"Silk Creamer" is not healthful and hurts the enviornment?/toxic?

So I totally cut out using fake creamers, half and half, sugar into my coffee.  This was really my only daily bad habit (besides a small dessert once or twice a week, on days I could afford the calories, otherwise I eat clean)  For a while I have been just having it black (not enjoying it, just trying to cut out the crap).  Then I thought how much I wanted to go back to enjoying my coffee, but did not want to go back to the crap.  So I found "Silk Creamer".  I recognized most of the ingredients, but figured, well it is a "soy product" so I trusted it.  I have been using it for a couple of weeks and decided to look up the other ingredients I did not recognize.  A couple of ingredients included "palm oil" and "sodium citrate".  Am I being mislead into thinking this is poison to our body?  Below are a couple of links.  Let me know what you think.

Also does anyone have a natural product they put in coffee that is healthful and does not contain fake sugars?  I guess I may just go back to having black coffee, or switch to tea.

http://www.cspinet.org/palmoilreport/PalmOilR eport.pdf

http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/s3386 .htm

If this is in the wrong "topic" (maybe should be under "foods" or the "lounge?", please feel free to move it.

Take care.

Are these articles misleading or are they legit?  I know you can't believe everything ypou hear.  Anyone?

Well, they're not first rate sources of dietary information.  The first has a distinct pro-animal-rights agenda.  The second is an MSDS for pure sodium citrate, which is a negligible ingredient in the creamer.

My personal opinion is to stick with the straight natural product, black coffee.  If you need to add creamer, one that contains palm oil is not your best dietary choice. It has very high saturation and a high melting point (ie it's a waxy fat, great for making arterial deposits).  I'd be happier seeing olive oil or or soy or dairy cream instead of this.  Palm oil is used because it is very cheap, not because it's a health food. 

As far as the health side of palm oil goes, I don't know.  But, the first source seems pretty legitimate to me, at least as far as the environmental side goes.  It is definitely true that rainforests around the world are getting cut down at very fast rates to create fields to grow food for cows or to supply people with exotic wood etc.

Non-dairy creamers are generally are pretty bizarre collection of artificial ingredients.  "Don't trust anything alleging to be food that mould won't grow on".... isn't a bad benchmark.  I'd either drink it black or add a spot of cream. 

You could use a dollop of higher fat milk instead of creamer.

I would avoid using it as it is not natural, I always just use almond milk and a little stevia. as you continue using things and keep staying away from animal based stuffs or bad ingredients you will eventually become acustomed to and enjoy the natural tastes of things. I would just keep trying new things with your coffee untill you find stuff you enjoy that is as closet to natural as you can get.

i used to put a little almond milk in my coffee, but it's watery if you're used to creamers.

i started drinking coffee with cream and sugar and then slowly changed to just whole milk, then just skim milk...ect ect.

i quit coffee for a month and then crave it so badly when i got stressed that i drank it black.  i've been enjoying it black every since.
i like weak coffee...
but i alwaysi drank my tea plain and weak as well.

My thought is: Why did you cut out half and half to begin with?  Were you using an ungodly amount of it (like making a café au lait with it or something)?  A tablespoon of organic half & half contains only 20 calories and no chemicals or ingredients you have to look up on the 'net to figure out what they are.  Since your daily cup of coffee contains hundreds of phytonutrients that are thought to do everything from increase the efficiency of adult memory to lowering your risk for type 2 diabetes, why shouldn't you enjoy drinking it rather than have to force yourself through the experience?  I really don't see any benefit to cutting out a 20 calorie 'indulgence' in order to add some extra chemicals to your diet.

 

But that's just my opinion; I could be wrong.  (It has been known to happen! )

I switched to green tea with a spoonful of honey and a teaspoon of lemon juice. It picks me up and doesn't have the horrible after taste of black coffee. Plus, I hear that is helps kick start the metabolism.

How about almond milk (unsweetened almond breeze)? Good ingredients, low in calories, and nuts are very natural. :)

I make almond milk - blend 1 cup raw almonds with 3 cups water

But you can make it thicker, perhaps 1 cup raw almonds with 0.5-1 cup water 

I don't add sugar.

Drain the contents in a panty hose if you don't have a fine mesh strainer or nut milk bag.

You can use the pulp in smoothies (added fiber), make a pie crust, or simply compost (or throw into a flower bed)

 

Healthy, Cheap, Vegan, Environmentally friendly and RAW!

the answer is sooo simple...maybe someone else said it, but here it is...soy milk with agave nectar. You can get agave at trader joe's or any other health store and it is THE BEST sweetener you will find!  Most  importantly, it is very low on the glycemic index which means you will metabolize it more slowly! Get a bottle, you won't regret it, goes with tea, coffee, smoothies, recipes!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_syrup

But soymilk with agave nectar doesn't solve the creamy ness

I don't know about Silk Creamer, but I just use like 1/4 cup of unsweetened organic Silk soymilk, and that adds enough creaminess and sweetness for a cup of coffee.