill add maple or pepermint extract. Yum. But hell no am i giving up my coffee. Only late night coffee lol. I work a very active long hour job. Need my coffee. And it supresses my appetite, Bonus. Not even sure it effects my sleep any iv never slept well, But im in the zone to cut it out at night since every little thing can help mise will.
I am curious if you think coffee doesnt count towards your water intake though, Sicne you specifically noted tea counts.6 -
Green teas count toward water intake but black teas and coffee don't. That's what my naturopath told me.34
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jaimestewart1980 wrote: »Green teas count toward water intake but black teas and coffee don't. That's what my naturopath told me.
Your naturopath is wrong - it is an old wives tale that you need to drink a glass of water with every cup of coffee because of the diuretic effects of caffeine. Coffee, tea, water, sodas, diet sodas - all of these help to hydrate your body (because they are all 95-98% water). Fruits and vegetables also contribute to hydration since most contain water as well.14 -
This is not true.
There were some theories in the past according to which they could increase diuration and as a result make you dehydrated. These theories were proved wrong.3 -
yeah...not true.... dont talk to that naturopath anymore they are very wrong10
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Well in general, given how I like my coffee, switching was a healthier choice for me. To each their own.13
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Adding sweetener to green tea kind of horrifies me, but to each his own. At least try it once without, you are missing the rich taste of quality tea.
Honey and white sugar are nutritionally nearly identical, you have not gained anything by substituting one for the other.
Unfortunately I can't consume as much green tea as I would like to because it gives me pvcs for some reason. Coffee never bothers me in the same way. Green tea can also be problematic for some people because of the vitamin K. There are upsides and down sides to everything!4 -
Im glad your enjoying the switch! I dont ever see myself living without coffee (I did switch from creamer to stevia) but its fantastic you found a pick-me-up that you feel good about
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I should mention that I use a high grade Manuka honey so there is quite a big difference between that and white sugar.23
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Actually, there’s no difference at all. Your body doesn’t know what “Manuka” is and doesn’t care how much you paid for that “high grade” honey. It sees simple carbs coming in, and it processes them just like it processes any other source of simple carbs.jaimestewart1980 wrote: »I should mention that I use a high grade Manuka honey so there is quite a big difference between that and white sugar.
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Have you thought of slowly reducing and then omitting your cream and sugar? You may find that you like it black too. Just so you know you can count coffee as your water.1
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I don't particularly like plain green tea, but I love flavoured green teas, which I drink unsweetened. Asian style jasmine green tea is nice, and here in England, Twinings make all kinds of amazing flavoured green teas - like gingerbread, cherry bakewell, salted caramel, lychee and mango etc.
If you are trying to lower your calories, homey is not that different from sugar, other than adding flavour. Therefore my suggestion of flavoured teas, as they are pleasant without sweetening.
PS I'd never give up coffee. But I drink my unsweetened and with semi skimmed milk, rather than sugar and cream. Still, about 180 calories a day in my coffees, which I gladly deduct from my total.2 -
Actually, there’s no difference at all. Your body doesn’t know what “Manuka” is and doesn’t care how much you paid for that “high grade” honey. It sees simple carbs coming in, and it processes them just like it processes any other source of simple carbs.jaimestewart1980 wrote: »I should mention that I use a high grade Manuka honey so there is quite a big difference between that and white sugar.
If you think there is no difference between Manuka honey and white sugar that's too bad. It seems all you are looking at is carbs when there is so much more involved.24 -
jaimestewart1980 wrote: »I should mention that I use a high grade Manuka honey so there is quite a big difference between that and white sugar.
Ah, the great manuka rip off12 -
I read somewhere that coffee has a lot of anti-oxidants, even more than tea. The problem is all the cream and sugar. I prefer black tea with a little honey.5
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You cut 18% cream for the nutritional benefits, meanwhile I'm switching from low fat to full fat dairy for the same reason.
I'm not sure why you think cream is fattening. It's no more fattening than your Makuna honey. I'd actually say that calorie for calorie, cream is less fattening than honey because fat is more sating than carbohydrates.
Dietary fat does not equal body fat.
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I love green tea but I drink a lot of other teas also.
Black tea is my go to. I love the caffeine kick.3 -
Not that WebMD is a wonderful source, but it's better than Mercola and Axe, which were the two others that came up when I googled Manuka Honey.
On a positive note, Manuka honey is much more beneficial to apply to a burn than white sugar, so there's that.
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/manuka-honey-medicinal-uses#1
I have a cup of coffee in the morning with a little milk and chocolate powder, and a cup of mint green tea at night, so win-win!8 -
Good for you finding something you like! I've tried several times to cut out coffee and I have a hard time (I like too much cram and sugar as well). Many of the comments just make it seem like each poster is trying to prove how smart they are to people they don't even know by trying to find some kind of fault with your post. I don't know why people do that. It's silly.15
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jaimestewart1980 wrote: »
Actually, there’s no difference at all. Your body doesn’t know what “Manuka” is and doesn’t care how much you paid for that “high grade” honey. It sees simple carbs coming in, and it processes them just like it processes any other source of simple carbs.jaimestewart1980 wrote: »I should mention that I use a high grade Manuka honey so there is quite a big difference between that and white sugar.
If you think there is no difference between Manuka honey and white sugar that's too bad. It seems all you are looking at is carbs when there is so much more involved.
I am actually really wondering about this, what else is there that's involved that makes manuka honey a good choice? I personally like Blackstrap Molasses as a sweetener but that's because it has 20% calcium and 20% iron in a Tablespoon serving and also has potassium, so it's a little better nutritionally than other sweeteners I've found.1 -
This has to be a Troll post. Or else....4
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emmydoodles83 wrote: »jaimestewart1980 wrote: »
Actually, there’s no difference at all. Your body doesn’t know what “Manuka” is and doesn’t care how much you paid for that “high grade” honey. It sees simple carbs coming in, and it processes them just like it processes any other source of simple carbs.jaimestewart1980 wrote: »I should mention that I use a high grade Manuka honey so there is quite a big difference between that and white sugar.
If you think there is no difference between Manuka honey and white sugar that's too bad. It seems all you are looking at is carbs when there is so much more involved.
I am actually really wondering about this, what else is there that's involved that makes manuka honey a good choice? I personally like Blackstrap Molasses as a sweetener but that's because it has 20% calcium and 20% iron in a Tablespoon serving and also has potassium, so it's a little better nutritionally than other sweeteners I've found.
It's down to the MGO.
May benefit infections but research is limited.0 -
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suzannesimmons3 wrote: »RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »emmydoodles83 wrote: »jaimestewart1980 wrote: »
Actually, there’s no difference at all. Your body doesn’t know what “Manuka” is and doesn’t care how much you paid for that “high grade” honey. It sees simple carbs coming in, and it processes them just like it processes any other source of simple carbs.jaimestewart1980 wrote: »I should mention that I use a high grade Manuka honey so there is quite a big difference between that and white sugar.
If you think there is no difference between Manuka honey and white sugar that's too bad. It seems all you are looking at is carbs when there is so much more involved.
I am actually really wondering about this, what else is there that's involved that makes manuka honey a good choice? I personally like Blackstrap Molasses as a sweetener but that's because it has 20% calcium and 20% iron in a Tablespoon serving and also has potassium, so it's a little better nutritionally than other sweeteners I've found.
It's down to the MGO.
May benefit infections but research is limited.
And isn't that usually when it's topically applied
Both that and internally for the likes of h pylori.
Little evidence to show that it can survive your stomach acid though.0
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