Sugar free or regular creamer
newwed412
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Is it better to have sugar free creamer than regular creamer? I hear such contradicting stories that sugar free is bad for you, and that real sugar is actually better. Any suggestions?
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I always choose "real" food over chemicals. When I read the ingredients of creamer or fat free the choice is obvious. Real cream is real food, fat free ingredient list contains many things I can't even pronounce and are not on the food guide.5
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Everything made of chemicals9
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I love sugar. But that is my preference. I don't like artificial sweeteners.
Real food is best for you, as far as nutrition goes.
If you use sugar-free, it will probably have an artificial sweetener in it.
What are YOU most comfortable with? Can you fit it into your calories/macros?
Don't sweat the small stuff.3 -
Sugar is going to have more calories than sugar-free, are you prepared to cover those calories in your food plan?0
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I like the sugar free creamer in my coffee. Sugar free is not bad for you, contrary to what you may have heard.3
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I am drinking DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE!!!!6
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Is it better to have sugar free creamer than regular creamer? I hear such contradicting stories that sugar free is bad for you, and that real sugar is actually better. Any suggestions?
There is some emerging data that artificial sweeteners have a negative impact on gut bacteria that help to regulate
glucose tolerance (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25231862/) There is also evidence that real sugar (i.e. "white" table sugar) can contribute to the kind of chronic inflammation that contributes to a variety of ills including heart disease (http://www.health.harvard.edu/family-health-guide/what-you-eat-can-fuel-or-cool-inflammation-a-key-driver-of-heart-disease-diabetes-and-other-chronic-conditions). So pick your poison
I really don't think that the amounts of either related to coffee creamer are too concerning. I would rather have nature-made chemicals (cane sugar) plus I think it tastes better, but in a short term calorie deficit situation I would not shy away from "sugar free" if that helps you meet your goals.
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singingflutelady wrote: »Everything made of chemicals
I take your point, but there's a difference between chemical compounds with which we have had long experience and those created in a lab which we have begun to consume only recently. We don't know the long-term effects.0 -
Sweeteners have been around for a very long time4
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I know this isn't an answer to your question, but have you thought of prioritizing your food choice instead of struggling to make this kind of decision?
Specifically, you could easily reduce or skip one or two bland, unimportant meals and create enough calorie deficit for you to enjoy many times your coffee the way you want?
That's what I do. I don't eat all boring meals and compromise my precious coffees. I don't juggle calories and end up having to consume mediocre foods. 3 -
CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I am drinking DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE!!!!
Which we have been consuming without ill effects since the dawn of humankind.0 -
CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I am drinking DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE!!!!
Which we have been consuming without ill effects since the dawn of humankind.
Not true3 -
I just checked my creamer. It's not "sugar free," but there's no sugar in it. (If that makes sense.) I use two tsp per coffee and have at least 2 coffees per day. That adds up to 40 calories, 4 carbs, 2 fat, 0 protein, and 0 sugar. (Creamer nutrition only.) You may just have to check labels, maybe switch brands.0
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singingflutelady wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I am drinking DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE!!!!
Which we have been consuming without ill effects since the dawn of humankind.
Not true
touche0 -
I use half and half.1
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singingflutelady wrote: »Everything made of chemicals
It's true. I use real fresh cream, and I also use splenda. *shrugs* I learned what works for me.1 -
I was just curious as to what everyone's opinion was. I have room in my calories for it. I am doing this weight loss thing for a second time around. Lost 50 pounds about a year and a half ago and then got sick and gained 40 pounds back (kicking myself in the butt)! Thanks for everyone's opinions!0
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I was just curious as to what everyone's opinion was. I have room in my calories for it. I am doing this weight loss thing for a second time around. Lost 50 pounds about a year and a half ago and then got sick and gained 40 pounds back (kicking myself in the butt)! Thanks for everyone's opinions!
