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A cup of good quality pour over coffee with nothing added… But Australian coffee is different to those American sugar drinks with a drop of fake 'coffee'
I remember once we were eating breakfast at a restaurant and my grandma ordered a piece of pie for her meal. We must have given her a funny look because she said, “how is it any different than having a doughnut for breakfast?” She made a good point.
She’s right, donuts were never a common breakfast option for our kids, they were once in a blue moon type of thing because my husband has always called said they are dessert not breakfast.
@@Zeverinsen for some reason, donuts have begun to be a breakfast thing here in North America (I am in Canada). I think it takes after the breakfast pastries that are common in Europe but have morphed into the abomination that is donuts. For example, if you have an early meeting, sometimes there will be coffee and donuts in the conference room. 20 years ago, it might have been croissant and danish, but now it is donuts. It’s terrible!
@Fist of Belial the simple truth is that many people are unaware of the direct and long term effects of eating said ingredients the FDA claims is safe to eat.
Also laziness. We as a culture have just become incredibly lazy. Even when people have a day off and have time to make a proper meal, many still choose to eat fast food or frozen meals.
@@pedrosilvaproductions Well, usually you have to do a bunch of B.S before the day off and that also ties into the unhealthy obsession with productivity which results in an addiction to convenience
When you realize that alot of these food companies have dark truths. And I'm not just talking breakfast ones. I'm talking about others like PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Nestle.
I love the way you use commercials in your videos. They don't really seem like anything special when you see them on any regular RUclips video or TV show, but in the context of your videos it really gives them an almost dystopian feel.
The most conventional thing to do for breakfast is fast😂 but let's face it, these easy healthy options can't compete with that addicts rush you can can get from a fast food joint
Are y'all not washing your fruit? That's why I find them inconvenient. They either need to be washed or peeled. Peeling generally ends in my hands being sticky with juice (honestly even without peeling that can happen), so I can't do my morning cleaning chores simultaneously. Now that I can't multitask like that I have no time to get ready in the day! Plus that's the whole multiple steps/sitting thing she talked about. Also they spoil too fast. I don't go to the store often enough to keep fresh fruit on hand.
As a European raised in Asia I encountered several Americans who talked about Poptarts and how delicious they are. The first time I saw a real Poptart was when an American bragged that half of his suitcase was filled with Poptarts so he could have one everyday for breakfast while he was in Korea, I really wanted to try one but since they were so precious to him I didn't want to take any away from him. So by the time I finally bought some Poptarts for myself my expectations were really high, I bought three kinds: A brownie one, a birthday cake one and a third one I don't remember. When I finally tried the Poptart I felt like I was eating it wrong, I tried it hot, I tried it cold, it didn't help that there was barely any frosting on it like I got a bad batch. So I'm guessing it's more of a nostalgia thing, since many people had them in their childhoods they just associate them with happy memories. I might be wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Your problem might be that you dont like the crust. Im a picky american and Ive always gotten weird looks when I tear off the crust but I swear it makes them 100% better. Also dont forget to toast them, they taste like sad disappointment when not toasted. I probably shouldnt have to say this but tear off the crust after toasting. You will break toaster. Trust me, I was a stupid child :')
Also, a lot of American foods/snacks tasted better decades ago. Everything from Mcdonalds to various cereals tastes extremely different than before. They're gross !
I'll never understand why people are so anal about poptart icing. Whether it's iced or not, the whole thing is still drier than stale bread. The icing, if anything, makes it drier
@@бронза.вафля.конус seriously, im a poptsrt enjoyer at heart and would never take off the crust, it makes no difference. the icing is just as hard and dry as it ☠
As much as I want to point the finger solely at fast food chains for trying to capitalize on the rush that most people have to endure, I will also call out the messed up work system that rejoices in taking as much time as possible from workers as they can get away with.
Truth. We have become so dependent on the modern education systems, modern food systems and employment systems that we forget, we used to work for ourselves by making our own food... now we work to make someone else rich while making just enough money to buy food at a grocery store for our family. We've really complicated things😂
YES. This. A huge part of convenience is "if one hand has my food, my other hand can be driving to work". Or in my personal case, "my other hand can be unloading the dishwasher for my family so I have time after to get on the bus to get to college in time an hour later even though it's only 20 minutes by car but I don't own a car or have a driver's license" lmao
True! I eat SO MUCH better working from home with access to my own kitchen and being able to use free moments/my lack of commute time to make myself healthy foods vs. whatever you can grab on the way out the door in the morning. Which is stupid because employers should really be listening to people and what they need to be healthy if they want healthy employees.
@@melissaf5262 That's cool, but a lot of people work jobs where they need to be physically present or nothing will get done, like warehousing, delivery, manufacturing, etc.
She mentioned more than once that cake is an unacceptable thing to have for breakfast. That's strange to me because in Italy a lot of Italians have a piece of bundt cake for breakfast. It's called a ciambellone (big donut shape) and it's usually a very light vanilla and chocolate cake with no icing or anything. Just a light cake with a coffee
Antique cook book collector here. Made a 1947 waffle recipe the other day and it was scrumptious but completely foreign from any sort of modern waffle I’ve ever had. It was savory, almost salty or buttery tasting but not sweet at all. Almost every old cookbook has a distinction made between a “dessert waffle” and an “everyday waffle” and it’s a shame that our sugar addictions have made dessert waffles common place for everyday meals and near eliminated the true breakfast waffle
@@paulinemoira8442 Main differences are that the dessert waffle contains more milk, sugar, and adds heavy cream. I wouldn’t be surprised if most modern restuarant waffles contain some sort of cream for richness nowadays but then again you never know after the fat free 90s craze
That's how waffles taste here in India... Even tho waffles are not at all a part of traditional and eveyrday diets. They're like a treat we have once a month or something. Even with sweet toppings they're mostly very lightly sweetened, if at all. It's buttery, filling and you don't really feel like eating more after your serving.
I’m American, when I visited a friend in Madrid once she took me to this “American Breakfast” restaurant. They have shelves stocked high with all the American sugar breakfast accessories. You can even pick the COLOR of your cereal milk and get a side of pop tart. It was such a novelty for the Spaniards 😂
These popped up in the UK for a while - they were known as cereal cafes. You could go and get a bowl of all these crazy American cereals (and other ones from across the world) and have them with fun milks etc. They all vanished cos nobody was all that interested lol
I'm Filipino, and I never understood how people can eat dessert for breakfast. A lot of our traditional breakfast food involves garlic fried rice, eggs, and meat/fish of some sort. Our McDonald's even has rice meals on their breakfast menu 😆
“No civilized person would routinely eat cake for breakfast” Okay you got me. Had a moment where I would eat leftover birthday cheesecake with other breakfast foods like waffles and turkey bacon. This was actually when I was new to tracking calories and nutrition and portioning and such. Strange how it’s more socially acceptable to eat a cheesecake favored waffle than just cheesecake- more convenient. Might as well have the real thing.
It's weird she said that given how popular 'dessert breakfast' recipes have become. I've come across many videos of people making breakfast protein cakes, baked protein single-serve breakfast cookies, and protein pancakes. I felt kinda bad when she said that cause I've actually eaten a doughnut or two for breakfast, along with a slice of pie because it was just what I wanted. 😭
In italy is not strange at all... no one would eat meat or eggs for breakfast, while biscotti, croissant, bread with nutella or jam, plumcake are common in every home. Sweet breakfast is the basis
This reminded me of when I visited Texas 10 days ago. Born and raised in India, I was shocked at how much sugar was in the "breakfast" that my hotel offered me. Belgian pearl sugar waffles with chocolate chips and maple syrup. The sugar gave me a headache for the rest of the day and completely depleted my energy, lol.
My husband always likes to book hotels with free breakfasts but he's gotten a lot more cautious since we stayed at one where the entire breakfast buffet was pure carbs and I was dead the rest of the day. I felt like steamrolled crap and I was insufferably cranky about it. While on vacation! Some hotel breakfasts are absolutely not worth it.
To be fair you're not going to get much of a healthy spread at a free hotel breakfast bar (if you get any breakfast at all.) Price and ease is the theme for those things.
This woman's videos are a God sent. Granted I didn't need to lose a really large amount of weight, just watching her videos made losing that stubborn 25 lbs in a little over 3 months down to a weight I haven't been since college in a healthy way a lot easier than it would've been otherwise. Thank you.
same, i'm already fit but with these educational videos, i can see why so many americans are fat, because everything on the super market shelves are NOT FOOD.
"Everything" is an exaggeration. I go to the supermarket and buy: Bananas Oranges Coffee Nuts Blueberries Yoghurt Cheese Beans Rice Tomatoes Olives Eggs Cream (for coffee) Popcorn (not the weird smelly bags, you can buy it in a container and pop it in a pan) Coconut and olive oil Sometimes steak Those are all foods. Except coffee, but coffee is great when you're cooking food in the morning. You can easily go to the supermarket, and only buy stuff that's actually food. I guess one hint is try not to buy too many things that come in a box. I don't see a lot of boxes hanging from trees. @@SmashBrosBrawl
@@ramonmagana8169 It helps to leanMaxx once you understand everything we are being fed is slop, US government just kinda let it happen and nobody questions it either. I'll be on zoomERs channel dropping pills
I am 1st generation American with a mom who understood instinctually that fast food and processed foods were bad so I only had American food when I did sleep over at a friend's house. Brown sugar pop tarts were what they bought and were my fav. I got older, moved out for college, and bought a box of pop tarts I could finally have in my house. Ate like 2 a day, not knowing serving size was just one (then why are 2 in the same bag??) And my skin broke out soooo bad, my energy felt so off, and I felt just so disgusted. I've never eaten one or bought a box since! Definitely shouldn't be considered as a meal.
Same! My dad would never let us eat sugar cereal, when I went to college I went crazy on the crap food! I was on my own and my high metabolism made me really not care. Now in my 30's no way I can eat this stuff. It makes me physically ill. Lol, in the end I laugh, my dad was always right
More so just a pure dessert option. The exact same feeling I had when I first tried pop tarts at age 7: utter disgust at what they called a "breakfast" option. Calling pop tarts a "breakfast" option... It's just so repulsing.
The thing I hate about breakfast is this idea there's only certain kinds of food that is acceptable for breakfast. One of my favorite things about working night shift for a decade was the greatly increased amount of options for food I had when I woke up in the afternoon.
food being "acceptable" for a meal is a load of bs. leftovers means any meal can fit at any time. you can eat scrambled eggs for dinner and a deli sandwich for breakfast if you want. now, i dont eat breakfast, it makes me sick, so breakfast and lunch are a merged pool already for me, but the only reason you dont really eat dinner for breakfast is that dinner has a much longer prep time typically.
i truly believe one of the biggest problems in our society is how we're forced to work long hours. some of us have long commutes (mine is a total of 4 hrs a day) and work multiple jobs. i gotta meal prep my breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for the weekdays on my one of two days off which honestly sucks! lbh it's just easier for a lot of people to buy poptarts at the vending machine than make breakfast when you literally do not have the time. society needs to shift to less working hours and more time for ourselves so we can actually focus on our health but that won't happen lol
I agree with this completely! I don’t have enough time to cook when I’m working 40 hours. I’ve been wanting to start cooking for myself a lot more lately but I don’t have a lot of time. I’m a college student and i work 35-40 hours a week. I barley have time to sleep much less cook. I’ve been wanting to try home made bread because I heard it’s a lot better and has a lot less preservatives than bread we get at the store, but i have no time. Pls send help.
@@jasminewhitehead1752 I've been making egg wraps, and maybe that can help you! I'll cut up a bell pepper (whatever color you like) into strips, as well as cucumber, put em all into a container. I get these wraps that are just made of eggs (Walmart has them, not sure who else) and put in a few slices of meat, a bit of cheese, and some of the cucumber and pepper. Roll them all up and stick them in the fridge. In the morning, you can pull one or more out, heat them up if you want to, and you're good to go. Use the extra peppers and cucumbers as a snack with hummus. I cut up the veggies on Sunday before the week starts and they last the week, and the egg wraps come in a pack of 6 so you can have one wrap for each day plus one extra!
Maybe some people work so much that they have to make sacrifices, but a lot don't. A lot of people work their 8 hour shift, drive 15 minutes to get home, and then sit in front of the TV or computer for another 6 or 7 hours before going to bed. And none of them seemingly ever has time to do anything that they're supposed to do, either. I think convenience food exists primarily to facilitate laziness and instant gratification, with "I'm such a hard worker, I couldn't squeeze another drop of productivity out of myself without bending the laws of time and space, I guess I'll have to go get a Sausage and Egg McMuffin again this morning" being a convenient excuse to justify what they know is one of many bad dietary decisions that they have no intention of changing.
@@christopherenders4280 I know for me specifically I work 33-35 hour a week. I have some time through out the week to cook but I usually have my breakfast and home. I go to work at 4pm, so if I don’t have lunch at home then I’ll have to eat at work. I’ll sometimes have food for dinner at home if my fiancé cooks but most of the time I eat fast food for dinner because I’m exhausted. It kind of just became natural to me, though i do want to cook more. Im sickkkkkk of fast food. I know it’ll get harder to make time starting next week because I start back in college again and I’ll have even less time. I commute to work 30 mins all day, and I commute to school 1:20 mins a day. I just don’t have time to cook much less the energy. I love to bake and I’m not a good cook but I feel like I’m rushing to cook and can’t enjoy it bc I have to squeeze all the stuff I need to do into one little window of time. So I suppose maybe I’m ranting, but I do feel like this is my normal. Sometimes I feel lazy, but sometimes I’m just exhausted.
After holidays or birthdays, if my family had leftover cake or pie, it was super normal to have it for breakfast with a cup of black coffee the next day! But obviously this was only after a special occasion and I think the idea was to eat the baked goods quickly before they went bad or stale
I've done that before too. Love having leftover chocolate birthday cake and coffee for breakfast while still fresh....but that's the ONLY time I have it for breakfast
I live in China and I absolutely love their food culture and especially breakfasts. You can buy a pretty healthy meal on the way to work, some steamed buns, boiled eggs, soy milk, bread and vegetables, tofu. I can not even imagine what would I eat if I haven’t all these options. We can not blame people solely for their eating behavior, because our eating behavior is also created and determined by our environment and the time we have. Thank you for the video! Amazing 🥰
When I lived in China there was a McDonalds right by the shiny new metro station that had displaced the traditional snack sellers, so I used to have pancakes and a Mcmuffin...
I think you are right. It isn’t solely the responsibility of the individual. The food companies and marketers are also guilty. Dr Robert Lustig always talks about what is done to the food, not just the food itself. It is formulated to make people crave it and want to eat it. They are hooking us on junk.
I am from Austria and I don't know if it's the norm, but cake for breakfast was nothing unusual for me growing up. We also often had sweet milk bread with sugar. My mum is a passionate baker, so perhaps that's why sweet breakfast has always been normal to me.
As a German I'd say the same. Dessert for breakfast is quite common in Europe, from Dolci in Italy to Brioche and Croissants with jam in France and Stuten, Pfannenkuchen oder Hefezopf in Germany. But imho the level of sweetness is quite different to typical US-breakfast-desserts. So it's rather the abundant and fructose induced sugary madness of a breakfast donut or cookie than the fact itself, that some people eat a sweet breakfast.
And it's only getting sweeter. America doesn't even use sugar anymore. They use corn syrup. Actual sugary foods are a luxury. And cane sugar? Now you are talking a king's ransom. I no longer eat breakfast. If I do, it would be a cheeseburger with hashbrowns, onion, and a fried egg.
