What Is Your Beverage of Choice In the Morning?
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Water Soda?! (Score:2)
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BEER!! (Score:5, Funny)
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I second this (as I sit and enjoy a brew at 5am)
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I have noticed that the size of a bottle or cup of soda just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Seriously 44oz Soda at the drive through it doesn't even fit in a cup holder and now there is a 64oz Mega Jug are you kidding. Wait theres more would you like to Super size those fries. I stay away from soda and fast food like it's a plague and this is why. [cdc.gov]
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- Louie Anderson
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I know nothing about US geography or demographics, so can you explain why that cluster of high obesity states is where it is? What do they all have in common?
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So are those states generally poorer and have worse education systems than the less obese states?
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To a certain extent that is true. However, there can be significant variations within any given state with respect to income, education, and culture generally. California for instance has a huge "health-conscious" segment, typically affluent or at least comfortably seated within the middle-class. It also has large populations having low-income and poor education. Since public education here is financed through tax dollars, and typically funded at the local or county level, the education your child recei
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I know nothing about US geography or demographics, so can you explain why that cluster of high obesity states is where it is? What do they all have in common?
There seems to be many correlations, including:
- Poverty
- "Racial" mix
- Religion
- Political leaning
Some of these may have common causes.
One thing I believe is a causation, and not a correlation is the large parts of the US where you don't have pavements, almost no zebra crossings and a dearth of frequent and affordable public transportation. Outside the big citiies, unless you are willing to risk your life, you can generally only get places by car. Even buildings a two minutes walk away. The longest walk
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Whelp, since Americans drink more soda than other countries, CLEARLY it must be their "primary means of hydration" and their "morning ritual". That's not just logic, it's racist logic, which everyone knows is the best kind!
Funny how your own links refute your point. The CDC one, for example, shows that only half of all Americans even drink soda on a given day, and even fewer if you only count adults.
Maybe in the future you should visit a country before masturbating to how much better you are. If you did,
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Half of Americans consume soda. The average consumption is 1 liter per American. Since half do not drink soda regularly then those that do drink nearly 2 liters per day. Since the older you get the less soda you drink, that weights the younger crowd with even more consumption. Since the average adult drinks 2 liters [wikipedia.org] of water per day, clearly Americans, particular younger Americans ARE hydrating themselves with soda or they never leave the bathroom.
For the record BTW, as much as it sometimes shames me to
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Your math doesn't add up. You claimed 13.15 billion gallons per year for the entire US population. That works out to an average of 442 mL per day. Since half do not drink soda regularly, that means those who do would drink a bit under 900 mL a day. That's less than half their fluid intake. Based on the previously discussed numbers, there may be some teenagers who get the majority of their water from soda, but they'd be a tiny group.
And what sort of person is shamed about the accident of being born in a
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You mean oil?
No! Black Blood of the Earth [youtu.be]
Man I love Big Trouble in Little China
Sports Drink = Energy Drink? (Missing option) (Score:4, Insightful)
I typically have a energy drink so I choose this.
Given the type of people here I'm surprised that "Energy Drink" was NOT an option.
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Sports drinks are my preferred morning beverage when I am hungover. Otherwise its coffee or tea (depending on how my tummy feels), OJ or soda (depending on what I have on hand, I prefer OJ, but the acidity of soda is good for getting that morning breath taste out of my mouth before I brush my teeth too). Energy drinks would probably be better than a soda, but since you cant easily find them by the case, its annoying to try and keep stock of them.
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It's all the same garbage. The difference between a "sports drink" and an "energy drink" is 100% marketing.
Totally not true. Sports drinks (like Gatorade) are mainly some combination of salts, with a small amount of sugar added for a short burst of energy. Energy drinks (like Monster) are mainly caffeine (and guanine) and sugar intended for longer burst of more intense energy. Sports drinks may advertise themselves as energy boosters, but the principle behind the advertising is the rapid restoration of electrolytes opposed to the somewhat slower restoration from drinking unsalted water. Besides, have you even ta
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OB: missing option (Score:2)
Vodka
Mind you, its not just for breakfast anymore!
