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doolicks75

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Can anybody please tell me which is the best milk to use, recently diagnosed with type 2 and advised to go for black coffee, this I can't do. Is there a better option for milk?
 
doolicks75 said:
Can anybody please tell me which is the best milk to use, recently diagnosed with type 2 and advised to go for black coffee, this I can't do. Is there a better option for milk?
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I don't use much milk at all. I have double cream with coffee.

- and welcome to the forums!
 
If you can't cope with cream then full fat milk is better than skimmed. I have found I've trained myself to drink black coffee occasionally but I tend to go for a splash of milk.
 
For me heavy cream is too much with 2 tbps having half your days sats. I tried all the Alpro drinks and currently on oat no sugar atm. Though I do like 2 tsps coffee with 4 sweetener as well :)
 
Lactose free milk. Tastes the same and same nutrients as regular milk, but no lactose (lactose is a type of sugar) . Basically it is regular milk with lactase added which breaks down the lactose.
 
Like @Lainie71, I often use unsweetened nut milk {almond or hazelnut) or occasionally full fat cream. But milk is also OK as long as it's not skimmed/reduced fat - which I had to learn to avoid!
 
Hi @doolicks75 and welcome to the forum.

Double cream contains less carbohydrate than skimmed, semi-skimmed or whole milk and IMO makes the perfect partner for coffee.
However you brew your coffee, making it with water and then adding double cream, allows the coffee flavour to shine through. I find 2-3 teaspoons ample per cup of coffee.

Not all plant-based milks are created equal. Of the available options, oat milk is the worst for raising blood glucose.

Unsweetened almond or hazelnut milk are the least bad, but check the small print before purchase. I was caught out a few years ago with almond milk labelled *all natural, no added sugars." Among the list of ingredients on the back of the carton was maltodextrin. Apparently, this is within the regulations!

Once again, welcome.
 
ianf0ster said:
Daily sats? Why limit the limit?
That's the great thing about eating Low Carb, that you get to eat all the natural full fat foods and get better weight, blood sugars and lipid ratios at the same time!
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No choice as on a low dairy diet. Double cream in moderation yeah but personally that ain't healthy!
 
Hi @doolicks75 and welcome to the forums. Are you trying to go on a very low carb diet? I like milk in my coffee and count it as 2g a cup, but I don't use a huge amount and am lowish carb rather than keto.

Melgar said:
Lactose free milk. Tastes the same and same nutrients as regular milk, but no lactose (lactose is a type of sugar) . Basically it is regular milk with lactase added which breaks down the lactose.
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Sounds fine, particularly if you are lactose intolerant, but not sure that it has any less carbs than normal milk.
https://greenvalleylactosefree.com/faqs/lactose-free-dairy-nutritional-value-compared-to-regular


If you are trying to reduce the carb value of milk in coffee, maybe try gradually reducing the quantity and/or upping the fat content???

And unsweetened almond milk is very low carb....
 
In the vein of judging the carbs per 100 V per amount used ..(tomato sauce for example)

I don't like coffee ( yes, finally a sane one not brainwashed by Starbucks or buying into the cult ;) )
& cream in tea should be a criminal offence ...lol.

So for me it was whole milk in my tea

Never seemed to raise my BG but it clearly does add up on your carb count on the day depending how many teas you drink.

(A quick Google suggest 3 teaspoons of liquid equal 15ml...so at 100ml 4g carbs /15ml = 0.6g carbs per cup or there abouts)

Daughter was told to avoid dairy so I used to buy lactose free for when she came over

Personally couldn't tell the difference & it has fewer carbs

Still get it and Bonus is this one from Sainsbury's we keep in the fridge as back up as it has a long use by date.

Lactose free, nutritional v whole milk.
(Search the online stores for such info )
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EllieM said:
Sounds fine, particularly if you are lactose intolerant, but not sure that it has any less carbs than normal milk.
https://greenvalleylactosefree.com/faqs/lactose-free-dairy-nutritional-value-compared-to-regular
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@EllieM you had me running to my fridge to check the nutritional breakdown for my 2% lactose free milk and you are right. My lactose free milk says there are 7 grms of carbs for every 250mls contrast that with 35% regular cream which has 0 carbs period. I stand corrected. :)
 
To be clear, 'heavy' cream is a North American term used in Canada and the USA. The nearest equivalent here in the UK is whipping cream. Therefore the terms double cream and heavy cream are not interchangeable.

The OP lives in the UK and some of us have suggested adding 2-3 teaspoons of double cream to black coffee.
 
Although I don't really drink hot drinks, another vote for lactose free here. One of my friends is lactose intolerant and while at their house recently I tried the one @jjraak linked above. No difference in taste to normal milk in my opinion, unlike almond milk or cream. At roughly half the carbs of normal milk, it would be the happy medium I'd personally go for.
 
Welcome! I drink hot chocolate and tea with whole milk and sugar and nothing more than up to 2 tea spoons of sugar in either because I can't use sweetner as it tastes like something that was not supposed to be on earth and I have tried to look for a sugar that is free from the main stuff of sugar but tastes like sugar and you used to get it a few years ago in the shops but they don't sell it no more and I tried to find it somewhere else but it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack so I just use normal sugar now
 
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