First time I ate a pop tart (as a European), I thought I'd accidentally had one past its expiry date as it tasted so stale... Turned out that's just what they taste like. Coincidentally, it was also the last time I ate a pop tart 😂 x
Did you toast it before you ate it? They're much better when put in the toaster. Still very sweet and a bit artificial tasting but pleasant enough. I've only tried the frosted strawberry one though. I'm European too and dislike most American sweet treats. Exceptions for oreos, reeses peanut butter cups/pieces & krispy kremes.
I mean, she said cake is not a socially acceptable breakfast food, but when I stayed in a B&B nearby Treviso in Italy, they offered me a freshly made cake for breakfast almost every day. One day was sponge, one day was chocolate.
@Ivana_13 Nah as another italian, he's not wrong. Usually we either skip breakfast, have some coffee or if we have breakfast we eat something sweet or fruit. I mean, the brioche is usually a once a week thing but still.
Also! I think it would be super interesting to talk about specifically drinks for breakfast. A lot of anti-HAES youtubers talk about places like Starbucks and Dunkin, and how people can claim they don't have much for breakfast aside from coffee, but that coffee is over 1000 calories. I know personally, I used to LOVE Dunkin's frozen hot chocolate and used to drink them all the time. But when I started paying attention to my health and looked at the nutrition facts, a SMALL had almost 90 grams of sugar. I think it would be a super interesting video topic!
Holy shit! That's the most shocking thing I've read since the time I got a "7 layer salad" from the grocery store for lunch and didn't notice until later that it had 95 grams of fat. I guess one of the layers was mayonnaise 🙃
I eventually got so tired of overly-sweet breakfast foods (toaster strudel, pancakes, poptarts, etc.) that I started to feel physically sick when I tried to eat them. Friendly reminder that you don't have to eat "traditional" breakfast foods at breakfast! I just eat a sandwich (whole wheat bread, rotisserie chicken, cheese, lettuce) now and I feel so much better in the mornings. I'm thinking about adding something else to my usual but this is what works for me now.
I usually eat soup and bacon for breakfast I’m thinking of something sweeter(without the high fructose corn syrup) How can I do that in America? I’m staying for a month
@@amethyst1062 the easiest thing would be some fruit. Im personally a fan of getting some low sugar, whole grain bread or toaster waffles/pancakes then put all natural peanut butter and a bit of honey on top. If I want something sweeter and quick Ill make a bowl of cereal with mostly bran flakes and some sweet cereal to add some flavour.
As a Scottish person I never knew what a "Pop-Tart" was until I went on a two-week holiday to Orlando Florida when I tried a "Pop-Tart" It tasted like chemicals and pure sugar and now it's on Scottish shelves The world is becoming obese
At least, EU Food regulation don't let the "pop-tart" being the same as the "pop-tart" of the USA. the sugar must be the same, but at least you don't have the same chemicals than the us version. Still, don't eat that garbage
Biggest things I noticed with my eating habits when I went from obese to a healthy BMI: - Feeling fuller and having more energy with smaller portion sizes of nutritious food - Prioritizing meal times - My grocery baskets look like old ads for groceries with the carrot sticks and baguette.
Your body stops craving sugar and carbs after a while if you stopping eating it. It will instead grave healthy foods - assuming you are proving tasty healthy alternatives that is. I crave eggs, fruits and yogurt in the morning for example. I never drink sugary drinks so I don’t crave sugar
This happened to me almost immediately when I switched to a whole food diet. I thought maybe the incessant hunger from before was just my body telling me I was nutrient deficient.
@@1queijocas Yes, this. I'm not american and I don't have a huge habit of eating fast food and such. If I drink something like coke or any soda I prefer the non sugar version. The other day I "had" to drink a regular coke and it was horrible to me. Like... really horrible. I hadn't drank that in a while and I'm most likely not going to do so for a long time because of how terrible it tasted. I used to crave a lot of fast food as well, and stopped eating, so I stopped craving it too
I started making my own pastries instead buying them, I don't include any bullshit sugar or anything if I don't need it (who needs sugar in banquette), it's simple, I get much puffier bread and I actually prefer mine even tho it has like less taste but it's not artificial taste
When i eat fast food, i notice now (after multiple years of heating better) i feel so "salty". I can't stop the feeling to need to drink water, it's horrible. That and it's so fat and oily. URG. In the past i didn't even notice things like that, but now it stops me on consuming this stuff more that 1 time each 3 month tops.
My mom never made me breakfast growing up. As long as I could remember I was eating pop tarts and cereal most of the time or microwaving eggs.. I see pop tarts as like the super rare snack just for nostalgia but serving these food-like products to your kids as their only option feels like neglect.. and that's exactly what my mom was doing.
@@SpreadTheTruth1990 6 year olds shouldn't even be using a stove unattended. It isn't the responsibility of a young child to grocery shop and know how to cook. My mom neglected us. I had no choice in what I ate. Not everyone has parents who will raise them and teach them about food.
@@SpreadTheTruth1990 do you understand that I'm referring to my childhood? I cook quite often as an adult. I highly doubt you were grocery shopping and cooking all your own meals as a child.
@@SpreadTheTruth1990 I had to do the same this around that age. I was in charge of feeding my 3 sisters. It shouldn't have to be that way for kids. Especially cuz I had to work with whatever my mom bought which was not healthy foods.
My grandma asked me what I eat for breakfast and I was embarrassed to tell her “granola bars most of the time” because she and I both love to cook. That morning time crunch really gets you. What is nice about working at home a couple of days a week is that I can actually make something to eat, sit down, and enjoy it. At least I’m not eating fast food though 😐
I never understood the concept of getting your breakfast while commuting. Like how it is more convenient to wait in lines to get coffee or a bite to eat? In the same amount of time we wait for something, we can also make it at home. For me it is also a costly idea to buy a cup of coffee everyday or a lunch sandwich. I just don't see why I would ever do that.
To make it at home you have to: Buy the ingredients. Prepare them. Cook them. Eat your food. Clean the dishes. Clean any mess you made in the kitchen. Potentially run the dishwasher. Potentially update your shopping list if you're running low. To buy it at a fast food place you have to: Buy it at a fast food place. Eat it.
@@khatdubell breakfast food doesnt have to be elaborate. Sounds weird if one would never eat anything at home. Plus lot of grocery shops deliver to homes. One could make sandwiches ready in the evening, have filter coffee ready behind a button and then take it all with 🤷 i honestly dont see how this would be too unconvenient.
same here! I honestly prefer to wake up a few minutes early to eat at home, especially when I get my breakfast ready the evening before. I need to eat, have my coffee and go to the bathroom before I leave for work and then I don't have to worry about my bowel movements all day 😂
I tend to make a batch of whole grain pancakes (with extra eggs in the mix) and put them in boxes, 2 pancakes per box. In the morning I just have to put a box in the microwave and eat it.
Another thing about church on Sundays: growing up Catholic I know it was a somewhat common thing to fast until you receive communion, which usually meant that by the time mass ended you’d be starving and impatient to eat something quick. Even as a kid myself I wasn’t allowed to eat breakfast before Church. Everybody would always go to Tim Hortons or McDonald’s after.
@@amandak.4246 a one hour fast is necessary before receiving communion….a few decades ago it was 3 hours… and shortly before that it was from midnight the night before. These are disciplines that the church can change, like fasting on fridays changed to fasting on Fridays in Lent.
Wow yes I remember that! The sad thing is, as a child I never understood the important spiritual reverence of it, and it instead felt like an inconvenience, something I could get around as an adult😢
At 9:11. That's weird. I come from an immigrant Catholic family. Sundays were the opposite for us. Church started at 12 pm. My mom would cook us a whole traditional Central American breakfast right before church. It was not the super-sweet cereal we would wolf down during the weekdays on our tired way to school. My mom had time to cook us a whole delicious, nutritious breakfast. So for me Sundays were never "cereal days" growing up.
I thought I hated breakfast food, then I moved to japan. Fish, rice, and miso soup is soooooo gooooood in the morning. And way healthier than a pop tart!
Both my husband and I are Mexican. I grew up in CA with a traditional Mexican family. MY husband grew up with an America diet, and thought that it was weird for me to want food for breakfast (eggs,chorizo,beans,chilaquiles,left-over stews,soups). Took a while to bring him to the "darkside"😂
Mexican food can also be convenient, just make a burrito with yesterday's food and wrap it in foil and you're good to go, eat it in the car with one hand
"Pop tarts taste like cardboard and chemicals" - SO true! Also, I didn't notice until now, but your editing is amazing. I just took it for granted that it's top-tier TV-production, but then I realized it's not a TV program, you're doing all of this on your own! 👏👏👏
I always loved the frosted chocolate fudge ones but the last several times I've had them (which was sometime last year, at least), they just didn't taste the same as I remembered. I find that with most things I loved as a kid. Have they changed or have I? Probably both.
A lot of foods taste like chemicals. Anything packaged does. After I got the rona and lost my taste and smell for a month it really changed my tastebuds somehow. I can taste the chemical/preservatives in packaged convenience foods now. It’s weird. I can’t stand to eat them anymore. I thought maybe I’d try a Oreo cookie the other day and it was awful. I honestly don’t know what happened but it keeps me from eating junk food lol.
@@allein1001 I live in Europe, so I have no frame of reference for the pop tarts 30+ years ago. 😅 I always go for freshly baked stuff any time I choose to have a pastry. The texture, scent and flavor is way better. I get disappointed in myself any time I eat anything "factory-made" (I know even fresh things can be, but the kind of packaged and processed foods that we would usually imagine is what I mean), becauseit feels like I wasted "calorie slots" on something that wasn't 100% satisfying. If I'm having a cheat day, I'm making sure it hits the spot. And fresh stuff always does, for me at least.
@@tzimisce1753 Most preservatives are just pH regulators though. Preserved food shouldn't taste all that different unless it's made from low quality ingredients, which it usually is.
What is the craziest to me is the fact that there are a lot of options that are convenient AND healthy! Back when I w😊as in college and barely had time for breakfast, I would just stock up on these $1 Greek yogurts from Trader Joe’s, buy a bag of granola, then shovel a handful into the yogurt and run off to my first class, and I’d stay full til lunch! Had some protein, some fiber, and best of all had lasting power til I was hungry at lunch.
@@skunkape2858 uh, I think it’s better than a sausage egg sandwich and hash browns from McDonald’s. I think it’s healthier than cream cheese and a bagel, I think it’s healthier than instant ramen… it’s literally low sugar yogurt with granola and maybe some berries if I had them… so yeah that is a great option esp for people on a budget, but butters are especially good as well since they have protein and fiber and are vegan friendly
I remember when I was in the US my host family and I made apple pie. The next morning they asked me what I wanted for breakfast and I said I could eat the pie. They were so confused why I'd want to eat pie for breakfast. We often ate pancakes for breakfast, so I don't really see the difference. To me the pie actually seemed healthier, as it had at least some fruit in it.🤷♀
Well tbf pie has considerably more sugar in it than most pancakes do (unless you deliberately make the pancakes as junky and sugary as possible). But yeah, both are pretty unhealthy.
@@thelemurofmadagascar9183it also depends on if you're using fresh fruit and not the processed filling that's been sugared and had garbage added to them
In Poland we have something similar to pancakes but we eat it as a main dish, it doesn't have to be sweet tho it can be sour and then you add sauces, meats and vegetables to your liking
On the point of pop tarts being convenient I think it’s extremely common to not actually toast them. As a kid we never actually put pop tarts in the toaster and I don’t think most of my friends did either.
I used to bring them for lunch in highschool! I toast them if I can but they were also good just from the package. That's probably a big part of it too you're totally right.
I work fast food breakfast full time and it’s the only socially acceptable meal a person can literally buy out every single day of the week and still not really feel that guilty. I see the same people to the point I know their families names and when their nieces/nephews were born, who’s sick, who got fired or hired and where, etc.
@@amandak.4246 yea this confuses me a bit. Fastfood hashbrowns are basically another form of French fries. It's still heavily fried and salted foods. Maybe its because they are in a rush and view it as a necessity since they don't have time for anything else and therefor it's an excuse? idk
Lol, when I was 19, I use to work back drive for the breakfast shift, too - at McD’s. People use to tell me they’d much rather go to McD’s for breakfast over Starbucks, because they enjoyed starting out their morning with me. I’d see the same faces, every damned day. I had a lot of fun at that job, I must admit.
When I lived in Sweden I went to the Gross Food Museum. It was separated by regions of the world and had a lot of the things you would expect - fermented shark, century eggs, cheese that was crawling with maggots. The American section included Twinkies and poptarts, which I found very interesting as an American. Twinkies I've always been neutral towards and understood, but the poptarts really surprised me. (At the end of the museum was a tasting table of a few things. There were two drinks, a sauerkraut juice from I think Poland...And root beer. 😅)
I am Scottish and when I recently began trying out healthier recipes for all my meals, not just breakfast, I noticed that a lot of food blogs and reddit users kept specifying to use “rolled or steel cut oats, not instant” and I was so confused. It took me forever to realise that the normal porridge oats we’ve always had in our house are perhaps not what Americans usually use to make oatmeal. Are instant oats more common for most people?
@@aishahshamsul8642 I mean you can easily sweeten rolled oats as well with sugar or maple syrup, so the main motivating factor for most people is the convenience of instant oats.
I'm Canadian, and in my house instant oats were the norm. As a child, the idea of waiting several minutes to boil oats was bizarre because I was so used to just popping the instant stuff in the microwave. Fortunately, me and my family started eating much healthier several years ago, so rolled oats have become normal to me, and now it's instant oats that feel weird lol.
Poptarts and sugary cereals were those novelty breakfasts I could have when I got to college and my Mom was no longer buying my groceries. They lost their draw by the end of my first year because I was always starving after an hour or so of eating them.
I'm not sure when it happened, but at some point in my adulthood (I'm about to be 41) American "breakfast food" became the shit I eat ONLY when it's like 3am and I'm drunk. I don't usually eat until 10am so my actual breakfast has turned into whatever is leftover from dinner, or what I'm planning to eat for lunch. This year I was working from the road and at one point all I had available was McDonalds breakfast. Man, I remembered LOVING McGriddles in college... but now, I couldn't get past how the sandwich tastes like it's 2 molecules off from being a plastic toy.
I just want to say your videos are incredible. Every minute is interesting and so informative, and I’m hooked on to each word you say. You’ve helped me make better decisions about my health
Omg THANK YOU! My partner used to eat those belvita cookies for breakfast and he thought they were a healthy treat and I always told him they're just cookies and all sugar but he never believed me. So when I played the part of the video where you said one belvita is equal to 3 oreos when it comes to sugar, his mouth dropped and I got to say told ya so😂😂😂
I have just googled Belvita, and it says it is 2.2 g sugar per cookie, and Oreo says it is 14 g sugar for 3 cookies, so I guess it depends on Belvita's type.
@@mariamarienko2638 i just looked it up. It says the blueberry flavor has 13 grams (per serving) and 3 oreos is about 14 grams. Different sources give different answers
As a kid (in Australia), pop tarts were sold to me as "American junk food" - usually in the candy shop at the local markets that imported candy from around the world. It was a big deal to buy them & eat them like we saw ✨in the movies✨ haha. I'm 30 now and you can buy poptarts most supermarkets now. We are the market for it, the people have spoken. I still very much think of poptarts as a dessert/cake like muffins and pastries 🍰
I remember this time too!! When we were younger my sister and I bought some from a candy shop to try like we saw in the movies and tv shows, we were SO surprised how sweet they were! Now they’re in cereal aisle.
