Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »

Gamliela wrote: »

I'm also a fan of really old hard cheeses. Soft spreadables are disgusting to me though.

Cheeses are a weakness of mine.... Unfortunately, I love all cheeses. From hard (sweet) to the soft smelly ones (I stink the house up with Limburger and Taleggio). Love goat cheese, too.

I used to make myself sick eating so much cheese!!

I ate so much cheese over the weekend. I think I will make cauliflower mac n cheese with what I have left, so I don't eat it all!!

I put 28g/ 1oz of full fat milk in my tea but I put almond milk and cream in my coffee and hot choccolate .

I never liked milk, even as a kid, and wouldn't eat cereal with it unless I could have chocolate milk.

I've been using this off and on.

tcunbeliever wrote: »

Some of the Starbucks have unsweetened plant milks, it just depends on what the individual stores carry. I was shocked the first time I went to one and ordered an almond milk latte and actually had them ask "sweet or unsweet" but it is available from corporate and if you ask your local store they may be able to stock the unsweet version.

I think I've seen coconut milk also. Years ago, I asked what milk substitutes they had other than soy. I remember asking my daughter if she wanted coconut milk or almond milk. But I don't think it's at all locations either.

Not positive, haven't asked for non milk substitutes in awhile.

I don't really drink milk. Not because I don't love it, I do, it's for sure a part of my diet when I'm not Keto, but when I'm trying to keep my carbs low, milk just doesn't really fit in my plan. If/when I drink milk, it's always full fat. Also, any dairy product that I consume is always full fat as well - cheese, yogurt, sour cream, etc.

I don't tend to drink milk (didn't much even when I wasn't LCHF, unless it was in hot-chocolate or tea) but do consume full cream dairy: homemade yoghurt, cheese, cream, sour cream, etc. For a while I was making shakes with my yoghurt which is probably the closest to a dairy "drink".

But also note, I am a liberal LCHF - I don't do "keto" level (under 20g carbs or so) - so I have more carbs to play with than some people. The full cream milk I buy is 4.9g carb per 100ml, which doesn't seem bad to me if it is just occasional.

I did have a look at the plant-based milk alternatives at one point, but there were so many additives in what was on the shelf in the shop, including added sugars, that I decided I would rather have the dairy (I am on a wholefood LCHF diet). If you look at almond milk - it is predominantly water with only about 2.5% of actual almonds in it! The one exception is buying coconut milk/cream for cooking - can get cans with 80-100% coconut content if you pick the right brand.

In Thailand, almond milk is expensive so I use whole milk to make coffee . ☕

Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »

We gave up FF milk, we didn't realize how much added sugars it has until we started watching our carbs.

When trying to drop carbs really low, I'd rather use the heavier creams 1 net carb versus milk 12-20 net carbs.

Can also water down heavy cream or half and half to get preferred milk consistency.

What kind of milk are you drinking that has added sugar? Milks have natural sugars (Lactose) but I don't think I have ever seen one with added sugar (outside of flavored milks).

If I drink milk, it's Fairlife since it has higher protein and less carbs. But currently, my dairy consumption comes from either cheese or full fat yogurt (which has 7g of carbs).