Healthy drinks

Would tea and coffee (no suger, skimmed milk) be considered healthy drinks?

[ceejayblue]

All milk contains the same amount of carbohydrates, whether it is whole, semi skimmed or skimmed! Sugar is a carbohydrate and like all carbohydrates it converts into glucose in the body and the sugar in milk comes from the naturally occuring lactose and is not added sugar. There is nothing wrong with drinking skimmed milk, I am diabetic and have skimmed milk because I am lowering the fat content of my food.

I belong to a weightloss group called weightlossresources.co.uk and log all my food and drink so I can see what I am eating and drinking and how many cals, carbs, fats, proteins, etc are in it all. Some people find the low carb, high fat regime, that bigleg links to, a good way of getting healthy and yes, it works for some. However anyone who has gastric problems (like gallstones) should avoid it and check with their GP before embarking on it. I believe in everything in moderation and you can have the odd treat every now and then.

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Absolutely - tea or coffee with skimmed milk and no sugar are low in calories (virtually none if you use just a splash of milk rather than making it with all milk!) and hydrating (don't believe what 'they' say about them being dehydrating - that's been scientifically disproved). One thing I would say is to try having decaffeinated options, and having a variety of drinks - water, low calorie squash, fruit teas, green teas etc.

[RavenLynn]

a suggestion I have about tea is try Herbal teas--Peppermint, green, fruit flavors, ect, They are delicious. If you find them to be too bitter for your taste buds, honey is a great natural sweetener.

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I have high cholesterol which I need to reduce, so have taken doctors advice to have skimmed milk rather than full fat, semi skimmed etc.

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Doctor told me to reduce the amount of saturated fat in my diet because I've got high cholesterol.

[SimoneHU HealthUnlocked in reply to Hidden]

Thats is a great advice! Have you tried the other "milks" like soya, almond quinoa? Some are a bit expensive, but all low fat options that taste good in my opinion (obviously)

I also use something called Agave to make my hot drinks sweet or to balance the bitterness. Agave has a low GI (see more info about this here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyce... so it is probably healthier than sugar!