Sugar Free or Fat Free?

BRenkwell
BRenkwell Posts: 30 Member
in Food and Nutrition
The ladies at work are chatting about coffee creamer. One is saying Fat Free is "better" for you than Sugar Free and the other is saying the opposite.

If you're not on a specifically sugar restrictive diet - would one be inherently better for you than the other?
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  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Neither, they're both fake foods. I'd go with milk.
  • jlmoses91
    jlmoses91 Posts: 87 Member
    I would honestly go with neither! It sounded weird to me at first bt sugar free is full of fat, and fat free is full of sugar. so its best just to use skim milk, soy milk or just a smaller amount of normal creamer. I switch out between normal creamer and soy milk. The vanilla soy tastes good with the coffee.
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Neither, they're both fake foods. I'd go with milk.

    Agreed.
  • bagge72
    bagge72 Posts: 1,377 Member
    I would compare the calories, sodium, and carbs, and see from there. Sorry everyone else is giving you useless information that doesn't help with your debate at work.
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    depends on what beliefs you subscribe to or what you're doing with your diet.

    personally I'd do something with fat but no sugar. like heavy cream.


    right now I put coconut oil in my coffee and tea. fats are great for me, but I don't take in sugar first thing in the morning.
  • fit_librarian
    fit_librarian Posts: 242 Member
    Neither, they're both fake foods. I'd go with milk.

    THIS!
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    Fat free = other crap added to boost the flavor
    Sugar free = artificial sweeteners (usually)

    Both are marketing terms, both typically mean fake food / junk.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    The ladies at work are chatting about coffee creamer. One is saying Fat Free is "better" for you than Sugar Free and the other is saying the opposite.

    If you're not on a specifically sugar restrictive diet - would one be inherently better for you than the other?

    In my opinion, provided you don't have any reaction to any individual ingredients then I'd just be aware of what you're consuming and make the choice based on that.

    Generally speaking, compare calories and macronutrients in both items and go from there.

    My personal choice would be whichever one is lower in kcals because I try to limit the calories that come from liquids for me, for satiety purposes.
  • Topher1978
    Topher1978 Posts: 975 Member
    No
  • DMW914
    DMW914 Posts: 368 Member
    Neither, they're both fake foods. I'd go with milk.

    THIS!


    ^ totally agree^
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    Yup. Neither. Organic half and half.
  • faylenechung
    faylenechung Posts: 107 Member
    Neither, they're both fake foods. I'd go with milk.

    What if your like me and you can't have milk?
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    Neither, they're both fake foods. I'd go with milk.

    *twitch*
  • gabriellejayde
    gabriellejayde Posts: 607 Member
    as everyone else said, Neither is good. I use soy or coconut milk, BUT if I had to choose (because sometimes you don't HAVE soy milk available...), I'd go with sugar free. I'd rather have fat in my diet, than sugar.
  • faylenechung
    faylenechung Posts: 107 Member
    Fat free = other crap added to boost the flavor
    Sugar free = artificial sweeteners (usually)

    Both are marketing terms, both typically mean fake food / junk.

    What are your thoughts on stevia?
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member


    What if your like me and you can't have milk?

    drink it black...........
    or add coconut milk.
  • purpleipod
    purpleipod Posts: 1,147 Member
    They usually substitute chemicals or more sugar when something is "free" of something. Neither is particularly good for you.
  • melsmith612
    melsmith612 Posts: 727 Member
    When I buy flavored "creamer" I tend towards the sugar free variety out of habit (many years of on/off low carb dieting) but much prefer just regular half & half. I've cut back the amount of coffee I drink so that I can drink the 1 cup I have each day the way that I want instead of letting calories dictate how I take my coffee.
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    They're 10 to 35 calories per tablespoon. I don't think it makes a huge difference.
  • skinnynerd
    skinnynerd Posts: 110
    as everyone else said, Neither is good. I use soy or coconut milk, BUT if I had to choose (because sometimes you don't HAVE soy milk available...), I'd go with sugar free. I'd rather have fat in my diet, than sugar.

    Agreed. I would rather have fat than sugar. But I hate coffee so it doesn't matter.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I would honestly go with neither! It sounded weird to me at first bt sugar free is full of fat, and fat free is full of sugar. so its best just to use skim milk, soy milk or just a smaller amount of normal creamer. I switch out between normal creamer and soy milk. The vanilla soy tastes good with the coffee.

    you are very pretty
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    I know it is fake food, but I happen to love Coffemate Hazelnut creamer. The calories add up fast, so I first switched to fat free and I ended up using more of it to get the same flavor and lightness. Then they came out with sugar free. I LOVE it. The calories are very low, it tastes just like the regular and there isn't much fat in it. I don't have to use more of it like the fat free version, and since I am eating pretty much sugar free, it fits in well with my regimen.

    Other wise, I eat pretty clean. But I do keep my Sugar-free Hazelnut coffee as my one indulgence.
  • jessilee119
    jessilee119 Posts: 444 Member
    I would honestly go with neither! It sounded weird to me at first bt sugar free is full of fat, and fat free is full of sugar. so its best just to use skim milk, soy milk or just a smaller amount of normal creamer. I switch out between normal creamer and soy milk. The vanilla soy tastes good with the coffee.

    This. I'm hearing a lot now that if it's lower in fat, they add sugar or salt to help with taste. If it's lower in sodium and sugar, it's higher in fat. Also, I hate when they say that there's no added sugar to a food, or that it's lower sugar, and then you read the label and find out they added sweetner. I have to read the labels of yogurts and other foods carefully because sweetners don't agree with my taste buds.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Both will probably kill you - go for the one that tastes best! :drinker:
  • Gentyl
    Gentyl Posts: 184 Member
    depends on what beliefs you subscribe to or what you're doing with your diet.

    personally I'd do something with fat but no sugar. like heavy cream.


    right now I put coconut oil in my coffee and tea. fats are great for me, but I don't take in sugar first thing in the morning.


    this^^ .. Heavy whipping cream. It's sugarless, it's carb-free, and you don't need much.
  • moreORless50
    moreORless50 Posts: 261 Member
    Neither, they're both fake foods. I'd go with milk.

    This ^^^
  • LadyBeryl
    LadyBeryl Posts: 344 Member
    Someone makes a creamer with stevia? Who?
  • navig8tor49
    navig8tor49 Posts: 4 Member
    I had the same dilemma so I mix them together. I only use about 3 TBS in the morning anyway because of the content. I like the taste of liquid creamer verses skim milk in my coffee. I dont use the powder I saw it go up in flames. Have a Blessed Day
  • dave4d
    dave4d Posts: 1,155 Member
    Which one tastes better?
  • beekuzz
    beekuzz Posts: 428 Member
    Fat free for sure. the fat free means something natural is taken out of it. But sugar free is a synthetic ingredient. Have you ever noticed that they don't seem to have things that are both fat free and sugar free?

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