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I’d like to fast until lunch time but I haven’t found any substitute for milk in coffee and I fear that breaks any fasting benefits.

sytelus 7y ago
I’m trying out half and half. It’s 4g of fat, 1g carb so very ketogenic. I think it would work great for fasting.
ivan_ah 7y ago
Same problem here. I'm also confused because some sources say coffee (black) is OK during fasting, but I've also heard that even black coffee "wakes up" the metabolism enough to lose the benefits. Could someone who knows about this comment or post links to info: is black coffee during fasting periods OK?
- thatcat 7y ago
  There needs to be something with calories to metabolize to end a fasting period, coffee has low/no calories, you can have up to a fifty calories before the fasting is broken. Caffeine is metabolized, but has no caloric value so I don't think it would count. https://jamesclear.com/reader-mailbag-intermittent-fasting https://jamesclear.com/reader-mailbag-intermittent-fasting
- edderly 7y ago
  Good discussion here. It sounds like some IF studies have had positive effects even if the participants are taking black coffee, however, the caveat is that they don't know whether not having black coffee would be more beneficial. https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/coffee-and-amino-acids-effect-on-fasting-rhonda-patrick https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/coffee-and-amino-aci...
chrisco255 7y ago
Just learn to like black coffee. It's an acquired taste but once you acquire it, it's easy to do.
pgt 7y ago
Try butter in your coffee. You get the creaminess without the lactose sugars. It also helps to have really high-quality espresso-style (extracted for <30 seconds) coffee when trying to ditch milk. You can also transition witu honey.
eemil 7y ago
Try adding a pinch of salt, it'll reduce the bitterness of black coffee.
ChrisCinelli 7y ago
What about stopping drinking coffee? When you overcome the addiction it will not be a problem anymore and you will start feeling better
mhluongo 7y ago
Plenty of ideas on milk alternatives, but I'd suggest you start fasting and initially keep the milk in your coffee. Once you've built the habit, you can figure out the milk situation.
mrep 7y ago
If you just want the caffeine for awakeness in the morning, try caffeine pills. They are ridiculously cheap at like 5 cents a pill off of amazon and super easy to take. They are especially nice too if you are tired in bed in the morning as I just take a pill from my nightstand, swallow it, lay back in bed for 15 minutes and then I'm usually ready to get up.

sytelus 7y ago

I’m trying out half and half. It’s 4g of fat, 1g carb so very ketogenic. I think it would work great for fasting.

ivan_ah 7y ago

Same problem here. I'm also confused because some sources say coffee (black) is OK during fasting, but I've also heard that even black coffee "wakes up" the metabolism enough to lose the benefits. Could someone who knows about this comment or post links to info: is black coffee during fasting periods OK?

thatcat 7y ago
There needs to be something with calories to metabolize to end a fasting period, coffee has low/no calories, you can have up to a fifty calories before the fasting is broken. Caffeine is metabolized, but has no caloric value so I don't think it would count. https://jamesclear.com/reader-mailbag-intermittent-fasting https://jamesclear.com/reader-mailbag-intermittent-fasting
edderly 7y ago
Good discussion here. It sounds like some IF studies have had positive effects even if the participants are taking black coffee, however, the caveat is that they don't know whether not having black coffee would be more beneficial. https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/coffee-and-amino-acids-effect-on-fasting-rhonda-patrick https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/coffee-and-amino-aci...

chrisco255 7y ago

Just learn to like black coffee. It's an acquired taste but once you acquire it, it's easy to do.

pgt 7y ago

Try butter in your coffee. You get the creaminess without the lactose sugars. It also helps to have really high-quality espresso-style (extracted for <30 seconds) coffee when trying to ditch milk. You can also transition witu honey.

eemil 7y ago

Try adding a pinch of salt, it'll reduce the bitterness of black coffee.

ChrisCinelli 7y ago

What about stopping drinking coffee? When you overcome the addiction it will not be a problem anymore and you will start feeling better

mhluongo 7y ago

Plenty of ideas on milk alternatives, but I'd suggest you start fasting and initially keep the milk in your coffee. Once you've built the habit, you can figure out the milk situation.

mrep 7y ago

If you just want the caffeine for awakeness in the morning, try caffeine pills. They are ridiculously cheap at like 5 cents a pill off of amazon and super easy to take. They are especially nice too if you are tired in bed in the morning as I just take a pill from my nightstand, swallow it, lay back in bed for 15 minutes and then I'm usually ready to get up.