Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Lately, I've been drinking a latte made with grass-fed heavy cream, espresso, and cinnamon, on an almost daily basis (about a large cups worth). Tastes good, and keeps morning hunger pangs away until I'm settled in at work. Any reason I should cut back on my heavy cream intake?

Do most of you use heavy cream just as a flavor enhancer, or do you drink the stuff outright?

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Jack Kronk · Answer 1 · 2012-03-13 15:48:43Z UTC

I pour about 4 tablespoons into my coffee daily. Also, I'll dump a half cup onto a fruit bowl (like a sliced banana or some blueberries or both). Also, sometimes I'll chase a little snack with a couple spoonfuls of cream just because I like to end on that. We go through about 3-4 pints per week. Just stay away from the heavy cream with additives in it. Get the ones with only one single ingredient, cream. If you are getting it from an establishment, be CERTAIN to ask them to see the ingredients, especially since you are drinking that much of it daily. And as Richard noted, don't get ultra pasteurized.

If you tolerate it well, cream is good, and very satiating.

Update: Wow. Ya know... it's really cool to see archived answers pop up on the grid. LadyAdmin just commented on this below so I took a look at this again. Look at how much cream I used to consume. 3-4 pints per week. That's 2 gallons per month!! Yes cream is good, and very satiating. That is still a true statement, but I have come to learn that just because a food is free of additives doesn't mean swallowing gallons of it every month is a healthy thing to do. That's too much sat fat from palmitic acid. I haven't bought heavy cream for several months, and now I probably have about 1 pint of Trader Joes organic half and half per month on average. What a difference.

FanOfSunshine · Answer 2 · 2011-05-26 16:56:18Z UTC

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I use a lot of heavy cream, and I think it has contributed to my weight LOSS.

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Richard N · Answer 3 · 2011-05-25 14:55:12Z UTC

I have been drinking it for years, probably around 1.5 to 2 quarts a week. The raw cream is too expensive to consume all the time for me so I usually get the pasteurized (not ultra) organic. I'm assuming it has all or most of the same health promoting properties that butter has...all the fat soluble vitamins, CLA, arachidonic acid, cholesterol. It's also good to have with fruit in that the fat in cream will slow down the absorption of the sugar in the fruit.

miked · Answer 4 · 2011-05-25 15:23:04Z UTC

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I get a Tall HC Latte about 3 times a week from Starbucks. I've been doing that for years. I see no problem with it. You can't go wrong with 50 cals/tablespoon of saturated fat. I'm very lactose intolerant, milk will send me to the bathroom very quickly. But I can drink cream all day long. That tells me that there's nothing bad there :) I also have cream in my morning coffee at home and make unsweetened whip cream for dessert sometimes.

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I had no idea you could get a heavy cream latte at Starbucks, I shall have to try that and ditch the Breve Latte I usually get there. – Vrimj May 25 2011 at 15:53

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Yep most places will do heavy cream, they tend to have it on-hand. – stephthegeek May 25 2011 at 17:35

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My experience has been that you have to be excruciatingly clear with them what you want or you will end up with whipped cream or half and half. – Henny May 25 2011 at 22:08

They gave me one without a struggle, but I must remember to get a small! – Vrimj May 26 2011 at 1:02

My habit is to ask for a long black and a small jug of heavy cream on the side. If they don't have cream I keep walking.. – Alan May 26 2011 at 13:34

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animalcule · Answer 5 · 2011-05-25 22:46:02Z UTC

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No limit for me. I love the stuff and I need to gain weight anyway. I typically go through 4-6 pints per week.

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Travis Culp · Answer 6 · 2011-05-26 17:40:18Z UTC

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You recently posted a thread where you stated that your cholesterol was 320. Dairy fat is likely the reason why it was that high. I got mine to 391 with tons of butter. Whether this is significant in terms of health/longevity is anyone's guess, but there is a strong relationship between myristic/palmitic acid intake and LDL cholesterol.

answered May 26 2011 at 17:40

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	...and there is good and bad LDL – Richard N May 26 2011 at 23:48
	I should be getting my VAP results this week to determine if my LDL is Pattern A or Pattern B. I also eat a lot of butter since going paleo, so that would explain the cholesterol levels. – WyldKard May 31 2011 at 13:42
	Well, it varies just like everything else. My cholesterol is 178 and I eat butter, have 6-8 tbsp of heavy cream per day and 2/3 cup extra-fat yogurt every other day (or more.) – Nance Mar 13 2012 at 16:11
	I suspect that hypo-, iso- or hyper- caloric state makes a difference here. – Satchmo Mar 13 2012 at 17:11

Vrimj · Answer 7 · 2011-05-25 14:59:58Z UTC

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It is hard for me to lose weight with a lot of dairy, but that is a personal quirk and if it is for good or bad depends on your goals.

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Heavy Cream is not 'dairy' in the sense of the word you are referring to. There are no carbs and therefore no lactose in heavy cream. It is literally liquid cow fat and more in line with eating a steak, minus the protein than eating 'dairy - milk/cheese/etc'. Much love! – Bill1102inf May 26 2011 at 14:01

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I have the same experience - a hard time losing weight with much dairy. I'm not sure if it's the dairy per se or my lack of self-control if I eat it! If I try to drink heavy cream straight-up, it's a half-pint at a time! I can't eat an ounce of cheese; it has to be a half-pound! The only self-control I have with dairy is at the point of purchase. – Lee May 26 2011 at 19:27

Alan · Answer 8 · 2011-05-26 13:43:22Z UTC

To answer your question, I go through at least 1.5 litres a week and if I want a big calorie hit I have been known to go through that much in a day. Occasionally I like to really smash the calories through the roof, 4000-5000 calories every so often just to stir things up and cream is a handy easy way to get the extra calories. So if you handle it, go for it..

Dan · Answer 9 · 2012-03-13 00:29:02Z UTC

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3/4 cup of heavy whipping cream + 1/2 cup of cottage cheese + 1 scoop casein protein powder

Blend. (Hand immersion blender or the Magic Bullet are stunning for this.)

It's cheesecake - without the carbs.

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or one could make a cheesecake, without adding any sugar – Bill1102inf Mar 13 2012 at 2:50

The Japsican · Answer 10 · 2011-05-26 18:04:17Z UTC

I went very ketotic ala Archevore/PaNu, drinking lots of heavy cream and went from a size 35 to a 30 waist. I lost weight, eating high fat, which included heavy cream. The amounts per day varied depending on hunger and schedule. I probably went thru about 8oz per day. I transitioned, once lean, to higher protein.

Jim Swayze · Answer 11 · 2013-02-11 20:44:13Z UTC

Not to be a contrarian, and a very late add to this discussion, but I'd argue that any cream, any dairy really, is too much except for the most special of occasions. Grassfed or no, pasteurized or no, high fat, low fat, doesn't matter when it comes to the fact that milk from ruminants would have been rarely if ever consumed by our paleolithic forebears. And really the same goes for coffee. Neither are even remotely part of the same types or classes of foods our ancestors would have had access to. Have your coffee and cream if you want -- and pay whatever costs -- but please don't pretend it's paleo.

Paul · Answer 12 · 2013-04-15 19:11:12Z UTC

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Just whipped up 300ml with some honey, brazil nuts, cashews and raisins.

safe to say i feel full now :)

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How much heavy cream is too much?

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