In the Netherlands most american stuff like poptarts is still only sold in candy stores and can’t qualify as food here. But i have seen the american style peanutbutter and marshmallow fluff in the supermarket. I do live in a rural area, so it might be more prominent in bigger cities
Literally this. My local IGA sells these pop tarts in the confection section. I knew how sugary-American it was. But because I saw kids in American movies often eating these things for breakfast. I decided, Why not? I’ll just try once for the experience of it. Got Cookies and Cream Flavour. Put it in the Toaster. Honestly? A comforting quick dessert. Cookies and Cream is my favourite flavour in general, so I liked it. Thing is, it was too sweet for me. I could only stomach Half a Poptart a day. Haven’t bought any in a few years since then. It was cool. But can’t imagine eating it for breakfast.
I’m American and I can’t stand pop tarts and all the sugary cereals anymore as an adult. I feel sick after a couple bites. I used to eat so much of it as a kid. It’s disappointing to discover as an adult how poor quality American food is compared to the rest of the world. Lots of the food is too sugary. I hate it.
I mentioned to a coworker how we eat dessert for breakfast and she looked at me sideways. They're just used to poptarts, cakes, muffins, etc. I can no longer enjoy something so sweet that early in the day. That and I fast between 12p-8p anyways. So now I really do not eat crazy sweet things that early in the morning.
As a Mexican, seeing how simple American breakfasts are has always baffled me, since all of the Mexican traditional breakfasts are full meals, they’re not light things you eat to start the day like Americans do, I think more countries usually prefer lighter foods for breakfast but I’m not sure. I’ve seen my fair share of Americans come to a local restaurant to eat breakfast and they’re usually shocked by how complete the breakfast is, and also the fact that we usually drink sodas with them too lmao. Chilaquiles, sopes, tamales, huevos in all of their variations(al albañil, divorciados, etc.)pollo en mole… even the easy to make ones like quesadillas and tortas are still waaay more complex than anything shown on this video.
As a kid, I hated pop-tarts. My brother loved that, cause I wouldn't fight him for them. And as I went to school, I felt more and more like an alien cause literally every other kid loved them. I tried to eat them many times, each time hating them just the same. I thought there was something wrong with me. But ultimately, I suppose it was actually a good thing lol
To me, they taste like strawberry-flavored lip gloss from the 90's/00's. I tried them again a few months ago at a 90's-themed party, and they still had that chemical, fake-strawberry flavor.
I would only eat a UN-frosted strawberry pop tart. I’d put it in the toaster and then lightly butter it with real butter. I never liked the frosted ones 👎🏻
As a Brazilian, I'm still trying to process how things works in USA and breakfast seems to be the weirdest aspect for me. I grew up when a short breakfast was a cup of milk with a bit of powdered chocolate mixed and sometimes a toast with butter on top, or a slice of orange/lemon/guava sponge cake instead of the toast. In the days I had Gym Classes, instead of a toast I ate a small ham sandwich. Now I work out every day and my convenient breakfast is a cup of plain cereal (no sugar, no other coats, just plain cereal) a cup of milk and a whole sliced banana to add a bit of sweetness. Like, the whole idea of eating something with such a strong flavor makes me sick to the stomach. Tried Pop Tarts once, but they were served as a dessert.
Tapioca, pão de queijo, bauru, pão na chapa, banana, requeijão, queijo fresco, geléia… tanta coisa boa pra comer no café da manhã, que maldição deve ser ser estadunidense kkkkkkkkk
I'm from Argentina and can't understand how these people fill their stomach with bacon, fried eggs, SAUSAGES, a pile of pancakes with syrup, and then go to work like nothing happened lol we take a coffee or milk with cocoa and one or two toasts here. Sometimes mate 🧉
@@Martha_My_Dear Takes me back the only time I had a huge breakfast (I was at a hotel and was a dumb kid, so I feasted myself) with yogurt, pudding, cake, chocolate milk, sandwiches, salami portions... And of course, it was the usual thing for an american breakfast (in portion size) and of course, I almost puked after one hour. But tell me. isn't mate a bit strong? I'm not from the southern region, so mate isn't common where I live (I think it's because it's hot up here).
Yes a million times yes! In south india- a popular breakfast consists of hot soup called sambhar which has lots of good vegetables, lentils and spices. Its paired with idli which is a soft fermented rice cake. Its so good for you and delicious too. I will forever choose savory breakfasts like these over what the “typical” american breakfasts are. Unfortunately due to time constraints and my job, getting these good breakfasts are hard. Sometimes I’ll even eat leftover chicken and rice as breakfast. Yeah I used to get weird looks but now Id rather eat what makes me feel good than have a sugar crash afterwards.
My best friend is of South Indian descent and I feel soooo blessed that I get to enjoy delicious homemade sambhar and idli when we visit her parents :) I would happily eat it every day!
I like savory foods better and would prefer something savory and light for breakfast, unfortunately there aren’t too many convenient options. But thankfully in NY delis are very abundant and you can get a lot of different items that are much better.
I think it's very interesting how the options for McDonalds breakfast vary depending on the country. I live in Spain and while we still have the McMuffins, McDonalds also offers other options like a toast with olive oil and tomato juice or an omelette.
Geralmente o nosso bolo é um bolinho de cenoura e não é tão grande igual um bolo parecido com um pop-tart (pelo menos do que eu experienciei). Acho que uma coisa que conta muito é o preparo das comidas. De café da manhã eu geralmente gosto de café com leite e torrada com queijo e peito de frango ou peru.
You can carry that around too! Is there no wait time at US fast food places as well that it could possible be convinient? I assume people do order takeout from cars in US and not walk to store like here usually or it would be really inconvenient.
Convenience is why I meal prep now Totally changed my eating habits and I would not have made it this far in my weight loss journey without it For breakfast I make smoothies or protien shakes, takes two minutes, is good for me, I can drink it on the go and fills me up until lunch
I'm German, so I grew up with breakfast foods like muesli (the "healthier" alternative to granola-- my parents made it at home), home made whole wheat bread and various cheeses. On rare occasions we were allowed to eat cornflakes. Porridge was often served in winter! On Sundays, I would make us an omelette as a kid. In Germany it's common to eat bread (but I mean PROPER bread, from the baker), cheeses, meats and hard boiled eggs. Sometimes pancakes and waffles. 😊 Most Germans perfer Muesli to cornflakes and other cereals, I daresay. A lot of young people also eat overnight oats, avocado toast etc. I could never just eat a poptart for breakfast, how is that supposed to keep you full until lunch?!
I cant call it a breakfast unless there is egg, cheese(swiss gruyere 😋), olives, jam, butter, toasted bread on the table. I could never imagine just eating 'poptart' for breakfast and expect to be full
Random question. How did you manage the poor shelf life of bread? I've baked my own sometimes, but I can't get mine to be shelf stable even 20% as long as the stuff from the store.
I read corn flakes as snow flakes and it made me cynically laugh at the idea of some kid holding a bowl of porridge out the window for like a season topping during winter 💀
Same here as an Austrian. Started with muesli, changed to bread with butter and honey when I realised processed milk (the one you get in supermarkets n stuff) was the cause of stomachaches and not (only) my great idea to shove it down fast with milk straight out of the fridge, then later on I realised it's really ONLY processed milk. So now I'm alternating between bread with butter and either honey or ham, and muesli with plain yoghurt. Things like ham and eggs were more of a dinner thing usually. And of course I'm only talking about proper bread or buns here, not tons of sugar that accidentally met some flour and water and a million other things. Poptarts seem like... like... why'd you eat that at all? Someone gotta explain the deal with them to me please, to me that seems like...sweet stuff that's simply inferior to every kind of cake or other pastry, no matter if homemade, from an actual pastry location or even the supermarket stuff. At best that looks like some out of winter season replacement for cookies maybe?
Kiana, as an not only an European (spanish) but also as a Canary from the Canary Islands it absolutly impresses me the bad quality in general of the american food. It is no wonder why y'all have that problem with obesity in your country. Here in Spain although food is part of our culture and even tradition we opt for unprocessed foods as our most emblematic dishes. In general, our typical breakfast includes toast with grated tomato, olive oil and some serrano ham with some coffee or orange juice. It makes so much sense to have a whole meal full of all the macronutrients you need rather than a hell of a sugar spike and consecuently the huge insulin spike on blood afterwards which makes you crave more sweet food.
You are not wrong. Ultra processed, sugar laden treats are passed off as breakfast and people are chasing it down with super-sugared "coffee" drinks. In an attempt to curb my sugar intake I recently went a week without eating anything with added sugar and it was a wake up call to see how many products here have added sugar in some form. Honestly, it's killing us.
@@rokzane This is not misleading lol, hot chocolate with churros are mostly eaten on weekends or special days, the most common breakfast are toasts with coffe/colacao/juice
Convenience really hit the nail on the head. I spoke to a friend of mine a few years ago about breakfast, who thought I was crazy for usually eating müsli, shredded wheat, yoghurt or toast with jam and/butter for breakfast. The reason being, I kid you not was because I would have to wash the bowl and cutlery afterwards 😂
The idea of convenience foods has spread to the idea of meal delivery services, not meal prep kits, but full meals and smoothies almost ready to eat. Or people chopping and freezing ingredients in little bags for their green smoothies because they want something healthier for breakfast. We can't just eat our spinach with some eggs anymore for breakfast, even a sandwich is too inconvenient if we have to cook it ourselves. Unless we prep and freeze them of course, and they only need a quick microwave. What the average American needs according to these food bloggers is a personal blender where the blender cup has a blade base that can be quickly unscrewed and swapped with a drinking lid for convenience. Everything has to be about convenience. Even getting healthier has to be phased in how convenient it makes your morning routine. Just find space in your house for your new chest freezer to store all of your preps, because even grocery shopping is an inconvenience that needs to be minimized and optimized. It's hard to tell where the influence of car centric infrastructure stops and the influence of our work culture begins.
I like the classic bri'ish breakfast choices of either a non-sweetened cereal like bran flakes with raisins, beans on toast, marmite on toast, or porridge. If you buy instant oats, all of those options take less than 5 minutes to prepare. Before I was vegan I did also enjoy soft boiled egg and soldiers. My dad was an early riser, so he would often get up and make a big pot of tea and a pan of porridge, or boiled eggs for everyone before school and work, especially on a cold winter's morning. I found it really hard to find breakfast foods in the US the first time I went, because I was on a budget. Everything affordable was full of sugar. Now that I have a bit more disposable income, I exclusively shop at Whole Foods when I'm in the US and you can actually get healthy breakfast options there.
You can get healthy and a lot more affordable breakfast options at any supermarket here, not just Whole Foods. A lot of the foods you named are very easy to acquire here for cheap.
My partner is German and it always baffles me they just grab bread, butter, and maybe a meat if they're feeling frisky. Breakfast sandwiches there are considered more of a lunch thing in the US (usually bread with salami or cheese, lettuce, and tomato). Same when I travelled to Sweden. My Swedish coworkers devoured the Poptarts I brought, however. 😂
Spending time in Germany as a kid was always nice to me, since breakfast really isn't a big deal to most Germans, unlike back home in America, to this day I still don't eat breakfast, but I do love pancakes as a desert since normal cake to me is quite hit or miss. Still eat 4 eggs a day before 12:00 p.m though.
Fresh bread from the bakery and butter is the best If you've eaten supermarket toast bread all your life then it must be confusing but fresh bread is sooooo gooood
I'm surprised you didn't once mention the vast frozen breakfast foods available! I find that frozen breakfast burritos are the most cost effective and convenient daily breakfast option, especially since it doesn't require you to leave your home in the morning!
Also terrible for you, processed crap and full of junk. Learn to cook and stop eating things out of boxes and cans if you care about your health and quality of life. Don’t be another major profit for the healthcare system.
I noticed a while ago that I wanted ultra convenience in the morning. So my breakfast is now a cup of milk kefir followed by a shake of proteins. I drink it all standing up. It's extremely fast. It's also about zero carbs, full of proteins, healthy fats and probiotics. It keeps me full for hours. I tried many healthier and more whole foods versions over the years but always come back to this one, because it's so easy... So I suggest finding the most convenient healthy breakfast possible for oneself. Better having a "pretty healthy convenient breakfast" that we eat everyday than a "perfect super healthy breakfast" that we give up on quickly.
@@dbullets3664 When I was a lad I was told to eat four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large. But now when someone has grown, eating five dozen eggs is the amount to roughly get to the size of a barge. Jokes aside, I think it's because it's not enough fat to get you going for too long. Eggs are incredible, but how you eat them changes everything. If I eat them fried, I feel like I need to eat more than 4, but if I boil them, 2 seem to get me going for hours.
Um, protein shakes aren't 0 calorie... and they're usually not nutritious either. Good if you just want to not be hungry or are trying to build muscle and are near in time to weightlifting... not much else! I don't understand why so many people drink protein shakes. Do you just hate food?
@@FireVixen164 they never said it was zero calories. They said it was near zero carbs which depending on the protein powder could be completely accurate.
People usually like this breakfast idea so i'll share mine below: Savoury oats is my go-to. I add extra water to give it a more congee like consistency and flavour it with dashi and soy sauce. Toppings consist of things like: ground flax seeds, white pepper, soft boiled eggs, frozen spinach, chilli oil, pork floss, furikake, roasted sesame seeds, shichimi, green onions, crispy fried onions or tonkatsu sauce Leftover shredded chicken also makes a good addition as well
The oats are good but everything else has to go. Your toppings sound like something for lunch/dinner. Why would not add sweet fruits to the oats instead? I guess we'd probably just agree to disagree. :D
I cant describe how happy I get when I see kiana has posted a new video. Your content is so good, interesting, easy to digest and pleasant to watch, Kiana. Truly one of my favorite content creators today. Please, keep making videos, you are a natural communicator!
It's kinda scary having the amount of importance we place on convenience (and how easy it is to exploit) laid out in plain English. To think our standards for convenience are like this, worst is I understand it and know it's true. Sometimes I'll go without a meal because I can't be bothered to make food, which inevitably leads to snacking on unhealthy but "convenient" foods. It's a large part of why I stopped eating breakfast altogether. Thanks for another great video Kiana!
she is exaggerating on purpose. No one being sane would say that 30 seconds to prepare something is incovenient. There are much deeper problems with food culture that lead to eating dessert cookies for breakfast.
As a kid it never struck me as weird to eat cereal and chocolate bars for breakfast. As an adult, I'm working on un-learning that. Though my breakfast of just coffee or a protein bar isn't much better.
Overnight oats has become a breakfast life saver for me. I spend 5-10 minutes before bed making it and take it on the go to work in the morning ☺️ so healthy and yummy
I've been eating oats for decades now for breakfast, it's a good and healthy breakfast choice. My parents always made oats for breakfast when I was young and I grew up to enjoy it, although many of the people I grew up with have hardly ever had oats.
i used to find them disgusting but now with some cinnamon and berries I look forward to feeling so much better mentally and physically throughout my day knowing i didn't eat a donut instead 🤣
Kiana, I saw your videos months ago, back when I was in a very dark place and mentally in defense mode about every little thing. At first I didn't understand the motivation toward you making your content. I've been overweight my whole life - and I hit a rock bottom where I pivoted to taking care of my health in every sense. My mind, my spirit, and my body. I decided that I was too young to be feeling so badly, isolating, and generally not living life. I couldn't take it anymore. Your content has been CRUCIAL to helping me feel validated while I pivot toward the light of self love, connection, and re-invention, especially when the friends I have around me aren't interested in taking this journey with me, which can be very discouraging. Maybe reinvention is the wrong word, but it almost feels like I just want to discover who I've always been, without the baggage. Knowing that it's possible and seeing my struggle reflected by your content is LIFE. CHANGING. You're informative without judgment, and you're not scared to say what you know is the truth even if it might be fought. Please don't ever stop making the content you love - because it's important. Much love, success, and light for you. ❤ Clo
I’m a carb addict. I’ve been off all carbs for 2 years. It’s amazing how powerful sugar is in distorting your appetite and reasoning ability. The manipulation from corporate food is obvious once you’re not eating their products
Kiana - can I just say, I've been here since close to the beginning of your channel and you have transformed into one of the most professional, well researched, and entertaining educational channels on RUclips. Thanks for all your hard work from a fellow Ontarian 💝 P.S. you should do a meet up, I'd be there in a heartbeat (a healthier heartbeat since you helped me start retraining my brain).