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It's only the "hair of the dog" if you've sobered up enough by breakfast to have a hangover (or the start of one). Otherwise, it's merely a continuation of the previous session. An old age pension is unlikely to be collected with such a lifestyle, of course.
Sadly, a number of folks of my acquaintance adopted this lifestyle only after retiring. It does tend to limit the number of years one may actually collect a pension.
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Only one drink gets me going... (Score:5, Funny)
Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator
Re:Only one drink gets me going... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm no plant but even I crave it. It's got electrolytes after all.
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Yeah but why does it have electrolytes?!
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Tea (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Tea (Score:5, Funny)
Quite true. Look what happened in the colonies when the started trying to brew large quantities using salt water:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party [wikipedia.org]
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Britain used to be coffee drinkers. It slowly changed over time as tea prices stabilized and more of it was imported. http://www.panix.com/~kendra/tea/tea_to_england.html [panix.com]
Hair of the dogs (Score:5, Funny)
I have multiple, shedding dogs in the house, so EVERYTHING I drink includes hair of the dog.
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Beer or wine (Score:2)
When I get off work in the morning I usually relax with a couple of beers or a glass of wine. Got to have my coffee before heading back to the old grindstone in the evening though. After 30 years of nightshifts I've become pretty set in my ways.
Stopped drinking coffee a year ago. (Score:5, Interesting)
Never again, never ever again.
That stuff just screws some people up. Some people can take it fine but I find it has serious impact on my personality, my eating habits and my tiredness levels.
I desperately wanted a drink which was warm, all day drinkable and wasn't coffee and finally realised after years of drinking jasmine tea at my local Vietnamese pho house that it's been right in front of me for years.
The caffeine content is vastly lower, no sugar is required to reduce the bitterness, the calorie count is 0 and I find I can drink it all day long.
I now drink near a gallon a day (I have it quite weak) and feel so much better for it.
I also had fatty liver and since moving to jasmine tea my liver has significantly improved.
I do know some people have no problem and good for you but the impact on me is astounding. Especially if I have it after not having it for a long time. Last time I broke a drought and had 2 at a cafe over 2 hours with a friend they were basically in shock at my reaction to it. Couldn't stop talking or moving, incredibly energetic, much like I had amphetamines (which I have had before) - the feeling was almost identical.
No thanks.
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I, too, felt the need for a hot drink but could not find any version of tea (herbal or otherwise) that I liked. Just a cup of plain hot water is just fine with me.
After many years, I actually started drinking coffee again, but only one cup -- and it has to be very good coffee or it's just not worth
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... and it has to be very good coffee or it's just not worth it. Coffee at work = Just not worth it.
Agreed, I should stop drinking the brown liquid that my office calls coffee.
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I, too, felt the need for a hot drink but could not find any version of tea (herbal or otherwise) that I liked. Just a cup of plain hot water is just fine with me.
Have you tried a Tom Yum paste? Chilli gives me the early morning endorphin boost and wakes me up better than caffeine.
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I don't drink a whole lot of coffee, maybe 2 cups a day and usually not in the weekends (I used to drink more in the office, though, but now I work from home and I'm just too lazy to sudo make myself some coffee). And sometimes I skip a week just for the heck of it.
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I agree. That was how I stopped smoking. The break from tobacco while I had the flu was just long enough that when I was feeling healthy again, the very first smoke I lit up tasted absolutely foul and I never had another one after that. It has to be the best way to kick it. Heeey maybe I could patent my special flu treatments... oh damn, its running around in the wild already.
I never started (Score:2)
I don't drink coffee or tea, and I avoid cola. (I'll drink cola if someone brings a cocktail containing it, or if I'm somewhere foreign and I have trouble asking for something else, but apart from the caffeine I hate the way my teeth feel after drinking it.)
The last time I had a real, good-quality coffee was at a job interview. I politely accepted the drink someone had made for me, drank about half of it, and at the end of the interview had to rush to the toilet. I felt like I was buzzing. I didn't get
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What you are saying is definitely true. I used to be a coffee addict. I was self diagnosed but I had realized that I was having headaches on the day I was not drinking my two liters of coffee. So I cut coffee for 3 month and the headaches never appeared again passed the first weeks.
