For those who don’t really like black coffee, creamer or coffee maker can be an additional alternative to make coffee tastier.
Not only tastier, but the added creamer can also reduce the sour taste. However, can creamer break your current diet?
Nikola Djordjevic, MD, a certified family doctor shared his views on coffee creamer.
Nikola said, to evaluate food we must think more holistically (in total) related to our eating habits.
“The point is, everything can be dangerous to health if we drink too much. That’s why the best thing we can do for our health is to be moderate in everything we do,” he added.
If you hold to the serving size of one tablespoon of coffee cream per day, and your diet is totally not full of trans fats and sugar, then moderate consumption of creamer is nothing to worry about.
However, if you consume coffee and creamer more than once a day, the fat and sugar content that you consume may be higher.
A nutritionist Kristen Carli said, to determine whether the effect is good or bad, ask yourself how much needs to add, how many cups of coffee and creamer are reduced each day.
“Depending on the type of creamer and whatever is added to coffee every morning, we may have reached a safe limit for sugar consumption,” said Kristen.
The American Heart Association (AHA) has stopped limiting the amount of added sugar that you don’t consume, more than 6 teaspoons for women and 9 teaspoons for men.
Then what exactly the content in creamer coffee?
Nikola says most coffee creamers contain water, sugar, and hydrogenated oils known as trans fats.
“We consume trans fats when we eat animal products; however, if we eat trans fats too much, LDL (or bad cholesterol) can be higher,” says Nikola.
Besides trans fats, flavored coffee creams often contain high added sugar, with about five grams of sugar per tablespoon. In variations for liquid or powder creamer, it doesn’t have more difference in nutritional content.
If you’re worried that creamer will ruin your diet, there’s still a mix that’s great for black coffee.
“There are many coffee creams that are fat-free, but using traditional milk, either dairy or vegetable products is better,” said Lisa.