I second your words!! Kiana is a natural! And she has grown so much as communicator that I can honestly say she is one of my favorite content creators today. I just get so happy when I see there is a new video of hers.❤
Here in Brazil the most common breakfast is bread with butter, and a cup of coffee. Sometimes with cake too. Low in protein, honestly, I can't. A healthy breakfast here is eggs, wholebread and some fruits! Just perfect.
Well.. You said something like "no civilized person would eat dessert for breakfast".. Here's a story: I'm from Germany and my grandparents are born in Georgia (Caucasus). Since I can tell, every morning they would eat the same thing: unsweetened Porridge, bread with butter and (I know it sounds weird) salad made of cucumber, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, salt and pepper. So that's what I had for breakfast at home since I was little. At the age of 18 I moved to Italy for half a year and lived there with an Italian family. And I could not believe what they ate in the morning for "colazione". Most important thing: it had to be sweet. They ate cookies, Nutella on something they called "toast" but I never saw a bread that white, sweet and thin 😂, Nutella with milk, cake, EVEN ice cream!! So I tried to find something I could eat instead at the local grocery store. Well.. I had to SEARCH for unsweetened yoghurt (I mean plain yogurt - since when there's sugar in it?! 😂). My host family also bought "muesli for the German girl" trying to help me out... Something I would call "muesli" = rolled oats + dried fruits + nuts. What they sold as "muesli" was like a sugary crunchy granola thing. It tasted far to sweet for me at the beginning and I just felt like instant diabetes kicked in every morning. I just had no money to buy groceries for myself too often so at the end I started to eat what my host family bought. The moral of the story: I gained more than 10kg (~ 22lbs) in 6 months and I really struggled to start eating healthy/ healthier again as I moved back home. 🙌🏼👍🏼😂
as an easter european who immigrated to America and then studied abroad in Italy, I FEEL YOU. I was starving every single morning in Italy. The mix of Slavic and American culture that's integral to my existence means I take breakfast VERY seriously, and I could not believe the Italian breakfast.
I would almost call a pancake dessert. I’ve seen people put all kinds of dessert toppings on those things to the point they have to be disgustingly sweet. I will make breakfast for dinner sometimes.
I love the Italian breakfasts at hotels tho, with ham, cheese, bread, fruit and cake. Means you can go off for the day and not eat again til dinner. But that’s only for a week’s holiday though, not sure about eating that way full time.
I’m italian, sure big company had an impact but it’s not so relevant. Before the large scale industrialization the peasent eat eggs/ brown bred/lard etc.. or bread with homemade jam, honey and conserve. In the 1800 the price of sugar (that before was significant) have dropped and during ww1 and 2 a Common breakfast for working class and poor people was old bread made softer in water or milk with a little bit of sugar or some oil and salt if possible. it was cheap and filling. My grandma ate it when I was little, or bread with jam/ homemade cake or fruit and ricotta/ a piece of cheese. Honestly what your describing it’s pretty recent and not so common. a lot of families still eat “real” bread, even if it’s with Nutella, in my house we sometimes ate homemade cake for breakfast, but they are very simple, more a sweat bread, no frosting/ cream etc.. yes, sweat breakfast it’s much more common here, milk and biscuits too.
I always have oatmeal mixed with water /almond milk , protein powder and fresh blueberries / raspberries for breakfast, 2 eggs and coffee 😀. Excellent video as always, Kiana 👍.
I (American) remember when I was in middle school, a camp counselor made fun of me for having never tried a pop tart... a couple of years later I finally tried some, and they're. Bad. I like sweet things, but if I'm going to have dessert for breakfast I might as well have something decent. Homemade pancakes don't take long at all, especially if you make the batter the night before, and they're worlds tastier than pop tarts. Soak them in butter and honey if you want, at least you know they're not chemically-treated cardboard.
This video hit me differently. 4 years ago my breakfast consisted of eating things like zebra cakes, swiss rolls, brownies, cinnabuns, poptarts etc. for breakfast downed with whole milk. It was so convenient I could literally just go to the store buy everything and start eating right away vs cooking. Thankfully I've since cut all that out and lost a ton of weight and consistently work out now, but I can definitely relate to the bad breakfast part because I was there.
And over here in Switzerland, I grew up eating whole-wheat or sourdough bread with butter and jam and drinking unsweetened tea for breakfast. On Sundays we would get oatmeal with dried raisins or "Züpfe" (similar to Challa) with Nutella, and sometimes chocolate milk. The amount of sugar in US American foods is terrifying 🙈🙈
I grew up in Ukraine and I remember when BelVita appeared in Supermarkets. They were relatively expensive, and it was considered "cool" to come to school with BelVita as your breakfast (I was like 12 at the time). They were also marketed as a "superhealthy" snack. I do also remember how at first the cookies seemed to sweet for me. At some point I even got hooked on, had cravings. Luckily my parents didn't feel like paying alot for an unhealthy & addictively sweet cookie. So I "quit". Tried one recently. Too sweet. Couldn't finish the second one because of that.
I live in America, and growing up, one of my parent’s favorite breakfasts to give us was doughnuts. My parents usually worked very early mornings so breakfast was either ate at school or was skipped as a kid, but whenever they were home, they’d go out to the local bakery and bring home like 6-8 doughnuts for the 4 of us, so everyone or almost everyone could have two. I never understood why they’d want to start their day off with something so sugary, because whenever I’d eat a doughnut with no other food in my system it would give me the worst stomach aches.
It's so fascinating to me how we may have different perceptions of what constitutes a breakfast due to our environments and upbringings. I grew up with Pop Tarts as a kid and always liked them, but looking at it now, I totally see why people from other countries have those reactions to them. This video was so interesting to watch. I also recall some memories from my high school health class where we had a whole unit on breakfast being so important, and that any breakfast was better than none. As an adult I have gotten into intermittent fasting, and ironically I notice that I 'm less hungry & having less cravings on the days when I start without a breakfast. Learning more every day. Cheers, thanks for the video :)
if you have a sugary breakfast you are more likely to experience a blood glucose spike and therefore a blood glucose drop and the drop is what causes you to feel hungry and have cravings. thats why people should avoid sugar for breakfast and have a high protein/fiber breakfast and you should last until lunch. i had to learn this the hard way haha
Schools just teach everyone to be a worker slave drone, so no surprise there. If they taught anything useful like fasting we wouldnt have such a dumb population today.
The idea that any breakfast is better than no breakfast has ALWAYS bothered me. I get nauseous if I try to eat soon after I wake up. So I never ate breakfast and my mom thought something was wrong with me like I had an eating disorder or something.
So glad you dropped a new video, always happy to hear from you. You and Shredded Sports Science with James Linker form the backbone of my RUclips experience. Your multidisciplinary approach combining nutrition, psychology, social observation and food industry practices provides invaluable information. I wish you continued success.
Now now Kiana, my mom's homemade sourdough carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is most certainly a breakfast item. Pop Tarts are just the post-breakfast dessert thank you very much lol (in all seriousness, I've never met anyone who eats them in the morning. I only ever eat them as dessert myself)
In Sweden fast food restaurants don't have the variety of breakfast food America seems to have. We are quite healthy, I think. We are also rather good at not always opting for convenience. Love your videos! Always a well done research behind them.
I saw in an ICA a few years ago, the instant ramen cup was more expensive than the salmon, while in the US the salmon is 10x more expensive than instant ramen. it's so unfortunate. in dk there are little helpful choicemakers too like the rugbrød being 10kr and the super processed white bread being 25+.
This lady I work with comes in every day with a bag of McD's breakfast.. she says she doesn't have time to make breakfast but she somehow has time to sit in a drive thru line 🤔 I usually just go for a bagel with cream cheese or bell pepper slices 🤤
One half cup rolled oats microwave cooked for 60 seconds, 60 seconds, and 30 seconds while preparing 10 grams each dried blueberries, cherries, chopped dates, raisins, almonds, and walnuts to add when finished cooking. Two large eggs, each fried in 1/2 teaspoon of lard and with 46 grams of egg whites added. Cook to your preferred texture.
@@gigilamoore2656 Are you diabetic? Fibrous carbohydrates are very healthy and are essential for anyone who seeks maximal physical performance. The only way the above meal will impact your blood sugar is if you are already at least pre-diabetic.
@@hifromh2946 I'm Type 2 Diabetic so I normally have plain Greek yogurt with berries and chia seeds or eggs, avocado and a slice of low carb toast. Most of the time, I skip breakfast and just go straight into lunch around 11 am.
If it’s cold, I do a bowl of plain oatmeal with some fruit, cinnamon, and ground flax seeds added in. If it’s hot, I do a bowl of nonfat Greek yogurt with some fruit, cinnamon, ground flax seeds, almonds, and chia seeds added in.
I wanna live in a free world without distractions. I wanna eat peacefully at home. I hate fast food. I hate convenience stores. I hate everything that makes us obese
I’ve always struggled to understand how driving to a fast food chain could save more time in the morning than reheating leftovers in the microwave. The latter takes literally 30 seconds to a minute. Assuming you have microwaves at your workplace, you could even pack your leftovers to go (i’ve done this a few times. just packed a big portion for breakfast and lunch)
I eat yogurt or cottage cheese with fruit and nuts. I can dish out smaller portions in cups and leave them in the fridge to take to work. Doesn't get much more convenient than that, especially since I don't need to wait in the drive thru line and it's much healthier.
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salad
2 slices of bread, a handful of nuts, a banana and sometimes some oatmeal with oat milk. Yummi!
A cup of good quality pour over coffee with nothing added… But Australian coffee is different to those American sugar drinks with a drop of fake 'coffee'
2 sugar free jellos.
I remember once we were eating breakfast at a restaurant and my grandma ordered a piece of pie for her meal. We must have given her a funny look because she said, “how is it any different than having a doughnut for breakfast?” She made a good point.
Pies are tastier
She’s right, donuts were never a common breakfast option for our kids, they were once in a blue moon type of thing because my husband has always called said they are dessert not breakfast.
You have donuts for breakfast!?
@@Zeverinsen for some reason, donuts have begun to be a breakfast thing here in North America (I am in Canada). I think it takes after the breakfast pastries that are common in Europe but have morphed into the abomination that is donuts. For example, if you have an early meeting, sometimes there will be coffee and donuts in the conference room. 20 years ago, it might have been croissant and danish, but now it is donuts. It’s terrible!
I'm on Grandma's side.
I was fooled into thinking those belvita weren't garbage. I had no idea I was eating basically powder and canola oil.
Same I tried the belvita cookies/breakfast things and they tasted like paper
*"oil"*
Well good to know you're on the path to a long life of good health by realizing these things now
All you have to do is look at the ingredients on the back...maybe I'm just cynical and never trust the front of a box.
@Fist of Belial the simple truth is that many people are unaware of the direct and long term effects of eating said ingredients the FDA claims is safe to eat.
This obsession with convenience definitely ties into our obsession with productivity. Everything has to be done ASAP.
Also laziness. We as a culture have just become incredibly lazy. Even when people have a day off and have time to make a proper meal, many still choose to eat fast food or frozen meals.
@@thelemurofmadagascar9183 "i'm on my day off i'm not willing to spend time cooking, I want to chill"
@@pedrosilvaproductions Well, usually you have to do a bunch of B.S before the day off and that also ties into the unhealthy obsession with productivity which results in an addiction to convenience
When you realize that alot of these food companies have dark truths. And I'm not just talking breakfast ones. I'm talking about others like PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Nestle.
✨i can’t believe it’s not capitalism✨(it totally is)
I love the way you use commercials in your videos. They don't really seem like anything special when you see them on any regular RUclips video or TV show, but in the context of your videos it really gives them an almost dystopian feel.
What's crazy is nothing is more convenient than fruit. An apple is literally grab and go.
She failed to explain that the convenience issue applies to lazy, greedy corporations more than it does to the customers.
The most conventional thing to do for breakfast is fast😂 but let's face it, these easy healthy options can't compete with that addicts rush you can can get from a fast food joint
Or banana with a spoon of peanut butter! Haven’t finished the video so not sure if she mentions…
Are y'all not washing your fruit?
That's why I find them inconvenient. They either need to be washed or peeled. Peeling generally ends in my hands being sticky with juice (honestly even without peeling that can happen), so I can't do my morning cleaning chores simultaneously. Now that I can't multitask like that I have no time to get ready in the day! Plus that's the whole multiple steps/sitting thing she talked about.
Also they spoil too fast. I don't go to the store often enough to keep fresh fruit on hand.
An apple is "grab n go" if you have the teeth for it. For me, an apple requires a knife.
As a European raised in Asia I encountered several Americans who talked about Poptarts and how delicious they are. The first time I saw a real Poptart was when an American bragged that half of his suitcase was filled with Poptarts so he could have one everyday for breakfast while he was in Korea, I really wanted to try one but since they were so precious to him I didn't want to take any away from him. So by the time I finally bought some Poptarts for myself my expectations were really high, I bought three kinds: A brownie one, a birthday cake one and a third one I don't remember. When I finally tried the Poptart I felt like I was eating it wrong, I tried it hot, I tried it cold, it didn't help that there was barely any frosting on it like I got a bad batch. So I'm guessing it's more of a nostalgia thing, since many people had them in their childhoods they just associate them with happy memories. I might be wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Your problem might be that you dont like the crust. Im a picky american and Ive always gotten weird looks when I tear off the crust but I swear it makes them 100% better. Also dont forget to toast them, they taste like sad disappointment when not toasted. I probably shouldnt have to say this but tear off the crust after toasting. You will break toaster. Trust me, I was a stupid child :')
Also, a lot of American foods/snacks tasted better decades ago. Everything from Mcdonalds to various cereals tastes extremely different than before. They're gross !
I'll never understand why people are so anal about poptart icing. Whether it's iced or not, the whole thing is still drier than stale bread. The icing, if anything, makes it drier
@@бронза.вафля.конус They are a lot less dry once you heat them, and generally you'd eat them with a glass of milk.
@@бронза.вафля.конус seriously, im a poptsrt enjoyer at heart and would never take off the crust, it makes no difference. the icing is just as hard and dry as it ☠
As much as I want to point the finger solely at fast food chains for trying to capitalize on the rush that most people have to endure, I will also call out the messed up work system that rejoices in taking as much time as possible from workers as they can get away with.
Truth. We have become so dependent on the modern education systems, modern food systems and employment systems that we forget, we used to work for ourselves by making our own food... now we work to make someone else rich while making just enough money to buy food at a grocery store for our family. We've really complicated things😂
YES. This. A huge part of convenience is "if one hand has my food, my other hand can be driving to work". Or in my personal case, "my other hand can be unloading the dishwasher for my family so I have time after to get on the bus to get to college in time an hour later even though it's only 20 minutes by car but I don't own a car or have a driver's license" lmao
Yes!!! I was thinking this the whole time while watching this
True! I eat SO MUCH better working from home with access to my own kitchen and being able to use free moments/my lack of commute time to make myself healthy foods vs. whatever you can grab on the way out the door in the morning. Which is stupid because employers should really be listening to people and what they need to be healthy if they want healthy employees.