Now, I still drink coffee but less. I make espresso myself at home. But, having coffee outside is an other story now that I live in the US. And espresso means either a small amount of regular coffee or large amount of man-you'll-
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I am caffeine sensitive so I have to be very careful how much I drink. One tall in the morning really helps if I have not slept well. Any more than that and I become very irritable and have a tenancy to yell a lot.
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This. (Wish I had mod points...) I used to drink coffee all the time, and it didn't really have much noticeable effect. Nowadays I only drink it occasionally, and the difference is huge.
Agua de Panela (Score:4, Interesting)
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That would be, uh, sugar water...
From I just read, nope. it's sugar CANE water. [tvtropes.org]
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The two essential nutrients (Score:2)
Caffeine and sugar.
Missing Options (Score:2)
Red Bull
5 Hour Energy
and other crap like that.
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Caffeine in 5-Hour Energy [energyfiend.com]
Ingredients [5hourenergy.com]
Caffeine in Red Bull [energyfiend.com]
Ingredients [redbull.com]
If you call the difference of a little sugar (27g, or 107 cal, or ~1/20th your daily caloric intake) and some different vitamins (random stuff you get in any OTC multivitamin that has absolutely no effect on how you feel that day unless you are insane or severely vitamin-deficient) "completely different in both effect and health implications", sure. Feel free to nitpick the exact numbers or how terrible sugar is or that it's HFCS, bu
I do a mate. (Score:3)
Mate [wikipedia.org], of course.
Multiple choice needed (Score:2)
Partially missing option: (Score:2)
Iced tea.
Water (Score:2)
I start work at 5 PM local time, therefore when I get up (usually about 11 AM) I have a nice, cold glass of water. Later on, when work starts, I bathe in energy drinks.
As delightful as my dog's hair tastes... (Score:2)
I'll have to go with double-dark french roast coffee.
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The French cuisine is fantastic and I love it, but, I think in Italy they have better coffee :)
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Where's "Coffee, 1 cup"? (Score:2, Insightful)
WTF would I want more than two cups of coffee (with some milk) per day? I've seen what it does to some of my coworkers - thanks, but no thanks...
np: Public Image Ltd. - Same Old Story (9)
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I answered "Coffee and plenty of it", knowing that "plenty of it" for me is about 12 oz.
Occasionally I'll have more than that, but not often.
If I have dessert , I'll often have a little coffee because it goes well with it, otherwise I rarely drink coffee after noon.
Coffee is attributed with lowering risk of diabetes and prostate cancer, but I might not drink enough to get the effect.
Hair of the Dog (Score:2)
In particular, this [hairofthedog.com] Hair of the Dog.
But on week days, I just stick to coffee. Lots of coffee.
Coffee but not plenty (Score:2)
Just a cup or two...
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I agree. When I was an undergrad I drank 10 to 15 cups of coffee a day. Of course I was working nights, going to school during the day and sleep was a luxury. Now I'm down to only five or six cups a day of the real thing and some decaf when I want coffee but not cafeine.
Cheers,
Dave
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Yup, that's my choice. Too much makes me queasy, jittery, makes that first cup less effective, and, if done for long enough, means I get terrible headaches if I accidentally fail to get enough. One or two cups in the morning, with an occassional day off to make sure I'm not getting hooked, works brilliantly.
I'm from the Midwest... (Score:3)
We drink "pop", not "soda"!
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I'm from Britain, and we've always refered to it as such too.
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I was born on the east coast and moved to the west coast... I got both of them...
Soda pop!
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I grew up in Illinois, and we commonly called it "pop". Moved to the Boston area for school, and I could never bring myself to call it "tonic", so I compromised and called it "soda". "Pop" just got me laughed at, but "soda" was acceptable, even if it drew funny looks from some.
Green Tea (Score:4, Insightful)
My favorite is green tea, unsweetened. Lately I've been drinking a lot of it with lemon, as it's packaged, so it smells a bit like Froot Loops cereal...
