Milk in Tea, cream in coffee

[jacksprattswife]

Hi Doug!

I am English  (living in the USA).  I drink a lot of tea with a splash of milk in it each time!  I am just realising that there are carbs in milk and those splashes all add up!  I also enjoy a little cream in my coffee when I am out.  Do you think that these two items could be causing my stalled weight loss?  Is that what you mean by condiments or are you jusst talking about salad dresssings?

[Doug Varrieur]

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Use heavy whipping cream, it has 0 sugar. Each splash of milk adds sugar, each packet of Splenda is 1 carb! Each clove of garlic is 1 carb.....all the little things will add up. Keep looking hard, I'll bet you find more.

[jacksprattswife]

It is as I feared!  OK then!  Heavy whipping cream.  Thank you Doug.   Christine

[jacksprattswife]

Hi Doug!

I found a weaker tea that I can drink without milk.  I figured if people can give up their sugary sodas, I ought to be able to give up  milk in my tea.  This is a big thing for an English person!

[Doug Varrieur]

Well Done 

[zombiegirl74]

Milk right now is my downfall. It took me weeks to learn to drink coffee and tea without sugar and creamer. (now I can't STAND sugar in either) I started buying 1% milk, and when I looked at the label...lo and behold! 13g of carbs and 12g of SUGAR! only 8g of protein, yikes! boy was I embaressed! I had stopped losing weight...after three whole pounds. grr! SO! Lesson learned:
Read the labels, read the labels, and: read the labels! lol
Thanks everyone!

[beebs]

That almond milk, which is Sugar free is really good. It tastes different that regular milk but is still very good in its own right.

[izzet]

You might be happy to know that Land O Lakes makes a heavy whipping cream in the can and it says sugar free on the label.  I found it at Wal-mart.  I'm not sure where you live but it gives another option as it doesn't have any carbs.

[umpa]

The creams in the cans are wonderful.I use land o lakes and redi whip, most are<1 carb.Beware of the low fat ones though added sugar.

[Conrad]

Hi dear,

It is good to take tea with a milk or coffee with some quantity of cream.
These two items don't cause stalled weight loss but they reduce the amount of nicotine in tea and coffee.

[Andrea]

Conrad,
Since our focus is limiting carb intake, milk in tea is not a good idea.

I'm assuming you are taking about caffeine in coffee, not nicotine.  Adding to the cup will not reduce the amount of caffeine though it will dilute the concentration a tiny bit.  If you drink the whole cup, you consume the same amount of caffeine.

I hope you get a chance to re-read Doug's book.  It seems you missed a concept or two the first time through.

[umpa]

Conrad you really need to read the book.if i can help you please ask.The advice  you are giving is not sound advice for diabetics or people trying to lose weight.

[Bevis007]

wow its really amazing.. I was drinking tea regularly with milk but never focus on this thing but I am amazed to see you friends that you are very curious about the diet Garcinia Cambogia and you research on every thing about the effect before eating. Impressive, really impressive.

[umpa]

You have to educate yourself