@@melissaf5262 That's cool, but a lot of people work jobs where they need to be physically present or nothing will get done, like warehousing, delivery, manufacturing, etc.
She mentioned more than once that cake is an unacceptable thing to have for breakfast. That's strange to me because in Italy a lot of Italians have a piece of bundt cake for breakfast. It's called a ciambellone (big donut shape) and it's usually a very light vanilla and chocolate cake with no icing or anything. Just a light cake with a coffee
Well, then Italians and Americans are the same unhealthy people that are drug/sugar addicts.
Italy is in western country therefore it's unhealthy
Well that's the thing. American cakes are never "light"
Eating anything sugary regardless is too much for me in the morning. Just makes me nauseous.
I have always always thought that in general, European breakfasts are better than the American, but not necessarily healthy or nutritious.
I think a lot of Americans tend to be less physically active as well as having larger servings of lower quality sweets.
Antique cook book collector here. Made a 1947 waffle recipe the other day and it was scrumptious but completely foreign from any sort of modern waffle I’ve ever had. It was savory, almost salty or buttery tasting but not sweet at all. Almost every old cookbook has a distinction made between a “dessert waffle” and an “everyday waffle” and it’s a shame that our sugar addictions have made dessert waffles common place for everyday meals and near eliminated the true breakfast waffle
How the books is called?
would you simply use less sugar for the "everyday waffle" or is the recipe overall different?
@@paulinemoira8442 Main differences are that the dessert waffle contains more milk, sugar, and adds heavy cream. I wouldn’t be surprised if most modern restuarant waffles contain some sort of cream for richness nowadays but then again you never know after the fat free 90s craze
@@yasonchomko4631 The recipe was from a 1947 edition of Better Home and Gardens best recipes :)
That's how waffles taste here in India... Even tho waffles are not at all a part of traditional and eveyrday diets. They're like a treat we have once a month or something.
Even with sweet toppings they're mostly very lightly sweetened, if at all. It's buttery, filling and you don't really feel like eating more after your serving.
I’m American, when I visited a friend in Madrid once she took me to this “American Breakfast” restaurant. They have shelves stocked high with all the American sugar breakfast accessories. You can even pick the COLOR of your cereal milk and get a side of pop tart. It was such a novelty for the Spaniards 😂
The typical "American Breakfast" is a Damily Dinner item in American themed diners in Norway.
It's just way too much food for one person!
A typical breakfast/brunch for many New Yorkers is deli food which is thankfully much more popular and generally healthier.
They opened one of those stores in Barcelona too. What a horror
Seems like a subtle dis
These popped up in the UK for a while - they were known as cereal cafes. You could go and get a bowl of all these crazy American cereals (and other ones from across the world) and have them with fun milks etc. They all vanished cos nobody was all that interested lol
I'm Filipino, and I never understood how people can eat dessert for breakfast. A lot of our traditional breakfast food involves garlic fried rice, eggs, and meat/fish of some sort. Our McDonald's even has rice meals on their breakfast menu 😆
I am Brazilian and this food that you eat in the breakfast we usually eat during the lunchtime.
Filipino food is amazing, and I would love to visit the PI one day. 👏
Longganisa supremacy
I'm Bolivian and I'm ashamed to admit we also eat desserts for breakfast.
That sounds delicious! I’ll have to try that out sometime (sans meat, cause I’m vegetarian tho)
“No civilized person would routinely eat cake for breakfast”
Okay you got me. Had a moment where I would eat leftover birthday cheesecake with other breakfast foods like waffles and turkey bacon. This was actually when I was new to tracking calories and nutrition and portioning and such.
Strange how it’s more socially acceptable to eat a cheesecake favored waffle than just cheesecake- more convenient. Might as well have the real thing.
It's weird she said that given how popular 'dessert breakfast' recipes have become. I've come across many videos of people making breakfast protein cakes, baked protein single-serve breakfast cookies, and protein pancakes.
I felt kinda bad when she said that cause I've actually eaten a doughnut or two for breakfast, along with a slice of pie because it was just what I wanted. 😭
@@awtumn Once in a while is fine.
Daily breakfast cereal that is literally over half sugar, not so much.
In italy is not strange at all... no one would eat meat or eggs for breakfast, while biscotti, croissant, bread with nutella or jam, plumcake are common in every home. Sweet breakfast is the basis
😂 Same here...😊
Same for me & my family
This reminded me of when I visited Texas 10 days ago. Born and raised in India, I was shocked at how much sugar was in the "breakfast" that my hotel offered me. Belgian pearl sugar waffles with chocolate chips and maple syrup. The sugar gave me a headache for the rest of the day and completely depleted my energy, lol.
My husband always likes to book hotels with free breakfasts but he's gotten a lot more cautious since we stayed at one where the entire breakfast buffet was pure carbs and I was dead the rest of the day. I felt like steamrolled crap and I was insufferably cranky about it. While on vacation! Some hotel breakfasts are absolutely not worth it.
The real texas breakfasts are kolaches or breakfast tacos.
I believe it 🤮
Eggs and plain toast
To be fair you're not going to get much of a healthy spread at a free hotel breakfast bar (if you get any breakfast at all.) Price and ease is the theme for those things.
This woman's videos are a God sent. Granted I didn't need to lose a really large amount of weight, just watching her videos made losing that stubborn 25 lbs in a little over 3 months down to a weight I haven't been since college in a healthy way a lot easier than it would've been otherwise. Thank you.
same, i'm already fit but with these educational videos, i can see why so many americans are fat, because everything on the super market shelves are NOT FOOD.
"Everything" is an exaggeration. I go to the supermarket and buy:
Bananas
Oranges
Coffee
Nuts
Blueberries
Yoghurt
Cheese
Beans
Rice
Tomatoes
Olives
Eggs
Cream (for coffee)
Popcorn (not the weird smelly bags, you can buy it in a container and pop it in a pan)
Coconut and olive oil
Sometimes steak
Those are all foods. Except coffee, but coffee is great when you're cooking food in the morning. You can easily go to the supermarket, and only buy stuff that's actually food. I guess one hint is try not to buy too many things that come in a box. I don't see a lot of boxes hanging from trees.
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It helps to leanMaxx once you understand everything we are being fed is slop, US government just kinda let it happen and nobody questions it either.
I'll be on zoomERs channel dropping pills
I am 1st generation American with a mom who understood instinctually that fast food and processed foods were bad so I only had American food when I did sleep over at a friend's house. Brown sugar pop tarts were what they bought and were my fav. I got older, moved out for college, and bought a box of pop tarts I could finally have in my house. Ate like 2 a day, not knowing serving size was just one (then why are 2 in the same bag??) And my skin broke out soooo bad, my energy felt so off, and I felt just so disgusted. I've never eaten one or bought a box since! Definitely shouldn't be considered as a meal.
It's okay as a snack once in a while, but absolutely not as a meal. I agree with you there :S
They do that so you eat more of them than necessary.
Poptarts aren't even food.
Same! My dad would never let us eat sugar cereal, when I went to college I went crazy on the crap food! I was on my own and my high metabolism made me really not care. Now in my 30's no way I can eat this stuff. It makes me physically ill. Lol, in the end I laugh, my dad was always right
More so just a pure dessert option. The exact same feeling I had when I first tried pop tarts at age 7: utter disgust at what they called a "breakfast" option. Calling pop tarts a "breakfast" option... It's just so repulsing.
The thing I hate about breakfast is this idea there's only certain kinds of food that is acceptable for breakfast. One of my favorite things about working night shift for a decade was the greatly increased amount of options for food I had when I woke up in the afternoon.
food being "acceptable" for a meal is a load of bs. leftovers means any meal can fit at any time. you can eat scrambled eggs for dinner and a deli sandwich for breakfast if you want. now, i dont eat breakfast, it makes me sick, so breakfast and lunch are a merged pool already for me, but the only reason you dont really eat dinner for breakfast is that dinner has a much longer prep time typically.
i truly believe one of the biggest problems in our society is how we're forced to work long hours. some of us have long commutes (mine is a total of 4 hrs a day) and work multiple jobs. i gotta meal prep my breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for the weekdays on my one of two days off which honestly sucks!
lbh it's just easier for a lot of people to buy poptarts at the vending machine than make breakfast when you literally do not have the time. society needs to shift to less working hours and more time for ourselves so we can actually focus on our health but that won't happen lol
I agree with this completely! I don’t have enough time to cook when I’m working 40 hours. I’ve been wanting to start cooking for myself a lot more lately but I don’t have a lot of time. I’m a college student and i work 35-40 hours a week. I barley have time to sleep much less cook.
I’ve been wanting to try home made bread because I heard it’s a lot better and has a lot less preservatives than bread we get at the store, but i have no time. Pls send help.
@@jasminewhitehead1752 I've been making egg wraps, and maybe that can help you! I'll cut up a bell pepper (whatever color you like) into strips, as well as cucumber, put em all into a container. I get these wraps that are just made of eggs (Walmart has them, not sure who else) and put in a few slices of meat, a bit of cheese, and some of the cucumber and pepper. Roll them all up and stick them in the fridge. In the morning, you can pull one or more out, heat them up if you want to, and you're good to go. Use the extra peppers and cucumbers as a snack with hummus. I cut up the veggies on Sunday before the week starts and they last the week, and the egg wraps come in a pack of 6 so you can have one wrap for each day plus one extra!
American society will willingly run itself into the ground before that happens.
Maybe some people work so much that they have to make sacrifices, but a lot don't. A lot of people work their 8 hour shift, drive 15 minutes to get home, and then sit in front of the TV or computer for another 6 or 7 hours before going to bed. And none of them seemingly ever has time to do anything that they're supposed to do, either.
I think convenience food exists primarily to facilitate laziness and instant gratification, with "I'm such a hard worker, I couldn't squeeze another drop of productivity out of myself without bending the laws of time and space, I guess I'll have to go get a Sausage and Egg McMuffin again this morning" being a convenient excuse to justify what they know is one of many bad dietary decisions that they have no intention of changing.
@@christopherenders4280 I know for me specifically I work 33-35 hour a week. I have some time through out the week to cook but I usually have my breakfast and home. I go to work at 4pm, so if I don’t have lunch at home then I’ll have to eat at work. I’ll sometimes have food for dinner at home if my fiancé cooks but most of the time I eat fast food for dinner because I’m exhausted.
It kind of just became natural to me, though i do want to cook more. Im sickkkkkk of fast food.
I know it’ll get harder to make time starting next week because I start back in college again and I’ll have even less time. I commute to work 30 mins all day, and I commute to school 1:20 mins a day. I just don’t have time to cook much less the energy.
I love to bake and I’m not a good cook but I feel like I’m rushing to cook and can’t enjoy it bc I have to squeeze all the stuff I need to do into one little window of time.
So I suppose maybe I’m ranting, but I do feel like this is my normal. Sometimes I feel lazy, but sometimes I’m just exhausted.
After holidays or birthdays, if my family had leftover cake or pie, it was super normal to have it for breakfast with a cup of black coffee the next day!
But obviously this was only after a special occasion and I think the idea was to eat the baked goods quickly before they went bad or stale
I've done that before too. Love having leftover chocolate birthday cake and coffee for breakfast while still fresh....but that's the ONLY time I have it for breakfast
That makes sense. Home made baked goods don’t last as long
I live in China and I absolutely love their food culture and especially breakfasts. You can buy a pretty healthy meal on the way to work, some steamed buns, boiled eggs, soy milk, bread and vegetables, tofu. I can not even imagine what would I eat if I haven’t all these options. We can not blame people solely for their eating behavior, because our eating behavior is also created and determined by our environment and the time we have. Thank you for the video! Amazing 🥰
Reminds me of my time with relatives in Shanghai. mmmm
When I lived in China there was a McDonalds right by the shiny new metro station that had displaced the traditional snack sellers, so I used to have pancakes and a Mcmuffin...
I think you are right. It isn’t solely the responsibility of the individual. The food companies and marketers are also guilty. Dr Robert Lustig always talks about what is done to the food, not just the food itself. It is formulated to make people crave it and want to eat it. They are hooking us on junk.
Japan too. You can get tamagokake gohan ( raw egg cracked over steamed rice, mixed with soy sauce), and miso soup, which is divine.
Steamed buns aren't healthy
I am from Austria and I don't know if it's the norm, but cake for breakfast was nothing unusual for me growing up. We also often had sweet milk bread with sugar. My mum is a passionate baker, so perhaps that's why sweet breakfast has always been normal to me.
As a German I'd say the same. Dessert for breakfast is quite common in Europe, from Dolci in Italy to Brioche and Croissants with jam in France and Stuten, Pfannenkuchen oder Hefezopf in Germany. But imho the level of sweetness is quite different to typical US-breakfast-desserts. So it's rather the abundant and fructose induced sugary madness of a breakfast donut or cookie than the fact itself, that some people eat a sweet breakfast.
@@Continental27995that’s what i was thinking. It’s not all that odd or unhealthy until you add too much to it lol
And it's only getting sweeter. America doesn't even use sugar anymore. They use corn syrup. Actual sugary foods are a luxury. And cane sugar? Now you are talking a king's ransom. I no longer eat breakfast. If I do, it would be a cheeseburger with hashbrowns, onion, and a fried egg.
In italy too, like plumcake or fruit pie
First time I ate a pop tart (as a European), I thought I'd accidentally had one past its expiry date as it tasted so stale... Turned out that's just what they taste like. Coincidentally, it was also the last time I ate a pop tart 😂 x
Same, I thought I did something wrong with it because it tasted like stale chemicals. Made my teeth hurt.
I never tried one but just by the look I can tell they would taste something like that
I tried them well into my youth and surprisingly, they’re pretty good. You can taste the unhealthyness tho💀
I thought the same thing
Did you toast it before you ate it? They're much better when put in the toaster. Still very sweet and a bit artificial tasting but pleasant enough. I've only tried the frosted strawberry one though. I'm European too and dislike most American sweet treats. Exceptions for oreos, reeses peanut butter cups/pieces & krispy kremes.
I mean, she said cake is not a socially acceptable breakfast food, but when I stayed in a B&B nearby Treviso in Italy, they offered me a freshly made cake for breakfast almost every day. One day was sponge, one day was chocolate.
Generally, italian breakfast is sweet and yes, a homemade cake is absolutely socially acceptable.
thats actually true but those countries dont have an obesity problem as much as murrica
Italians barely eat breakfast though, and when they do, it's always sweet (usually a croissant)
@@chapa2282 as an Italian, I Don not agree, ahahaha. A croissant is an exception, not the rule xD
@Ivana_13 Nah as another italian, he's not wrong. Usually we either skip breakfast, have some coffee or if we have breakfast we eat something sweet or fruit. I mean, the brioche is usually a once a week thing but still.
Also! I think it would be super interesting to talk about specifically drinks for breakfast. A lot of anti-HAES youtubers talk about places like Starbucks and Dunkin, and how people can claim they don't have much for breakfast aside from coffee, but that coffee is over 1000 calories. I know personally, I used to LOVE Dunkin's frozen hot chocolate and used to drink them all the time. But when I started paying attention to my health and looked at the nutrition facts, a SMALL had almost 90 grams of sugar. I think it would be a super interesting video topic!
