{"id":3132,"date":"2025-05-08T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reversingdiabetes.xyz\/blog\/?p=3132"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:54:24","slug":"does-cream-in-my-coffee-break-a-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reversingdiabetes.xyz\/blog\/does-cream-in-my-coffee-break-a-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"does cream in my coffee break a fast?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heavy whipping cream is nearly entirely fat, which doesn’t spike insulin and has minimal effect on autophagy, so I suppose one could say it doesn’t break a fast.<\/p>\n

If you drink 1 or 2 cups of coffee a day, and can limit to a tsp, it’s probably not much of an issue.<\/p>\n

However, when I began ELAB, I realized I was going through a quart a week, which comes to 3000 calories. That’s almost a pound of fat I wasn’t losing just over coffee!<\/p>\n

I cannot do black and definitely need my coffee, and significantly more than 1 or 2 cups\/day. ?<\/p>\n

I tried Nutpods on Sara Carter’s recommendation, but didn’t like it. Then I started using MCT oil powder, which runs more in the vicinity of 25 calories per teaspoon. <\/p>\n

It’s still calories that have to be burnt before the ones on my belly or butt, but much fewer than with HWC. <\/p>\n

Not nearly as yummy, but it works for me. <\/p>\n

If you just need flavor to cut the bitterness, a bit of cinnamon put in the basket before brewing is nice, or a few drops of vanilla extract after brewing.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, I’m a bit more extravagant in my eating window – adding a spoon of cocoa and\/or scoop of PB powder.<\/p>\n