For years in India my usual first beverage of the day was the water from a fresh coconut. But nariyal pani is too expensive here in New York City to be more than an occasional treat.
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I know what you mean... I got into green teas while I was living in India, mainly because I liked the taste without having to sweeten it, and I'd been getting too fat, and stopped drinking black tea almost altogether (except Indian style with lots of milk, sugar and spice, as an occasional treat). My favorite green teas are the plain ones, with the "grassiest" flavors, brewed quickly, 30-60 seconds, though some of the flavored ones are pretty good, too.
Now that I live in New York City, though, I can't get
Obvious missing option (Score:2)
Where is the option, "nothing"? With 30% [webmd.com], skipping breakfast, isn't it safe to assume that a good portion of those skip fluids as well?
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There are plenty of mornings that I skip breakfast (I try not to, but sometimes it just doesn't work out), but I still drink a big mug of coffee.
Anecdotal Evidence is Anecdotal (Score:2, Interesting)
Seriously: it astonishes me that people will take something like "I drink foo for breakfast, and now my workout routine is AWESOME" or "I used to drink bar but then when I quit my miscellaneous-probably-false health problem cleared up" etc. I mean, supposedly
Little amount of coffee? (Score:2)
After having anxiety attacks years ago I cut out all caffeine. I have since allowed myself some caffeine in more recent times. However I only use in moderation. I see folks having several extra larges a day, and think that can't be good for you. Anyway I take one medium coffee in the morning, half decaf half normal with milk and sugar.
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For me it was even simpler. I realized I was physically addicted when I started getting headaches if I didn't drink enough. I said to myself, "this can't be right", so I went cold turkey for a while, then cautiously re-introduced one cup in the morning. Not only do I not have withdrawal symptoms any more if I skip that cup, but that one cup is far more effective than it used to be when my tolerance was so high. Been on one or occasionally two cups per day for many many years now, and it's much more pleas
Sports Drink (Score:2)
It's whats plants crave!
Water, then tea (Score:2)
I drink water in the morning, then tea in the afternoon. I generally don't need a pick-me-up until after lunch. Oh wow, I just realized that I drink tea every day at tea time. That is so weird.
Beer (Score:2)
Missing Option (Score:2)
Caf-Pow.
cultural vices (Score:2)
A philosopher(*) once wrote that vices are culturally dependent. Asia had opium, Europe had alcohol. They both fit and amplify the major local spirit.
I figure the same is true for tea and coffee (Asia and Europe) again, or juices, water, etc.
(*) I remember which, not saying the name because I don't want the discussion to go sideways.
What Is Your Beverage of Choice In the Morning? (Score:2)
Milk, cold straight out of the fridge (Score:2)
I'm Italian and my breakfast needs bread, Nutella and a big cup of milk to dip into.
Shudder all you want.
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Let's see:
Tastes awful? Check
Hideously expensive? Check
Bad for you? Check
Yes, it qualifies as a yuppy drink.
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Also, not having a fast acting protein source for breakfast is just as stupid, if not moreso, than drinking a Red Bull on the way to work. Just sayin'.
I'm pretty sure the whole thing about refilling your protein in the morning is as much of a myth as the "stoking the metabolic fire" thing about eating 5-7 meals per day if you work out. Personally I find it much easier to just have two meals per day and I find it much more pleasant than 3+ meals per day. Also, I have not seen any reliable sources about the whole "stoking the fire" thing (beyond the typical online broscience).
As for protein specifically, it takes a fairly long time for the body to digest pr
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catabolic state
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And you will be wrong. Studies have shown that eating breakfast does have an effect on people. A quick reference from non-BS sources:
Eau Claire Health Department [eauclairewi.gov]
WebMD [webmd.com] (referencing the studies)
U.S. Department of Agriculture [usda.gov] (listing several studies)
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay [uwgb.edu]
Eating breakfast does kickstart the body after going without eating for several hours during the nigh
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I like my caffeine the way I like my women: Cold and Yellow. [melloyello.com]
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It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning,
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.