If you like your coffee with a little milk, Nestl scientists say go ahead: You dont have to worry about missing out on the antioxidants in coffee that are increasingly being linked to possible health benefits. Adding sugar and nondairy creamer, however, did reduce the absorption of coffee antioxidants. Scientists tested blood levels of antioxidants after nine subjects drank black instant coffee, instant coffee plus whole milk, and instant coffee plus nondairy creamer and sugar. Adding milk made no difference, but the creamer plus sugar reduced maximum concentrations of the compounds tested as well as the time required to reach that maximum.TO LEARN MORE: Journal of Nutrition, February 2010; abstract at jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/ abstract/140/2/259
