Coconut Milk is bad for us???!!! WWHHHYYYY!?!
jaxee31
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I recently decided to cut dairy and try more natural subs such as almond milk, or even raw unprocessed milk, but coconut milk is just so goooood with my oatmeal in the mornings but the saturated fat is so high. Anyway around this? Like a "fat free" or "low fat" option anyone has seen??????
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Make it work within your calorie limit if you like it. Nothing wrong with food you love in reasonable amounts.3
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Even whole dairy milk is significantly lower in saturated fats than coconut milk. If you're not cutting dairy due to an intolerance, I suggest sticking with milk for milky things and minimise cheese if you want to cut calories. Dairy is only evil if you're allergic/intolerant and actually has some much needed nutrients such as calcium that are hard to get enough of without eating milk.7
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Are you talking about the coconut milk in the carton? It only has 4.5 grams of saturated fat per serving . . . . that's about 23% of the daily recommendation. There's no reason you have to consume *no* saturated fat. If you enjoy it, have it.3
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Coconut Milk is for baby coconuts!56
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janejellyroll wrote: »Are you talking about the coconut milk in the carton? It only has 4.5 grams of saturated fat per serving . . . . that's about 23% of the daily recommendation. There's no reason you have to consume *no* saturated fat. If you enjoy it, have it.
This too to be fair. Coconut milk is yummy.2 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Are you talking about the coconut milk in the carton? It only has 4.5 grams of saturated fat per serving . . . . that's about 23% of the daily recommendation. There's no reason you have to consume *no* saturated fat. If you enjoy it, have it.
Canned organic Coconut Milk from TJoes with 13 grams of saturated fat per 80ml. 15 grams total fat!
Thanks for all the responses. I am going to look into the carton one!1 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Are you talking about the coconut milk in the carton? It only has 4.5 grams of saturated fat per serving . . . . that's about 23% of the daily recommendation. There's no reason you have to consume *no* saturated fat. If you enjoy it, have it.
Canned organic Coconut Milk from TJoes with 13 grams of saturated fat per 80ml. 15 grams total fat!
Thanks for all the responses. I am going to look into the carton one!
This is your issue. Canned coconut milk isn't really intended to be used as a substitute for milk. It's typically used as an ingredient in puddings or sauces. It's concentrated fat. If you want something that is lower in fat and calories, try the coconut milk that comes in a carton and is meant to be a substitute for milk. The taste and texture are different, but if you're pouring canned coconut milk on anything, it's going to make a big dent in your fat/calorie goals for the day.13 -
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janejellyroll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Are you talking about the coconut milk in the carton? It only has 4.5 grams of saturated fat per serving . . . . that's about 23% of the daily recommendation. There's no reason you have to consume *no* saturated fat. If you enjoy it, have it.
Canned organic Coconut Milk from TJoes with 13 grams of saturated fat per 80ml. 15 grams total fat!
Thanks for all the responses. I am going to look into the carton one!
This is your issue. Canned coconut milk isn't really intended to be used as a substitute for milk. It's typically used as an ingredient in puddings or sauces. It's concentrated fat. If you want something that is lower in fat and calories, try the coconut milk that comes in a carton and is meant to be a substitute for milk. The taste and texture are different, but if you're pouring canned coconut milk on anything, it's going to make a big dent in your fat/calorie goals for the day.
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The saturated fat in coconut milk is not "bad" for you. However, the overall calories might make it harder to meet your calorie deficit. If you like it, work it into your day and keep it! I usually use light coconut milk, which is basically watered down coconut milk, but it has fewer calories and makes less of a dent in my day.1
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The coconut milk in the box is like almond milk, a highly processed milk substitute.0
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I love coconut milk when making coconut rice.3
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janejellyroll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Are you talking about the coconut milk in the carton? It only has 4.5 grams of saturated fat per serving . . . . that's about 23% of the daily recommendation. There's no reason you have to consume *no* saturated fat. If you enjoy it, have it.
Canned organic Coconut Milk from TJoes with 13 grams of saturated fat per 80ml. 15 grams total fat!
