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What Breakfast Gets You Going?

Posted by Cliff on from the first-thing-in-the-morning dept.

Crash McBang asks: "Apparently many are foregoing the morning coffee for something sweeter, according to a recent article in RedOrbit. 'There is nothing better than the feel of Coke on the back of your throat in the morning,' said McKinsey, a morning pop drinker since the 1970s, savoring the cold, stinging sensation that coffee drinkers just don't get. What gets you going after waking up?"

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  1. Sugar addiction by Idaho · · Score: 3, Informative
    The reason why it works even if you drink soft drinks without caffeine, is because the sugar will give you a quick energy boost.

    It seems that having soft drinks for breakfast is quite unhealthy, lowers your attention span, etc.


    A Finnish study of 404 10-11 year-olds showed that withdrawal, anxiousness, depression, delinquency and aggression were twice as frequent in those consuming 30 per cent more sucrose in the form of ice cream, sugary snacks and soft drinks.
    [..]
    Over the longer term, yo-yoing blood sugar levels are also associated with low mood, behavioural problems, lower IQ and poor academic performance.


    Here's the source (but I'm sure there are many other sources that say the same thing).
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  2. Irish Coffee by Phil+John · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sorry to nitpick, but Irish Coffee is actually neat Whisky mixed with Cane Sugar, after which Black Coffee is poured on. Finally the mixture is topped with Double Cream whipped till slightly thick. This makes a lovely looking glass with half the liquid almost black and the other half almost white. When you drink it the two parts start mixing.

    Interestingly it's also a relatively new invention, not much more than 50 years old.

    Ruination of good Coffee and good Whisky as my dad always says ;o)

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