Healthy ways to sweeten coffee?

Go_Mizzou99

I dip my pinkie in it for 0.1 seconds or it gets too sweet

sewedo1

Try Silk Almond-Coconut Milk.....lots of health benefits and just a small amount adds a lot of flavor. I do like black coffee as well.

xrahelx

stevia/ or splenda with steamed milk and a little vanilla extract. ( skim milk steams up the best) keurig makes a very nice milk steamer its like having your own starbucks cafe au lait machine! Plus the milk has its own sugars and proteins making it almost a meal

Mariachicat

Historically I've gone with Splenda and now I'm trying to change too...Stevia seems like the way to go.

59gi

I drink my coffee with half and half and no sugar.

I also use stevia occasionally for my cocoa. Make sure you read the ingredients on the stevia, because many stevia on the market is not pure stevia. I only buy pure stevia in fiber.

randomtai

QuietBloom

Just use sugar. It is perfectly healthy and only contains 15 calories per teaspoon. I like half and half for my coffee. 30 cals per tablespoon.

QuietBloom

I question the comment about using protein powder. If I understood the question correctly, she is trying to eliminate sweeteners from her coffee(artificial in particular). Frustose corn syrup is in just about everything these days because it is easy to produce and it is cheaper than sucrose, etc.. It is also terrible for you. I believe that sugar in general is not good for anybody. Our world population(even third world countries)is becoming more and more obese just from the intake of sugary products, of which corn syrup is usually involved.
Natural forms of sugar is obviously better for us than any man made product.
My point is basically to just be careful with the type of sugar and the amounts we consume. Coffee is only one means of sweetener intake. If you aren't looking out for the other items you are consuming throughout the day(everyday), then that little amount you use in your coffee won't make a lick of difference.

Strong first post.

Sugar, HFCS, honey, agave nectar - none of these are bad for you in moderation. Likewise, artificial sweeteners have been studied extensively and are also safe.

Not sexy, I know. But it's the truth.

_Terrapin_

I question the comment about using protein powder. If I understood the question correctly, she is trying to eliminate sweeteners from her coffee(artificial in particular). Frustose corn syrup is in just about everything these days because it is easy to produce and it is cheaper than sucrose, etc.. It is also terrible for you. I believe that sugar in general is not good for anybody. Our world population(even third world countries)is becoming more and more obese just from the intake of sugary products, of which corn syrup is usually involved.
Natural forms of sugar is obviously better for us than any man made product.
My point is basically to just be careful with the type of sugar and the amounts we consume. Coffee is only one means of sweetener intake. If you aren't looking out for the other items you are consuming throughout the day(everyday), then that little amount you use in your coffee won't make a lick of difference.

Sugar in coffee is as harmful as sugar in fruit(no harm at all). World population may or may not be more obese but to say it is directly linked to sugar is silly. Maybe food abundance, and our environment(sitting more then moving, centralized air conditioning, convenience foods etc.) may have a greater impact on a generations weight. Other then these items, strong first post, and the OP asked this question in August of '13. The OP has probably moved on.

liftingandlipstick

When I drink hot coffee, it's usually black. I buy small amounts of those flavored beans that I mix in with my regular beans and it gives the coffee just enough sweetness that I don't need to add any sweetener. I will occasionally add milk though.

My dad sometimes adds chocolate milk to his coffee. Kind of like a mocha latte.

WW_Jude_V2

I typically use either Stevia or Xylitol.

I was using coffee mate as a whitener but discovered that plain old evaporated milk tastes much better and actually contains fewer calories per tablespoon. It also seems to add just a hit of sweetness.

flyingmickey

When I realized how many calories were in my coffee I switched to tea since I drink it black. BUT I love to wake up and have my coffee ready for me and with tea I had to make it in the morning. So I switched to black coffee. I think the reason I was able to do it was the two weeks between when I drank only tea.