Thanks for all the responses. I am going to look into the carton one!
This is your issue. Canned coconut milk isn't really intended to be used as a substitute for milk. It's typically used as an ingredient in puddings or sauces. It's concentrated fat. If you want something that is lower in fat and calories, try the coconut milk that comes in a carton and is meant to be a substitute for milk. The taste and texture are different, but if you're pouring canned coconut milk on anything, it's going to make a big dent in your fat/calorie goals for the day.
^^This^^.1 -
The canned coconut milk is for cooking, mostly Thai food.0
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JaimusWilliams wrote: »I love coconut milk when making coconut rice.
YES! so easy, and tastes fancy
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geogirl0626 wrote: »The saturated fat in coconut milk is not "bad" for you. However, the overall calories might make it harder to meet your calorie deficit. If you like it, work it into your day and keep it! I usually use light coconut milk, which is basically watered down coconut milk, but it has fewer calories and makes less of a dent in my day.
typically fewer calories than regular milk either way0 -
extra_medium wrote: »geogirl0626 wrote: »The saturated fat in coconut milk is not "bad" for you. However, the overall calories might make it harder to meet your calorie deficit. If you like it, work it into your day and keep it! I usually use light coconut milk, which is basically watered down coconut milk, but it has fewer calories and makes less of a dent in my day.
typically fewer calories than regular milk either way
Canned coconut milk? No. Canned coconut milk has about 552 calories per cup. That's way more than even full fat milk.6 -
Depends how you eat too... if you want to take in extra fat for eg. paleo eating then it is wholly recommended to get the regular full fat and enjoy alot of it. If you're interested in calories and low fat you can easily get half fat coconut milk too... watch out for the bloating though - too much can cause tummy upset and it's easy to overdo as it tastes verrryyy nice!! lol0
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geogirl0626 wrote: »The saturated fat in coconut milk is not "bad" for you. However, the overall calories might make it harder to meet your calorie deficit. If you like it, work it into your day and keep it! I usually use light coconut milk, which is basically watered down coconut milk, but it has fewer calories and makes less of a dent in my day.
This ^^^^^^^
So Delicious unflavored coconut milk is great for cooking or even on cereal if you eat that. We can't do dairy and I won't use other alternative milks because they are higher in carbs/sugar.0 -
Coconut milk is not bad for you as such - it's seriously delicious. But, as others have said, the stuff in a can is pretty concentrated form of calories, so you're definitely going to have to pay attention to the quantity.
I love it in curries or desserts, but I wouldn't eat it with cereal any more than I would eat delicious but calorie dense King Island cream on my weetbix.
I would also argue that there's nothing "unnatural" about cow's milk. Of course if you choose not to use dairy products that's your choice, I don't have a problem with that, but it doesn't make it an unnatural food.
I've tried out a few dairy milk alternatives (almond "milk", almond/coconut "milk", soy "milk"), they taste much more unnatural to me, and are much more of a processed product, if that's something that bothers you.3 -
I use the carton Silk unsweetened coconut milk. Per cup is 45 cal, 4g total fat, 3.5g sat fat, 0 trans fat, 0 cholesterol, 35 sodium, 40 potassium, <1g total carb and sugars, 0g protein.0
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That "good for you" and "bad for you" mentality will drive you crazy if you obsess too much about it. Nothing is wrong with coconut milk in moderation. Saturated fat is only bad if you overeat it. Dairy milk is not unnatural or bad. I would also argue that even trans fats, which have been proven over and over again to be bad are not bad for you if you only have them occasionally in tiny amounts. The body is an amazing machine. It takes way more abuse than a bit of saturated fat to break it.1
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Zombie thread!1
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Year old thread, @amusedmonkey Very unnatural, and bad.
But buttt... I did not resurrect it, I just fell for it
I don't even know how people find these threads.
Edited: my spelling was unnatural and bad5 -
There is light coconut milk, too. I use that mostly in cooking. I opened a can of full-fat for the first time in years lately to make dessert (vegan chocolate truffles... sooooooooooooo gooood) this week, but mostly, I just get the light.0
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