Question about heavy cream

Joined 3 years

Doughy Dane:
After a long break, I'm considering diving back into the gaining lifestyle.

I've been researching, and it sounds like using heavy cream for gaining is a fun idea. However, I'm not sure if "heavy cream" is available in my country.

So, what exactly is heavy cream? The cream we have here is around 36-38% fat. Is that the same as heavy cream, or is there something else that makes heavy cream unique?

Heavy cream (also known as heavy whipping cream) is cream with a high fat content. It doesn't exist in all countries. For example, the UK doesn't have heavy cream, but it does have double cream - which has a slightly higher butterfat content.

Heavy cream has around 36 - 40% butterfat. If your cream is 36 - 38% butterfat, then that is the same thing.

6 months

Question about heavy cream

Munchies

Joined 3 years

Gainingdream:
I'm going to try to drink 200 ml of heavy cream every day this week (lactose free because I can't tolerate that well). Do you have any tips? And what can I expect after 1 week?

Had to convert that to freedom units.

You'll probably be fine. 200 ml (less than a cup for us Americans) isn't a crazy amount of heavy cream. You'll probably put on a few pounds. Just be aware that straight heavy cream is kinda gross due to the high fat content. So it's best to cook with it or mix it with something.

6 months

Question about heavy cream

SumoSized

Joined 10 months

Gainingdream:
I'm going to try to drink 200 ml of heavy cream every day this week (lactose free because I can't tolerate that well). Do you have any tips? And what can I expect after 1 week?

I tried getting in to heavy cream but it tastes nasty to me and I can't drink it by itself. From my experience I would just recommend increasing the amount of food you ordinarily would eat.
People have had a lot of success from adding heavy cream to their diet but really this is a calorie counting game. And they would've gained the same amount of weight eating an equivalent number of calories from a different food source

6 months

Question about heavy cream

SNOWBELLY

Joined 4 years

doing it now, just finished second day of it, i like mixing it half and half with chocolate milk and taking gulps of it during the day, down 2 quarts in two days as of now, though it isnt nessasary to do that much, start with a cup or a pint a day

6 months

Question about heavy cream

Munchies

Joined 3 years

HectorBalloon:
Can't do heavy cream myself. Gives me funny reaction. Instead I used a sort of half-fake cream called Elmlea that is made in the UK. My max a day is 275mm. That is 800 calories. It is the only thing that doesn't cause medical problems and is calorie dense.

Real cream = trouble
Plant cream = migraines

What makes this fake half cream?

5 months

Question about heavy cream

Sterlingdf

Joined 3 years

I mix about 300 ml (1/3 glass) with 2/3 half and half. That mellows out the heavy cream taste.

5 months

Question about heavy cream

Munchies

Joined 3 years

HectorBalloon:
Can't do heavy cream myself. Gives me funny reaction. Instead I used a sort of half-fake cream called Elmlea that is made in the UK. My max a day is 275mm. That is 800 calories. It is the only thing that doesn't cause medical problems and is calorie dense.

Real cream = trouble
Plant cream = migraines

Munchies:
What makes this fake half cream?

HectorBalloon:
Nutrition Facts
BUTTERMILK 69%, Vegetable Oils (Coconut, Rapeseed), Lactose, Emulsifiers (SOYA LECITHIN, Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids), Stabilizers (Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan), Colour (Carotenes).

Say what ya will, it works for me.

Interesting!

5 months