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Pepsi To Release New Breakfast Mountain Dew
skade88 writes "Pepsi will release on Feb 28th a new breakfast Mountain Dew. The new drink called Kick Start is Mountain Dew mixed with fruit juice. It will come in two flavors, Citrus and Fruit Punch. 'Our consumers told us they are looking for an alternative to traditional morning beverages – one that tastes great, includes real fruit juice and has just the right amount of kick to help them start their days,' said Greg Lyons, Mountain Dew's vice president of marketing."
Who cares?
We only just got caffienated Mt. Dew recently in Australia. Why do you guys like it so much? It's terrible...
When I saw this headline coming up in my feed, I thought it was from The Onion. THEN I saw the familiar /. logo...
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they are looking for an alternative to traditional morning beverages and newer, hip way of developing diabetes.
When I was a kid I always enjoyed road trips to the US because of the wide variety of junk food available down there, but it's only recently dawned on me just how much junk food you guys actually consume.
On a recent trip into New England I had to go to a supermarket, and it was pretty astounding when I actually stood back and noticed things. The section with 2L bottles of pop was at least twice the size of an equivalent Canadian supermarket, and the section with actual fruit juice was probably only a third of the size of one here, with not nearly as much variety.
I mean, I love pop myself, but just how much of it do you guys drink down there? Is it served with every meal or something?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
Our customers are looking for a way to start their day with yellow 5 and caffeine in the morning, and we've realized that giving it the veneer of health by throwing in some juice concentrate does the job well while also ratcheting up the sugar levels.
For the consumer who wants to embrace a sugar-loaded diet and a diabetic lifestyle, Kickstart is exactly what theyre looking for.
This story seems like an ad more than anything else. Just saying.
Better yet, drop a shot or two of vodka in the OJ and skip the mountain dew. Screwdrivers are a breakfast drink.
Replacing 40g of HFCS with 40g of sugar significantly changes the taste. Mountain Dew Throwback tasts way better.
Here's an even better idea:
Wake up refreshed from a good night's sleep; Prepare a nice breakfast consisting of lean high quality protein (3 egg omelet with a bunch of onions, peppers, tomatoes, olives, spinach, mushrooms, and a bit of diced ham, cooked with MINIMAL oil), and a nice chunk of cantaloupe or a bowl of berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries), and a big glass of cold water, plus some coffee or tea.
Drink plenty more water through the day. For lunch, prepare a nice salad with some grilled chicken, shrimp, or beef tips, and a little bit of balsamic vinaigrette. For dinner, a big plate of steamed vegetables with some grilled steak / chicken / pork.
Minimize the added oil, minimize the dairy, minimize the starchy vegetables & pure carb sides (potatoes, pasta, rice, etc.), and eliminate the shit foods like soda, chips, and candy - for snacks, choose fruit, vegetables, or nuts, and water (drop some lemon, or cucumber, or melon into a pitcher and let it sit to infuse the water with a little flavor if you really hate plain water). Fruit juice is just sugar in a glass, as well - skip it.
Do all that, stop spending stupid money on bullshit chemicals to flood your body with "energy," and be amazed at the health benefits that accrue from eating healthy, high quality food instead of stuffing your stupid piehole full of processed garbage from PepsiCo and Frito Lay. You'll be amazed at how quickly your energy levels rise, and how very little "hunger" you have when you're not constantly spiking & crashing your blood sugar and giving yourself diabetes.
Lemme guess, 2nd or 3rd ingredient listed on the label is gonna be HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)??
Ah...nothing like a little boost to the old obesity rate.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
If that's the case, then go upstairs and ask your mom to make you a healthier breakfast. Or alternately, grow the fuck up and learn to function like an adult in the real world.
It takes literally 5 minutes and zero appreciable cooking skill to scramble eggs in a frying pan with some diced vegetables. Fuck, if you really hate the idea of doing anything for yourself, just get some decent salsa (i.e., without a shitload of added preservatives, salt, and other bullshit) and put a few big scoops of salsa over the eggs as they finish cooking, and eat that with an apple. Or is washing the apple too much work, too?
It takes literally 15 minutes to rub a little black pepper (or other seasoning of your choice) & olive oil on a pack of skinless chicken breasts and broil them - easily enough to handle 3-4 days worth of meals in a single go. If you want quick at the tradeoff of quality, you can get frozen pre-grilled chicken breasts that are microwaveable, and have all the delightful consistency of tire rubber.
Spend $25 and buy a serviceable steaming pot for your vegetables, or have lots of cold salads - easy enough to buy pre-washed, pre-sliced salad vegetables in the grocery store. Hell, you can buy frozen, steam-in-bag microwave vegetables for those emergency times when you absolutely can't stand the thought of waiting a whole 10 minutes for your veggies to steam.
There is absolutely no reason other than unadulterated laziness that you can't make decent meals for yourself. And if this IS a problem, then I have a tip for you: you're already at risk for all of the ugly side effects of bad eating, because you're too lazy to care what sort of shit you put into your body, and are abusing your body through its best years - it will not repay that disservice kindly, you can be sure.
Unfortunately for those who've never eaten healthy in their life they don't know they feel like crap. They don't have any other experience to compare it to. A few years ago I started eating a lot healthier, and replaced one meal per week with just a salad. I thought I was going to feel like crap due to what I perceived to be a lack of substance but it turned out I had way more energy and started to feel "good" for the first time since childhood. After I cut out sugar, sodas, and most red meat I find myself feeling much more energetic. Exercising in the morning added to this effect. I didn't know that I felt like crap eating crap food until I experienced something else. I think most people who eat fast food all the time and don't exercise think they feel fine. It's kinda sad.