The biggest part of losing is staying there. Place close attention to intake because when you hit your goal weight you are not done!!0 -
Regular creamer if you have the calories, sugar-free if you don't.0
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Linzjohnston wrote: »I always choose "real" food over chemicals. When I read the ingredients of creamer or fat free the choice is obvious. Real cream is real food, fat free ingredient list contains many things I can't even pronounce and are not on the food guide.
What's the food guide?1 -
I'm not actually totally sure what creamer is. Fake milk? I'd just use milk, and in a choice between sugar or sweetener I'd choose sugar every time. But that may be because I am fussy and stubborn. I don't think either choice is going to have much effect on weight loss.
Don't overthink it, just drink your coffee already.1 -
singingflutelady wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I am drinking DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE!!!!
Which we have been consuming without ill effects since the dawn of humankind.
Not true
Well technically. It is virtually harmless when consumed but almost always fatal when inhaled.
As for the OP question.
The one you like best in amounts that work with your calorie goal. I like my full fat, high fructose corn syrup laden Coffee Mate or generic equivalent. But I drink a lot less coffee these days.
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Personally, I stay away from anything that says "sugar free", "fat free", "diet"...a lot of the time, they hike up the sodium to replace whatever it is they are taking out.
I have learned when packages says "sugar free", more times than not, they are replacing the sugar with sucralose, aspartame and other nasty stuff like that. I use to be a Splenda freak. I got migraines ALL the time. My doctor and I got together and he made me write down EVERYTHING I ate/drank (in the days before I started MFP). I suggested I cut down on dairy (lactose intolerance) and cut out Splenda. Lo and behold, the migraines decreased significantly.
My husband reads labels now too so if there is sucralose or anything of the like in a product, he won't buy it.
This works for us. We have become regular label readers because if I do have that artificial stuff, I know a headache is coming to get me and it's not worth the pain.
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Honestly, the worst part of coffee "creamers" (I'm assuming you aren't talking about actual cream because that's sugar free to begin with) is the hydrogenated oils. Sugar free or not, the flavored creamers all have hydrogenated oil as their main ingredient. I'm not sure about the fat free ones (yuck... I've never even bothered looking at them, lol). As I said, I just use half and half or heavy cream; very little to no sugar, and no trans fats.2
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I have been slowly weaning myself from sugary creamer. I used to use maybe 6 tbsp of the super sweet stuff, plus sugar (ugh). Then I did 2 servings + 2 of half and half. Now I am down to 1 tbsp of Baileys Irish Cream original (25 cal, 5 g sugar), no additional sugar, and 25 ml of unsweetened vanilla almond milk. This both reduces excess calories and coffee consumption bc it tastes fine but it's no longer a dessert 0
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canadianvampyregurl wrote: »Personally, I stay away from anything that says "sugar free", "fat free", "diet"...a lot of the time, they hike up the sodium to replace whatever it is they are taking out.
I have learned when packages says "sugar free", more times than not, they are replacing the sugar with sucralose, aspartame and other nasty stuff like that. I use to be a Splenda freak. I got migraines ALL the time. My doctor and I got together and he made me write down EVERYTHING I ate/drank (in the days before I started MFP). I suggested I cut down on dairy (lactose intolerance) and cut out Splenda. Lo and behold, the migraines decreased significantly
I have found something similar for myself--I had constant gallbladder pain, but nothing definitive on scans. Hubs (GI) suggested cutting out my diet Snapple habit. Now almost no pain. I had a few of those fizzy "Ice" diet drinks...immediate pain. Oh well, water for me!
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I hate the taste of splenda, aspartame, and low cal sweeteners so I don't buy no sugar anything really. Also I love my regular coffee creamer and coffee too much so I budget for my calorie intake.0
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tlflag1620 wrote: »Honestly, the worst part of coffee "creamers" (I'm assuming you aren't talking about actual cream because that's sugar free to begin with) is the hydrogenated oils. Sugar free or not, the flavored creamers all have hydrogenated oil as their main ingredient. I'm not sure about the fat free ones (yuck... I've never even bothered looking at them, lol). As I said, I just use half and half or heavy cream; very little to no sugar, and no trans fats.
Naturals creamer does not. It's delicious0
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