I second this! I have a coworker who can go almost 12 hours of her shift off of one of those Starbucks Frappuccino blends aka "dessert coffee"
Holy shit! That's the most shocking thing I've read since the time I got a "7 layer salad" from the grocery store for lunch and didn't notice until later that it had 95 grams of fat. I guess one of the layers was mayonnaise 🙃
How do you get a 1,000 calorie coffee?? A lot of sugar? Sweetened cream maybe? (genuine question from an aussie gal)
@@grannym2880 lots of syrups, sugar, cream, etc! Most of the time they’re like seasonal specials too
90 grams of sugar omg 🥲
I eventually got so tired of overly-sweet breakfast foods (toaster strudel, pancakes, poptarts, etc.) that I started to feel physically sick when I tried to eat them. Friendly reminder that you don't have to eat "traditional" breakfast foods at breakfast! I just eat a sandwich (whole wheat bread, rotisserie chicken, cheese, lettuce) now and I feel so much better in the mornings. I'm thinking about adding something else to my usual but this is what works for me now.
I usually eat soup and bacon for breakfast
I’m thinking of something sweeter(without the high fructose corn syrup)
How can I do that in America?
I’m staying for a month
I’m from canada
@@amethyst1062 the easiest thing would be some fruit. Im personally a fan of getting some low sugar, whole grain bread or toaster waffles/pancakes then put all natural peanut butter and a bit of honey on top. If I want something sweeter and quick Ill make a bowl of cereal with mostly bran flakes and some sweet cereal to add some flavour.
Dude that’s EXACTLY with me. Like I can’t even eat fruits first thing. Just makes me feel queasy.
@@amethyst1062 kompot on blini
As a Scottish person I never knew what a "Pop-Tart" was until I went on a two-week holiday to Orlando Florida when I tried a "Pop-Tart" It tasted like chemicals and pure sugar and now it's on Scottish shelves The world is becoming obese
At least, EU Food regulation don't let the "pop-tart" being the same as the "pop-tart" of the USA. the sugar must be the same, but at least you don't have the same chemicals than the us version. Still, don't eat that garbage
I'm lithuanian. Tried poptarts once. I think straight up eating frosting would be healthier than that monstrocity.
If the world becomes obese, then ww3 may not happen
I have seen it in the uk, I tried it once and honestly wasn’t impressed
England couldn't conquer Scotland but American obesity wafers will.
Biggest things I noticed with my eating habits when I went from obese to a healthy BMI:
- Feeling fuller and having more energy with smaller portion sizes of nutritious food
- Prioritizing meal times
- My grocery baskets look like old ads for groceries with the carrot sticks and baguette.
Your body stops craving sugar and carbs after a while if you stopping eating it. It will instead grave healthy foods - assuming you are proving tasty healthy alternatives that is. I crave eggs, fruits and yogurt in the morning for example. I never drink sugary drinks so I don’t crave sugar
This happened to me almost immediately when I switched to a whole food diet. I thought maybe the incessant hunger from before was just my body telling me I was nutrient deficient.
@@1queijocas Yes, this. I'm not american and I don't have a huge habit of eating fast food and such. If I drink something like coke or any soda I prefer the non sugar version. The other day I "had" to drink a regular coke and it was horrible to me. Like... really horrible. I hadn't drank that in a while and I'm most likely not going to do so for a long time because of how terrible it tasted. I used to crave a lot of fast food as well, and stopped eating, so I stopped craving it too
I started making my own pastries instead buying them, I don't include any bullshit sugar or anything if I don't need it (who needs sugar in banquette), it's simple, I get much puffier bread and I actually prefer mine even tho it has like less taste but it's not artificial taste
When i eat fast food, i notice now (after multiple years of heating better) i feel so "salty". I can't stop the feeling to need to drink water, it's horrible. That and it's so fat and oily. URG. In the past i didn't even notice things like that, but now it stops me on consuming this stuff more that 1 time each 3 month tops.
My mom never made me breakfast growing up. As long as I could remember I was eating pop tarts and cereal most of the time or microwaving eggs.. I see pop tarts as like the super rare snack just for nostalgia but serving these food-like products to your kids as their only option feels like neglect.. and that's exactly what my mom was doing.
@@SpreadTheTruth1990 and how are you supposed to know how to cook eggs if you've never been taught, pray tell
@@SpreadTheTruth1990 She literally said she was Microwaving eggs 💀
@@SpreadTheTruth1990 6 year olds shouldn't even be using a stove unattended. It isn't the responsibility of a young child to grocery shop and know how to cook. My mom neglected us. I had no choice in what I ate. Not everyone has parents who will raise them and teach them about food.
@@SpreadTheTruth1990 do you understand that I'm referring to my childhood? I cook quite often as an adult. I highly doubt you were grocery shopping and cooking all your own meals as a child.
@@SpreadTheTruth1990 I had to do the same this around that age. I was in charge of feeding my 3 sisters. It shouldn't have to be that way for kids. Especially cuz I had to work with whatever my mom bought which was not healthy foods.
My grandma asked me what I eat for breakfast and I was embarrassed to tell her “granola bars most of the time” because she and I both love to cook. That morning time crunch really gets you. What is nice about working at home a couple of days a week is that I can actually make something to eat, sit down, and enjoy it. At least I’m not eating fast food though 😐
i’ve started boiling eggs at the start of the week and just having a smashed boiled egg on toast + some fruit - i find it pretty combined if it helps!
@@gennalol2090hate eggs so i’d have a yogurt instead
I'm so happy I'm immune to pop tarts. Idk why people like them, they're gross
Dry and terrible as hell😂😂 thank you!
I’m British and tried a pop tart recently for the first time, good lord it was atrocious.
Bros never had the strawberry milshake poptart theres crack in it
Yes unless you toast them.
A toaster strudel thoughhh
I never understood the concept of getting your breakfast while commuting. Like how it is more convenient to wait in lines to get coffee or a bite to eat? In the same amount of time we wait for something, we can also make it at home. For me it is also a costly idea to buy a cup of coffee everyday or a lunch sandwich. I just don't see why I would ever do that.
To make it at home you have to:
Buy the ingredients.
Prepare them.
Cook them.
Eat your food.
Clean the dishes.
Clean any mess you made in the kitchen.
Potentially run the dishwasher.
Potentially update your shopping list if you're running low.
To buy it at a fast food place you have to:
Buy it at a fast food place.
Eat it.
@@khatdubell breakfast food doesnt have to be elaborate. Sounds weird if one would never eat anything at home. Plus lot of grocery shops deliver to homes. One could make sandwiches ready in the evening, have filter coffee ready behind a button and then take it all with 🤷 i honestly dont see how this would be too unconvenient.
same here! I honestly prefer to wake up a few minutes early to eat at home, especially when I get my breakfast ready the evening before. I need to eat, have my coffee and go to the bathroom before I leave for work and then I don't have to worry about my bowel movements all day 😂
@@kin1332 haha this! 😂😂☝️Exactly!
I tend to make a batch of whole grain pancakes (with extra eggs in the mix) and put them in boxes, 2 pancakes per box. In the morning I just have to put a box in the microwave and eat it.
Another thing about church on Sundays: growing up Catholic I know it was a somewhat common thing to fast until you receive communion, which usually meant that by the time mass ended you’d be starving and impatient to eat something quick. Even as a kid myself I wasn’t allowed to eat breakfast before Church. Everybody would always go to Tim Hortons or McDonald’s after.
Yeah it's called the church rush in the industry... and people would walk in with 10 people to be fed at 11 am... and notoriously not tip well lol.
Yeah and then they had coffee and donuts in the rectory 😂
@@estellegetty1995 They already gave their tips to the church
@@amandak.4246 a one hour fast is necessary before receiving communion….a few decades ago it was 3 hours… and shortly before that it was from midnight the night before. These are disciplines that the church can change, like fasting on fridays changed to fasting on Fridays in Lent.
Wow yes I remember that! The sad thing is, as a child I never understood the important spiritual reverence of it, and it instead felt like an inconvenience, something I could get around as an adult😢
At 9:11. That's weird. I come from an immigrant Catholic family. Sundays were the opposite for us. Church started at 12 pm. My mom would cook us a whole traditional Central American breakfast right before church. It was not the super-sweet cereal we would wolf down during the weekdays on our tired way to school. My mom had time to cook us a whole delicious, nutritious breakfast. So for me Sundays were never "cereal days" growing up.
I thought I hated breakfast food, then I moved to japan. Fish, rice, and miso soup is soooooo gooooood in the morning. And way healthier than a pop tart!
Literally anything is healthier than a pop tart, maybe except cigarette with coffee
Both my husband and I are Mexican. I grew up in CA with a traditional Mexican family. MY husband grew up with an America diet, and thought that it was weird for me to want food for breakfast (eggs,chorizo,beans,chilaquiles,left-over stews,soups). Took a while to bring him to the "darkside"😂
Mexican food can also be convenient, just make a burrito with yesterday's food and wrap it in foil and you're good to go, eat it in the car with one hand
Mexican breakfast is probably one of my favorite breakfast categories. Love some chilaquiles, or huevos rancheros.
In my house if there is still dinner leftover that IS your breakfast 😂like it or not
Chilaquiles 👏 😍
"Pop tarts taste like cardboard and chemicals" - SO true!
Also, I didn't notice until now, but your editing is amazing. I just took it for granted that it's top-tier TV-production, but then I realized it's not a TV program, you're doing all of this on your own! 👏👏👏
I always loved the frosted chocolate fudge ones but the last several times I've had them (which was sometime last year, at least), they just didn't taste the same as I remembered. I find that with most things I loved as a kid. Have they changed or have I? Probably both.
A lot of foods taste like chemicals. Anything packaged does. After I got the rona and lost my taste and smell for a month it really changed my tastebuds somehow. I can taste the chemical/preservatives in packaged convenience foods now. It’s weird. I can’t stand to eat them anymore. I thought maybe I’d try a Oreo cookie the other day and it was awful. I honestly don’t know what happened but it keeps me from eating junk food lol.
@@allein1001 I live in Europe, so I have no frame of reference for the pop tarts 30+ years ago. 😅
I always go for freshly baked stuff any time I choose to have a pastry. The texture, scent and flavor is way better. I get disappointed in myself any time I eat anything "factory-made" (I know even fresh things can be, but the kind of packaged and processed foods that we would usually imagine is what I mean), becauseit feels like I wasted "calorie slots" on something that wasn't 100% satisfying. If I'm having a cheat day, I'm making sure it hits the spot. And fresh stuff always does, for me at least.
@@tzimisce1753 Most preservatives are just pH regulators though. Preserved food shouldn't taste all that different unless it's made from low quality ingredients, which it usually is.
What is the craziest to me is the fact that there are a lot of options that are convenient AND healthy! Back when I w😊as in college and barely had time for breakfast, I would just stock up on these $1 Greek yogurts from Trader Joe’s, buy a bag of granola, then shovel a handful into the yogurt and run off to my first class, and I’d stay full til lunch! Had some protein, some fiber, and best of all had lasting power til I was hungry at lunch.
You think your smart but both those options are terrible for your health
@@skunkape2858 uh, I think it’s better than a sausage egg sandwich and hash browns from McDonald’s. I think it’s healthier than cream cheese and a bagel, I think it’s healthier than instant ramen… it’s literally low sugar yogurt with granola and maybe some berries if I had them… so yeah that is a great option esp for people on a budget, but butters are especially good as well since they have protein and fiber and are vegan friendly
@@lisalove991 99% cance your overweight
That’s not fulfilling at least not for me
@@lisalove991nothing "vegan" is healthy
I remember when I was in the US my host family and I made apple pie. The next morning they asked me what I wanted for breakfast and I said I could eat the pie. They were so confused why I'd want to eat pie for breakfast. We often ate pancakes for breakfast, so I don't really see the difference. To me the pie actually seemed healthier, as it had at least some fruit in it.🤷♀
Every family is a cult
Well tbf pie has considerably more sugar in it than most pancakes do (unless you deliberately make the pancakes as junky and sugary as possible). But yeah, both are pretty unhealthy.
@@thelemurofmadagascar9183you know how much syrup we put on pancakes right? Pie would probably be not much of a difference lol.
@@thelemurofmadagascar9183it also depends on if you're using fresh fruit and not the processed filling that's been sugared and had garbage added to them
In Poland we have something similar to pancakes but we eat it as a main dish, it doesn't have to be sweet tho it can be sour and then you add sauces, meats and vegetables to your liking
On the point of pop tarts being convenient I think it’s extremely common to not actually toast them. As a kid we never actually put pop tarts in the toaster and I don’t think most of my friends did either.
I used to bring them for lunch in highschool! I toast them if I can but they were also good just from the package. That's probably a big part of it too you're totally right.
Yup, I just grabbed a pack and ate them on the bus! Never toasted them.
I work fast food breakfast full time and it’s the only socially acceptable meal a person can literally buy out every single day of the week and still not really feel that guilty. I see the same people to the point I know their families names and when their nieces/nephews were born, who’s sick, who got fired or hired and where, etc.
@@amandak.4246 yea this confuses me a bit. Fastfood hashbrowns are basically another form of French fries. It's still heavily fried and salted foods. Maybe its because they are in a rush and view it as a necessity since they don't have time for anything else and therefor it's an excuse? idk
I think you underestimate how much the average american eats out today.
Lol, when I was 19, I use to work back drive for the breakfast shift, too - at McD’s.
People use to tell me they’d much rather go to McD’s for breakfast over Starbucks, because they enjoyed starting out their morning with me.
I’d see the same faces, every damned day.
I had a lot of fun at that job, I must admit.
When I lived in Sweden I went to the Gross Food Museum. It was separated by regions of the world and had a lot of the things you would expect - fermented shark, century eggs, cheese that was crawling with maggots. The American section included Twinkies and poptarts, which I found very interesting as an American. Twinkies I've always been neutral towards and understood, but the poptarts really surprised me.
(At the end of the museum was a tasting table of a few things. There were two drinks, a sauerkraut juice from I think Poland...And root beer. 😅)
Did you see the seals stuffed with dead penguins 😭😭
I am Scottish and when I recently began trying out healthier recipes for all my meals, not just breakfast, I noticed that a lot of food blogs and reddit users kept specifying to use “rolled or steel cut oats, not instant” and I was so confused. It took me forever to realise that the normal porridge oats we’ve always had in our house are perhaps not what Americans usually use to make oatmeal. Are instant oats more common for most people?
Instant oats are more processed and generally are more broken than whole or rolled oats which are more whole, and also has more fiber.
Yes as it is faster to make and sweetened so rolled oats taste bland in comparison.
@@aishahshamsul8642 I mean you can easily sweeten rolled oats as well with sugar or maple syrup, so the main motivating factor for most people is the convenience of instant oats.
I'm Canadian, and in my house instant oats were the norm. As a child, the idea of waiting several minutes to boil oats was bizarre because I was so used to just popping the instant stuff in the microwave.
Fortunately, me and my family started eating much healthier several years ago, so rolled oats have become normal to me, and now it's instant oats that feel weird lol.
@@aishahshamsul8642 Not all instant oats are sweetened.
Poptarts and sugary cereals were those novelty breakfasts I could have when I got to college and my Mom was no longer buying my groceries. They lost their draw by the end of my first year because I was always starving after an hour or so of eating them.
I'm not sure when it happened, but at some point in my adulthood (I'm about to be 41) American "breakfast food" became the shit I eat ONLY when it's like 3am and I'm drunk. I don't usually eat until 10am so my actual breakfast has turned into whatever is leftover from dinner, or what I'm planning to eat for lunch. This year I was working from the road and at one point all I had available was McDonalds breakfast. Man, I remembered LOVING McGriddles in college... but now, I couldn't get past how the sandwich tastes like it's 2 molecules off from being a plastic toy.
