Tracking calories for weight loss, I realized that milk is “heavy”, and I poured a lot of it into my coffee. Now I can think of better use for these calories (in solid form) in my <2000kcal deficit plan.

  • Eirini@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I drink a lot of coffe and tea and use a lot of milk. It can be around a whole litre of milk per day. I switched from oatly barista (610 kcal per bottle) to Alpro almond no sugars (130 kcal per bottle). Is it as tasty? No, but these 500 kcal extra calories are enough for a whole meal and it helped me lose weight without giving up on my coffee habit.

  • JohnnyEnzyme
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    1 year ago

    Heard THAT!

    Even veggie milks seem so high in Kcals, altho getting -plain- veggie milk without sugar does help from that standpoint.

    When I make coffee these days, I just use some of the powdered stuff. As a non-coffee connoisseur, it’s ‘good enough,’ and low in BS kcals, salt, sugar, etc.

    Another substitution I’m head over heels with is using plain Greek yogurt in place of sour cream and even cheese, to an extent. It’s impressively low in calories, a decently-tasty substitute, and full of nice probiotics for gut, brain, and total-body health. :-)

  • rstein@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Soy milk has about half the calories as cow milk (and is friendlier for climate), perhaps that can save your coffee.

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          1 year ago

          EU subsidies and competitive pricing stuff happening for cow milk (it’s one of these products supermarkets consider essential and thus they aim to compete with Aldi prices). Also for soy products since they are considered “lifestyle” products producers and stores assume they can make more profit from those.

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            1 year ago

            And here in Germany we have a VAT (MwSt) of 19% on plant milks and 7% on cow milk. Because cow milk is „essential“.