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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 28 July 2008 03:17 pm |
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| My coffee has too many calories! Any good ideas on low cal coffee, creamers and artificial sweetners, ect... It wouldn't be a problem but I drink a lot at work because 9 times out of 10 I don't get enough sleep, and I really need to be alert to do my job. Any help would be appreciated.
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Forehunnerd
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Posted: 20 August 2008 10:00 pm |
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Back when I was a heavy coffee drinker I used Splenda to sweeten my coffee. I only used a packet or two, as I associated the bitter taste to the sweet sweet caffeine that I was so addicted to.
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christyandmuddy
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Posted: 21 August 2008 02:44 pm |
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I know it's not coffee but I switched to green tea, which has caffeine and still gives me a boost but I don't have to count any calories for it. Have you tried drinking tea instead? There are so many different flavors out there so you don't have to drink bland tea.
A note of caution about Splenda, though. I think it has aspartame in it (or maybe that's Equal, I'm not sure) but I had a really horrible reaction to aspartame when I started drinking Coke Zeros. So it can affect some people and I would recommend tea instead. Besides, you can count tea as water intake, if you keep track of that stuff.
Good luck!
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Forehunnerd
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Posted: 21 August 2008 09:21 pm |
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Yeah, tricky stuff, those artificial sweetners. I've managed to ween myself off of them and I enjoy my tea unsweetened now. Haven't figured out the coffee hurdle, might have to try some new flavors though.
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christyandmuddy
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Posted: 22 August 2008 12:40 pm |
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| There's supposed to be some kind of natural sweetener out there called "stevia" or something like that. I'm not sure if it's on the market yet or not. It's a no-calorie sweetener that doesn't have all the scary chemicals like the artificial sweeteners. I heard that Coke was trying to develop it for soft drinks. I'm not sure if it's available as a coffee sweetener or not. Last edited on 22 August 2008 12:40 pm by christyandmuddy
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Forehunnerd
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Posted: 22 August 2008 10:20 pm |
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Sure enough, you're right. Stevia is actually a kind of herb that's also known as sweetleaf, and that's supposed to be 30x sweeter than sugar. Interesting if true. It's Wikipedia entry suggests that it can develop a licorice-like aftertaste, or even bitter if too much is used.
Kind of an interesting prospect. I'm sure I heard of this somewhere before..
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amethyst.geoddess
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Posted: 5 January 2009 08:50 pm |
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Stevia's all right, if you don't mind the slightly bitter aftertaste. Personally I like it, but some people can't stand the stuff.
Instead of buying flavored coffee (which, to me, tastes like drinking a melted Yankee Candle) I buy a little jar of pumpkin pie spice & dump some in with the grounds before brewing. Ummm I guess I use about 1-2 teaspoons... depends on how flavorful you like your coffee. Makes a nice little treat.
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jacsuliz
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Posted: 16 January 2009 04:40 am |
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I believe the name of the new type of sweetener they are promoting is Truvia. I'm not sure if this is the name brand for stevia. When I was on the Atkins diet nine years ago stevia is what they said to switch to instead of sugar but I never tried it.
As far as creamers go, I use the fat free Coffee-mate and fat-free International Delight - both come in flavors such as hazelnut, french vanilla etc. These are so sweet on their own that I don't add sugar anymore to my coffee.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 16 January 2009 05:00 am |
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| Lately I've been able to drink good coffee without sugar, just creamer, but the hospital coffee I've been using stevia, that coffee is terrible!!
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