I just want to say your videos are incredible. Every minute is interesting and so informative, and I’m hooked on to each word you say. You’ve helped me make better decisions about my health
Omg THANK YOU! My partner used to eat those belvita cookies for breakfast and he thought they were a healthy treat and I always told him they're just cookies and all sugar but he never believed me. So when I played the part of the video where you said one belvita is equal to 3 oreos when it comes to sugar, his mouth dropped and I got to say told ya so😂😂😂
how did he not believe you when the ingredients are written right there on the box 😭😭😭😭😭
I have just googled Belvita, and it says it is 2.2 g sugar per cookie, and Oreo says it is 14 g sugar for 3 cookies, so I guess it depends on Belvita's type.
@@mariamarienko2638 i just looked it up. It says the blueberry flavor has 13 grams (per serving) and 3 oreos is about 14 grams. Different sources give different answers
@@willryan8475 That was my first thought too
I tell you, the American breakfast is depressing.
As a kid (in Australia), pop tarts were sold to me as "American junk food" - usually in the candy shop at the local markets that imported candy from around the world. It was a big deal to buy them & eat them like we saw ✨in the movies✨ haha. I'm 30 now and you can buy poptarts most supermarkets now. We are the market for it, the people have spoken. I still very much think of poptarts as a dessert/cake like muffins and pastries 🍰
I remember this time too!! When we were younger my sister and I bought some from a candy shop to try like we saw in the movies and tv shows, we were SO surprised how sweet they were! Now they’re in cereal aisle.
In the Netherlands most american stuff like poptarts is still only sold in candy stores and can’t qualify as food here. But i have seen the american style peanutbutter and marshmallow fluff in the supermarket. I do live in a rural area, so it might be more prominent in bigger cities
Literally this. My local IGA sells these pop tarts in the confection section. I knew how sugary-American it was. But because I saw kids in American movies often eating these things for breakfast. I decided, Why not? I’ll just try once for the experience of it.
Got Cookies and Cream Flavour. Put it in the Toaster. Honestly? A comforting quick dessert. Cookies and Cream is my favourite flavour in general, so I liked it.
Thing is, it was too sweet for me. I could only stomach Half a Poptart a day. Haven’t bought any in a few years since then. It was cool. But can’t imagine eating it for breakfast.
I’m American and I can’t stand pop tarts and all the sugary cereals anymore as an adult. I feel sick after a couple bites. I used to eat so much of it as a kid. It’s disappointing to discover as an adult how poor quality American food is compared to the rest of the world. Lots of the food is too sugary. I hate it.
Idk why people use it as a breakfast when it's snack sized
I mentioned to a coworker how we eat dessert for breakfast and she looked at me sideways. They're just used to poptarts, cakes, muffins, etc. I can no longer enjoy something so sweet that early in the day. That and I fast between 12p-8p anyways. So now I really do not eat crazy sweet things that early in the morning.
As a Mexican, seeing how simple American breakfasts are has always baffled me, since all of the Mexican traditional breakfasts are full meals, they’re not light things you eat to start the day like Americans do, I think more countries usually prefer lighter foods for breakfast but I’m not sure.
I’ve seen my fair share of Americans come to a local restaurant to eat breakfast and they’re usually shocked by how complete the breakfast is, and also the fact that we usually drink sodas with them too lmao.
Chilaquiles, sopes, tamales, huevos in all of their variations(al albañil, divorciados, etc.)pollo en mole… even the easy to make ones like quesadillas and tortas are still waaay more complex than anything shown on this video.
As a kid, I hated pop-tarts. My brother loved that, cause I wouldn't fight him for them. And as I went to school, I felt more and more like an alien cause literally every other kid loved them. I tried to eat them many times, each time hating them just the same. I thought there was something wrong with me. But ultimately, I suppose it was actually a good thing lol
To me, they taste like strawberry-flavored lip gloss from the 90's/00's. I tried them again a few months ago at a 90's-themed party, and they still had that chemical, fake-strawberry flavor.
They taste like jam on cardboard to me, you’re not alone
I've always hated them as well.
@@soulinviiictus Jam on cardboard, YES! That's what they taste like to me as well.
I would only eat a UN-frosted strawberry pop tart. I’d put it in the toaster and then lightly butter it with real butter. I never liked the frosted ones 👎🏻
As a Brazilian, I'm still trying to process how things works in USA and breakfast seems to be the weirdest aspect for me. I grew up when a short breakfast was a cup of milk with a bit of powdered chocolate mixed and sometimes a toast with butter on top, or a slice of orange/lemon/guava sponge cake instead of the toast. In the days I had Gym Classes, instead of a toast I ate a small ham sandwich. Now I work out every day and my convenient breakfast is a cup of plain cereal (no sugar, no other coats, just plain cereal) a cup of milk and a whole sliced banana to add a bit of sweetness. Like, the whole idea of eating something with such a strong flavor makes me sick to the stomach. Tried Pop Tarts once, but they were served as a dessert.
Tapioca, pão de queijo, bauru, pão na chapa, banana, requeijão, queijo fresco, geléia… tanta coisa boa pra comer no café da manhã, que maldição deve ser ser estadunidense kkkkkkkkk
@@LauraKaraMello Definitivamente uma maldição, desejarei isso aos meus inimigos, é melhor que desejar vida longa.
I'm from Argentina and can't understand how these people fill their stomach with bacon, fried eggs, SAUSAGES, a pile of pancakes with syrup, and then go to work like nothing happened lol we take a coffee or milk with cocoa and one or two toasts here. Sometimes mate 🧉
@@Martha_My_Dear Takes me back the only time I had a huge breakfast (I was at a hotel and was a dumb kid, so I feasted myself) with yogurt, pudding, cake, chocolate milk, sandwiches, salami portions... And of course, it was the usual thing for an american breakfast (in portion size) and of course, I almost puked after one hour.
But tell me. isn't mate a bit strong? I'm not from the southern region, so mate isn't common where I live (I think it's because it's hot up here).
Yes a million times yes! In south india- a popular breakfast consists of hot soup called sambhar which has lots of good vegetables, lentils and spices. Its paired with idli which is a soft fermented rice cake. Its so good for you and delicious too. I will forever choose savory breakfasts like these over what the “typical” american breakfasts are. Unfortunately due to time constraints and my job, getting these good breakfasts are hard. Sometimes I’ll even eat leftover chicken and rice as breakfast. Yeah I used to get weird looks but now Id rather eat what makes me feel good than have a sugar crash afterwards.
My best friend is of South Indian descent and I feel soooo blessed that I get to enjoy delicious homemade sambhar and idli when we visit her parents :) I would happily eat it every day!
I like savory foods better and would prefer something savory and light for breakfast, unfortunately there aren’t too many convenient options. But thankfully in NY delis are very abundant and you can get a lot of different items that are much better.
Dinner leftovers are perfect for breakfast!
I think it's very interesting how the options for McDonalds breakfast vary depending on the country. I live in Spain and while we still have the McMuffins, McDonalds also offers other options like a toast with olive oil and tomato juice or an omelette.
In Brazil we actually regularly eat cake for breakfast. Granted it’s not smothered in frosting, but it’s cake nonetheless.
Geralmente o nosso bolo é um bolinho de cenoura e não é tão grande igual um bolo parecido com um pop-tart (pelo menos do que eu experienciei).
Acho que uma coisa que conta muito é o preparo das comidas.
De café da manhã eu geralmente gosto de café com leite e torrada com queijo e peito de frango ou peru.
Aqui em portugal é pastel de nada, que também é um doce ahah
And coke-cola as well ?
I usually have ... 1 boiled egg and slice of toast with butter .. and water ...
@@tariq_sharif no coke cola for breakfast here. Brazilians favorite drink for breakfast is coffee or coffee with milk.
@@gessicafrancielle Realmente, a diferença é grande
Imagine thinking that going for fast food is easier than a slice of brown bread with ham.
You can carry that around too! Is there no wait time at US fast food places as well that it could possible be convinient? I assume people do order takeout from cars in US and not walk to store like here usually or it would be really inconvenient.
@@sarasamaletdin4574 lol no way. everyone wants to get breakfast during breakfast times so there's always a wait time. from my experience at least
Convenience is why I meal prep now
Totally changed my eating habits and I would not have made it this far in my weight loss journey without it
For breakfast I make smoothies or protien shakes, takes two minutes, is good for me, I can drink it on the go and fills me up until lunch
Anyone else pause the video halfway through to go buy the mentioned cookbook to try to get back to our eating habits of yesteryear?
I'm German, so I grew up with breakfast foods like muesli (the "healthier" alternative to granola-- my parents made it at home), home made whole wheat bread and various cheeses. On rare occasions we were allowed to eat cornflakes. Porridge was often served in winter! On Sundays, I would make us an omelette as a kid.
In Germany it's common to eat bread (but I mean PROPER bread, from the baker), cheeses, meats and hard boiled eggs. Sometimes pancakes and waffles. 😊 Most Germans perfer Muesli to cornflakes and other cereals, I daresay. A lot of young people also eat overnight oats, avocado toast etc. I could never just eat a poptart for breakfast, how is that supposed to keep you full until lunch?!
I cant call it a breakfast unless there is egg, cheese(swiss gruyere 😋), olives, jam, butter, toasted bread on the table. I could never imagine just eating 'poptart' for breakfast and expect to be full
Random question. How did you manage the poor shelf life of bread? I've baked my own sometimes, but I can't get mine to be shelf stable even 20% as long as the stuff from the store.
@@Sho-td8wg I cut mine in slices and freeze them and then I just put as many slices as I want to eat in the toaster in the morning
I read corn flakes as snow flakes and it made me cynically laugh at the idea of some kid holding a bowl of porridge out the window for like a season topping during winter 💀
Same here as an Austrian. Started with muesli, changed to bread with butter and honey when I realised processed milk (the one you get in supermarkets n stuff) was the cause of stomachaches and not (only) my great idea to shove it down fast with milk straight out of the fridge, then later on I realised it's really ONLY processed milk. So now I'm alternating between bread with butter and either honey or ham, and muesli with plain yoghurt.
Things like ham and eggs were more of a dinner thing usually.
And of course I'm only talking about proper bread or buns here, not tons of sugar that accidentally met some flour and water and a million other things. Poptarts seem like... like... why'd you eat that at all? Someone gotta explain the deal with them to me please, to me that seems like...sweet stuff that's simply inferior to every kind of cake or other pastry, no matter if homemade, from an actual pastry location or even the supermarket stuff. At best that looks like some out of winter season replacement for cookies maybe?
Kiana, as an not only an European (spanish) but also as a Canary from the Canary Islands it absolutly impresses me the bad quality in general of the american food. It is no wonder why y'all have that problem with obesity in your country. Here in Spain although food is part of our culture and even tradition we opt for unprocessed foods as our most emblematic dishes. In general, our typical breakfast includes toast with grated tomato, olive oil and some serrano ham with some coffee or orange juice. It makes so much sense to have a whole meal full of all the macronutrients you need rather than a hell of a sugar spike and consecuently the huge insulin spike on blood afterwards which makes you crave more sweet food.
esa leche con gofio por la mañanita
This is so misleading. I lived in Barcelona for a year in my early 20s, and by far the most common breakfast was a hot chocolate with churros.
English breakfast is superior
You are not wrong. Ultra processed, sugar laden treats are passed off as breakfast and people are chasing it down with super-sugared "coffee" drinks. In an attempt to curb my sugar intake I recently went a week without eating anything with added sugar and it was a wake up call to see how many products here have added sugar in some form. Honestly, it's killing us.
@@rokzane This is not misleading lol, hot chocolate with churros are mostly eaten on weekends or special days, the most common breakfast are toasts with coffe/colacao/juice
Convenience really hit the nail on the head. I spoke to a friend of mine a few years ago about breakfast, who thought I was crazy for usually eating müsli, shredded wheat, yoghurt or toast with jam and/butter for breakfast. The reason being, I kid you not was because I would have to wash the bowl and cutlery afterwards 😂
The idea of convenience foods has spread to the idea of meal delivery services, not meal prep kits, but full meals and smoothies almost ready to eat. Or people chopping and freezing ingredients in little bags for their green smoothies because they want something healthier for breakfast. We can't just eat our spinach with some eggs anymore for breakfast, even a sandwich is too inconvenient if we have to cook it ourselves. Unless we prep and freeze them of course, and they only need a quick microwave. What the average American needs according to these food bloggers is a personal blender where the blender cup has a blade base that can be quickly unscrewed and swapped with a drinking lid for convenience.
Everything has to be about convenience. Even getting healthier has to be phased in how convenient it makes your morning routine. Just find space in your house for your new chest freezer to store all of your preps, because even grocery shopping is an inconvenience that needs to be minimized and optimized. It's hard to tell where the influence of car centric infrastructure stops and the influence of our work culture begins.
I like the classic bri'ish breakfast choices of either a non-sweetened cereal like bran flakes with raisins, beans on toast, marmite on toast, or porridge. If you buy instant oats, all of those options take less than 5 minutes to prepare. Before I was vegan I did also enjoy soft boiled egg and soldiers. My dad was an early riser, so he would often get up and make a big pot of tea and a pan of porridge, or boiled eggs for everyone before school and work, especially on a cold winter's morning. I found it really hard to find breakfast foods in the US the first time I went, because I was on a budget. Everything affordable was full of sugar. Now that I have a bit more disposable income, I exclusively shop at Whole Foods when I'm in the US and you can actually get healthy breakfast options there.
You can get healthy and a lot more affordable breakfast options at any supermarket here, not just Whole Foods. A lot of the foods you named are very easy to acquire here for cheap.
My partner is German and it always baffles me they just grab bread, butter, and maybe a meat if they're feeling frisky. Breakfast sandwiches there are considered more of a lunch thing in the US (usually bread with salami or cheese, lettuce, and tomato). Same when I travelled to Sweden. My Swedish coworkers devoured the Poptarts I brought, however. 😂
Spending time in Germany as a kid was always nice to me, since breakfast really isn't a big deal to most Germans, unlike back home in America, to this day I still don't eat breakfast, but I do love pancakes as a desert since normal cake to me is quite hit or miss.
Still eat 4 eggs a day before 12:00 p.m though.
Fresh bread from the bakery and butter is the best
If you've eaten supermarket toast bread all your life then it must be confusing but fresh bread is sooooo gooood
germans: bread for breakfast, lunch (on the go) and dinner
I'm surprised you didn't once mention the vast frozen breakfast foods available! I find that frozen breakfast burritos are the most cost effective and convenient daily breakfast option, especially since it doesn't require you to leave your home in the morning!
Also terrible for you, processed crap and full of junk. Learn to cook and stop eating things out of boxes and cans if you care about your health and quality of life. Don’t be another major profit for the healthcare system.
Better than pop tarts or cereal.
I noticed a while ago that I wanted ultra convenience in the morning. So my breakfast is now a cup of milk kefir followed by a shake of proteins. I drink it all standing up. It's extremely fast. It's also about zero carbs, full of proteins, healthy fats and probiotics. It keeps me full for hours.
I tried many healthier and more whole foods versions over the years but always come back to this one, because it's so easy...
So I suggest finding the most convenient healthy breakfast possible for oneself. Better having a "pretty healthy convenient breakfast" that we eat everyday than a "perfect super healthy breakfast" that we give up on quickly.
I drink 12 eggs and have a protein shake around lunch and am still starving
@@dbullets3664 That's probably too much proteins and not enough fats for a lunch.
