TheBigNewt
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- Type of diabetes
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I drink three cups of full caffeine with double cream in the morning and up to three decaff rest of day @nd no impact at all. In fact the opposite - if I’m fasting the effect of the double cream tends to bring my bgs down and no difference whether caffeinated or not.
Similar to other days so often three in am I do tend to water down the cream though if have three so about a tablespoon of cream in total over the three. I add water to the cream also to froth it up as I like a flat white - it does fill you up and helps you fast I find whilst keeping blood sugar in check. I also have about same amount in my pm decaffeinated although when trying to be really strict and lose weight have at times stuck to black coffee on fasting days in the afternoon when my blood glucose tends to be lower anyway. Good luck I found fasting worked over a period of time to really bring the numbers - weight and blood sugars - down. I now stick to no breakfast most days and just have coffee.I’m thinking about fasting to help bring numbers down quicker, bit nervous about starting though- how much coffee with cream do you drink on fast days?
Don’t think it’d be such a daunting prospect if I could look forward to a couple of creamy coffees.
Cappuccino is going to be made with milk possibly skimmed or semi skimmed which are fairly high carb I never drink milk any more in anything because of its impact on my bgs I only have double cream which is low carb and dosent affect my blood glucose. I’ve been known to take cream with me if I know a cafe dosent offer cream as an option or just drink it black on those occasions!Wow! Thanks everyone. I was baffled the other day that when I tested my BG after a cup of caffeinated cappuccino from a coffee shop, it went up significantly. So perhaps that coffee had some sort of sugar traces in it.
I am a big coffee drinker and would be sad if I have to give it up.
Wow! Thanks everyone. I was baffled the other day that when I tested my BG after a cup of caffeinated cappuccino from a coffee shop, it went up significantly. So perhaps that coffee had some sort of sugar traces in it.
I am a big coffee drinker and would be sad if I have to give it up.
Hi there, I wonder if anyone uses coffee whitener? I use this in my coffee to give me the creamy taste as I didn’t know that full fat cream was ‘allowed’ (too many years on diets!).
I drink about the same amount of coffee and tea and has zero impact on my BGLs.2 or 3 cups per day. Usually, just the 2. I have never checked to see what it does, I usually drink it with a meal. Tea between meals, but not coffee.
There are just somethings I will not do and that's one of them.Hi there, I wonder if anyone uses coffee whitener? I use this in my coffee to give me the creamy taste as I didn’t know that full fat cream was ‘allowed’ (too many years on diets!).
I tried Coffee Mate once on an aircraft, it tasted like chalk so first and last time for me.There are just somethings I will not do and that's one of them.