Ok, so I need a little help on this topic!

I'm a coffee lover. At least once a week I like to get a latte before work. I get nonfat milk and one Equal. That's it.

So if I can have coffee now, why can't I have a latte? We're allowed milk and sweeteners, but still can't have a latte?

Is there something behind this reasoning that I'm just not seeing? Thanks!

Good point! Does latte usually involve whole milk and sugar?

As long as you know how much nonfat milk is going in it, I personally don't see a problem with it. Just as long as it doesn't lead to harder things, like biscotti

I'm not on this diet but your heading intrigued me. I too love coffee and lattes. The only thing I could think of - especially if you are allowed milk - is that when the book was written no-fat lattes weren't a common thing so he was thinking whole milk?!

A latte is simply espresso and steamed milk, with a higher percentage of milk to coffee. Any additional sweetners/flavors are additional. I always get mine non-fat.

You have a good point there, settie! I never thought of that! But I get nonfat milk and sugar substitute, so I think I'm good!

Thanks, guys!

Stacy - I'm not on Fat Smash but I have a latte or two every day and they don't seem to cause issues with me.

I think the protein in the milk balances out the carbs or something. I can take small amounts of syrup in mine without issue, but if you have no sweetner and use skim milk I totally don't see it being an issue.

I like the idea of the fat smash diet but all those rules are confusing. I say do whatever works for you... if you find the lattes are causing stalls or cravings then re-examine it, but if not... why not enjoy?

I think when Dr. Ian says no Latte, he means the whole milk kind. A friend of mine used to work at a coffee place and told me that whole milk is better in lattes because it gets more frothy when steamed than nonfat milk.

I do have to agree that a latte made with whole milk is much superior to a nonfat milk one!

I hate to be a know-it-all, but I guess I'm going to be anyway

since a latte has more milk than foam, it really doesn't matter about the "frothiness" of whole vs. skim. Besides that fact, where I work (which is a big green coffee company if you know what I mean ) it's actually the skim milk that froths better. In my experience it always has (I've been making lattes and cappo's for a good 15 years and always with skim milk).

But that's just my opinion of course. I just have to totally disagree with these two quoted statements.