Sugar free or regular creamer

brwelch1 wrote: »

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 delicious

Oh yeah, I forgot about those. Coffee mate natural bliss is one I tried before (when I was still using the creamers). It's just milk and heavy cream (so basically half and half) with added sugar and flavorings. Not too bad. Personally I'd rather pay less (the natural creamers are even more expensive than the regular ones, and the regular ones are already quite a bit more than half and half) and get the plain old half and half, and then add sugar (or not - I don't put sugar in my coffee these days, but my husband still does) and/or flavorings to my own taste. But at least if you get the natural "creamers" you're avoiding some of the crappy ingredients, even if you are paying an arm and a leg for churched up half and half.

I use regular half and half. I don't like the taste of artificial sweeteners and most of them give me a headache. Sugar just has 15 calories per teaspoon so I use real sugar in my coffee too. I put 2 tablespoons half and half and 2 teaspoons sugar and that is 70 calories. I fit 2 in person day. I don't know that artificial sweeteners are bad, but to me they don't taste good answer I will always pick real sugar.

I quit using creamer altogether because my youngest son won't stop drinking it straight from the bottle. It's too expensive for that! Now I use 3tbsp of 2% milk and 1tbsp of regular sugar. The advantage is that I don't care if he drinks the milk, and I can hide the sugar in my bedroom. Still tastes good, and only 68 calories per cup.

singingflutelady wrote: »

Everything made of chemicals

He is right, I eat very little sugar and still opt for sugar free. The less times I cause my liver to work hard to balance the sugar in my blood the more it can pay attention to breaking down fats to produce the energy my body needs rather than storing fat.

I take 3 TB daily in my large coffee mug of sugar free creamer.
I like to listen to my body, if I feel odd or a way I am not happy with after I eat something I stop eating it.

All other arguments for or against aside, I like my coffee. I like my coffee creamy and sweet, and I do not like the taste of aspartame or stevia. I use the International Delight creamer for 'everyday' and have my coffee with real cream and raw sugar on the weekends. For me, too, that little bit of sugar in the morning cuts the cravings for the rest of the day-I'm far less likely to crave sugar later on. Also, life is too short to try to force myself to drink something that tastes nasty just in the name of health- when it comes to that, I'll give up coffee entirely and switch to tea.