@@dbullets3664 When I was a lad I was told to eat four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large. But now when someone has grown, eating five dozen eggs
is the amount to roughly get to the size of a barge.
Jokes aside, I think it's because it's not enough fat to get you going for too long. Eggs are incredible, but how you eat them changes everything. If I eat them fried, I feel like I need to eat more than 4, but if I boil them, 2 seem to get me going for hours.
Um, protein shakes aren't 0 calorie... and they're usually not nutritious either. Good if you just want to not be hungry or are trying to build muscle and are near in time to weightlifting... not much else! I don't understand why so many people drink protein shakes. Do you just hate food?
@@FireVixen164 they never said it was zero calories. They said it was near zero carbs which depending on the protein powder could be completely accurate.
And people call me insane for waking up early and making myself chicken, an omlette, and toast
You, Kiara, are asking the right questions! And all I have to say as an American is no! No, it's not! Our breakfast is not okay!
People usually like this breakfast idea so i'll share mine below:
Savoury oats is my go-to. I add extra water to give it a more congee like consistency and flavour it with dashi and soy sauce. Toppings consist of things like:
ground flax seeds, white pepper, soft boiled eggs, frozen spinach, chilli oil, pork floss, furikake, roasted sesame seeds, shichimi, green onions, crispy fried onions or tonkatsu sauce
Leftover shredded chicken also makes a good addition as well
What is pork floss?
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The oats are good but everything else has to go.
Your toppings sound like something for lunch/dinner.
Why would not add sweet fruits to the oats instead?
I guess we'd probably just agree to disagree. :D
I cant describe how happy I get when I see kiana has posted a new video. Your content is so good, interesting, easy to digest and pleasant to watch, Kiana. Truly one of my favorite content creators today. Please, keep making videos, you are a natural communicator!
I agree with everything said here
I have overnight oats almost every morning unless im fasting but boy do I love some pop tarts, sugary cereal, or donuts.
It's kinda scary having the amount of importance we place on convenience (and how easy it is to exploit) laid out in plain English. To think our standards for convenience are like this, worst is I understand it and know it's true. Sometimes I'll go without a meal because I can't be bothered to make food, which inevitably leads to snacking on unhealthy but "convenient" foods. It's a large part of why I stopped eating breakfast altogether.
Thanks for another great video Kiana!
she is exaggerating on purpose. No one being sane would say that 30 seconds to prepare something is incovenient. There are much deeper problems with food culture that lead to eating dessert cookies for breakfast.
As a kid it never struck me as weird to eat cereal and chocolate bars for breakfast. As an adult, I'm working on un-learning that. Though my breakfast of just coffee or a protein bar isn't much better.
Overnight oats has become a breakfast life saver for me. I spend 5-10 minutes before bed making it and take it on the go to work in the morning ☺️ so healthy and yummy
I eat overnight oats like 5 days a week. Add some protein powder and fresh strawberries and you're in for a treat!!!
Overnight oats/chia is my go to in the summer! Although in winter I like something warm.
I've been eating oats for decades now for breakfast, it's a good and healthy breakfast choice. My parents always made oats for breakfast when I was young and I grew up to enjoy it, although many of the people I grew up with have hardly ever had oats.
i used to find them disgusting but now with some cinnamon and berries I look forward to feeling so much better mentally and physically throughout my day knowing i didn't eat a donut instead 🤣
I have my oats with honey and milk. Keeps me going whole day.
Candy for breakfast. My family refuses to hear it.
They say "Well It's better than not eating" then I disagree.
Kiana, I saw your videos months ago, back when I was in a very dark place and mentally in defense mode about every little thing. At first I didn't understand the motivation toward you making your content. I've been overweight my whole life - and I hit a rock bottom where I pivoted to taking care of my health in every sense. My mind, my spirit, and my body. I decided that I was too young to be feeling so badly, isolating, and generally not living life. I couldn't take it anymore. Your content has been CRUCIAL to helping me feel validated while I pivot toward the light of self love, connection, and re-invention, especially when the friends I have around me aren't interested in taking this journey with me, which can be very discouraging. Maybe reinvention is the wrong word, but it almost feels like I just want to discover who I've always been, without the baggage. Knowing that it's possible and seeing my struggle reflected by your content is LIFE. CHANGING. You're informative without judgment, and you're not scared to say what you know is the truth even if it might be fought. Please don't ever stop making the content you love - because it's important. Much love, success, and light for you. ❤ Clo
Hi Clo! I hope you are doing OK now!
I’m a carb addict. I’ve been off all carbs for 2 years. It’s amazing how powerful sugar is in distorting your appetite and reasoning ability. The manipulation from corporate food is obvious once you’re not eating their products
I became a crab addict. I love making crab rolls
They addict you on this shite! That is what they planned from the start!
Zero carb for the win baby!
Kiana - can I just say, I've been here since close to the beginning of your channel and you have transformed into one of the most professional, well researched, and entertaining educational channels on RUclips.
Thanks for all your hard work from a fellow Ontarian 💝
P.S. you should do a meet up, I'd be there in a heartbeat (a healthier heartbeat since you helped me start retraining my brain).
I second your words!! Kiana is a natural! And she has grown so much as communicator that I can honestly say she is one of my favorite content creators today. I just get so happy when I see there is a new video of hers.❤
I've been watching Kiana from the early days as well, because she was so professional even then.
0:55-1:00 was one of the most horrifying things ive ever seen, both the food and the giant frog that ate it
Here in Brazil the most common breakfast is bread with butter, and a cup of coffee. Sometimes with cake too. Low in protein, honestly, I can't. A healthy breakfast here is eggs, wholebread and some fruits! Just perfect.
eggs are just so good hoenstly everyone should eat them for breakfast everyday eggs , meat and fruit you just can't go wrong
Bread with butter, ham, minas cheese with a cup of strawberry yogurt to drink is the best breakfast to me!
Argentinians do the very same thing, trying to get real breakfast is a challenge all around South America
Well.. You said something like "no civilized person would eat dessert for breakfast".. Here's a story:
I'm from Germany and my grandparents are born in Georgia (Caucasus). Since I can tell, every morning they would eat the same thing: unsweetened Porridge, bread with butter and (I know it sounds weird) salad made of cucumber, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, salt and pepper. So that's what I had for breakfast at home since I was little.
At the age of 18 I moved to Italy for half a year and lived there with an Italian family. And I could not believe what they ate in the morning for "colazione". Most important thing: it had to be sweet. They ate cookies, Nutella on something they called "toast" but I never saw a bread that white, sweet and thin 😂, Nutella with milk, cake, EVEN ice cream!!
So I tried to find something I could eat instead at the local grocery store. Well.. I had to SEARCH for unsweetened yoghurt (I mean plain yogurt - since when there's sugar in it?! 😂). My host family also bought "muesli for the German girl" trying to help me out... Something I would call "muesli" = rolled oats + dried fruits + nuts. What they sold as "muesli" was like a sugary crunchy granola thing. It tasted far to sweet for me at the beginning and I just felt like instant diabetes kicked in every morning. I just had no money to buy groceries for myself too often so at the end I started to eat what my host family bought.
The moral of the story: I gained more than 10kg (~ 22lbs) in 6 months and I really struggled to start eating healthy/ healthier again as I moved back home.
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I wonder how much Ferrero contributed to that development of sweet breakfast
as an easter european who immigrated to America and then studied abroad in Italy, I FEEL YOU. I was starving every single morning in Italy. The mix of Slavic and American culture that's integral to my existence means I take breakfast VERY seriously, and I could not believe the Italian breakfast.
I would almost call a pancake dessert. I’ve seen people put all kinds of dessert toppings on those things to the point they have to be disgustingly sweet. I will make breakfast for dinner sometimes.
I love the Italian breakfasts at hotels tho, with ham, cheese, bread, fruit and cake. Means you can go off for the day and not eat again til dinner. But that’s only for a week’s holiday though, not sure about eating that way full time.
I’m italian, sure big company had an impact but it’s not so relevant. Before the large scale industrialization the peasent eat eggs/ brown bred/lard etc.. or bread with homemade jam, honey and conserve. In the 1800 the price of sugar (that before was significant) have dropped and during ww1 and 2 a Common breakfast for working class and poor people was old bread made softer in water or milk with a little bit of sugar or some oil and salt if possible. it was cheap and filling. My grandma ate it when I was little, or bread with jam/ homemade cake or fruit and ricotta/ a piece of cheese. Honestly what your describing it’s pretty recent and not so common. a lot of families still eat “real” bread, even if it’s with Nutella, in my house we sometimes ate homemade cake for breakfast, but they are very simple, more a sweat bread, no frosting/ cream etc..
yes, sweat breakfast it’s much more common here, milk and biscuits too.
I always have oatmeal mixed with water /almond milk , protein powder and fresh blueberries / raspberries for breakfast, 2 eggs and coffee 😀. Excellent video as always, Kiana 👍.
I (American) remember when I was in middle school, a camp counselor made fun of me for having never tried a pop tart... a couple of years later I finally tried some, and they're. Bad.
I like sweet things, but if I'm going to have dessert for breakfast I might as well have something decent. Homemade pancakes don't take long at all, especially if you make the batter the night before, and they're worlds tastier than pop tarts. Soak them in butter and honey if you want, at least you know they're not chemically-treated cardboard.
This video hit me differently. 4 years ago my breakfast consisted of eating things like zebra cakes, swiss rolls, brownies, cinnabuns, poptarts etc. for breakfast downed with whole milk. It was so convenient I could literally just go to the store buy everything and start eating right away vs cooking. Thankfully I've since cut all that out and lost a ton of weight and consistently work out now, but I can definitely relate to the bad breakfast part because I was there.
I was always amazed when I was in Japan how convenient it was to eat healthier and move more than anywhere I’ve lived since.
And over here in Switzerland, I grew up eating whole-wheat or sourdough bread with butter and jam and drinking unsweetened tea for breakfast. On Sundays we would get oatmeal with dried raisins or "Züpfe" (similar to Challa) with Nutella, and sometimes chocolate milk. The amount of sugar in US American foods is terrifying 🙈🙈
Zopf brot? It's delicious
@@lmendez1289 I'm glad you approve❤️
I grew up in Ukraine and I remember when BelVita appeared in Supermarkets. They were relatively expensive, and it was considered "cool" to come to school with BelVita as your breakfast (I was like 12 at the time). They were also marketed as a "superhealthy" snack.
I do also remember how at first the cookies seemed to sweet for me. At some point I even got hooked on, had cravings.
Luckily my parents didn't feel like paying alot for an unhealthy & addictively sweet cookie. So I "quit".
Tried one recently. Too sweet. Couldn't finish the second one because of that.
I live in America, and growing up, one of my parent’s favorite breakfasts to give us was doughnuts. My parents usually worked very early mornings so breakfast was either ate at school or was skipped as a kid, but whenever they were home, they’d go out to the local bakery and bring home like 6-8 doughnuts for the 4 of us, so everyone or almost everyone could have two. I never understood why they’d want to start their day off with something so sugary, because whenever I’d eat a doughnut with no other food in my system it would give me the worst stomach aches.
It's so fascinating to me how we may have different perceptions of what constitutes a breakfast due to our environments and upbringings. I grew up with Pop Tarts as a kid and always liked them, but looking at it now, I totally see why people from other countries have those reactions to them. This video was so interesting to watch.
I also recall some memories from my high school health class where we had a whole unit on breakfast being so important, and that any breakfast was better than none. As an adult I have gotten into intermittent fasting, and ironically I notice that I 'm less hungry & having less cravings on the days when I start without a breakfast. Learning more every day.
Cheers, thanks for the video :)
if you have a sugary breakfast you are more likely to experience a blood glucose spike and therefore a blood glucose drop and the drop is what causes you to feel hungry and have cravings. thats why people should avoid sugar for breakfast and have a high protein/fiber breakfast and you should last until lunch. i had to learn this the hard way haha
Schools just teach everyone to be a worker slave drone, so no surprise there. If they taught anything useful like fasting we wouldnt have such a dumb population today.
The idea that any breakfast is better than no breakfast has ALWAYS bothered me. I get nauseous if I try to eat soon after I wake up. So I never ate breakfast and my mom thought something was wrong with me like I had an eating disorder or something.
with „environment“ you mean ads? there wouldn’t be convenient food without the lies of the media and the capitalist industry
So glad you dropped a new video, always happy to hear from you. You and Shredded Sports Science with James Linker form the backbone of my RUclips experience. Your multidisciplinary approach combining nutrition, psychology, social observation and food industry practices provides invaluable information. I wish you continued success.
"no civilized person would eat cake for breakfast"
me:
Now now Kiana, my mom's homemade sourdough carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is most certainly a breakfast item. Pop Tarts are just the post-breakfast dessert thank you very much lol
(in all seriousness, I've never met anyone who eats them in the morning. I only ever eat them as dessert myself)
In Sweden fast food restaurants don't have the variety of breakfast food America seems to have. We are quite healthy, I think. We are also rather good at not always opting for convenience. Love your videos! Always a well done research behind them.
I have visited Sweden and I adore how much healthier you guys are! I wish Ireland government would put in the same effort yours does for health.
I saw in an ICA a few years ago, the instant ramen cup was more expensive than the salmon, while in the US the salmon is 10x more expensive than instant ramen. it's so unfortunate. in dk there are little helpful choicemakers too like the rugbrød being 10kr and the super processed white bread being 25+.
Less healthy every year
As a living under a rock European, thank you for making me aware that pop tarts exist. Now i can die in peace.
I hate waiting on your new videos but understand and appreciate the effort you put into them. Rewatching this one while I wait. Thanks for all you do!
This lady I work with comes in every day with a bag of McD's breakfast.. she says she doesn't have time to make breakfast but she somehow has time to sit in a drive thru line 🤔
I usually just go for a bagel with cream cheese or bell pepper slices 🤤
One half cup rolled oats microwave cooked for 60 seconds, 60 seconds, and 30 seconds while preparing 10 grams each dried blueberries, cherries, chopped dates, raisins, almonds, and walnuts to add when finished cooking. Two large eggs, each fried in 1/2 teaspoon of lard and with 46 grams of egg whites added. Cook to your preferred texture.
Black coffee with 1 teaspoon creatine.
Those oats alone would raise my blood sugar too much. All those additions would take it through the roof.
@@gigilamoore2656 Are you diabetic? Fibrous carbohydrates are very healthy and are essential for anyone who seeks maximal physical performance. The only way the above meal will impact your blood sugar is if you are already at least pre-diabetic.
@@gigilamoore2656 what would your breakfast look like? X
@@hifromh2946 I'm Type 2 Diabetic so I normally have plain Greek yogurt with berries and chia seeds or eggs, avocado and a slice of low carb toast. Most of the time, I skip breakfast and just go straight into lunch around 11 am.
If it’s cold, I do a bowl of plain oatmeal with some fruit, cinnamon, and ground flax seeds added in.
If it’s hot, I do a bowl of nonfat Greek yogurt with some fruit, cinnamon, ground flax seeds, almonds, and chia seeds added in.
I wanna live in a free world without distractions. I wanna eat peacefully at home. I hate fast food. I hate convenience stores. I hate everything that makes us obese
Right they made all theses fake foods addictive
I’ve always struggled to understand how driving to a fast food chain could save more time in the morning than reheating leftovers in the microwave. The latter takes literally 30 seconds to a minute. Assuming you have microwaves at your workplace, you could even pack your leftovers to go (i’ve done this a few times. just packed a big portion for breakfast and lunch)
Gotta thank my mom for actually taking the time to cook me a proper breakfast everyday
I eat yogurt or cottage cheese with fruit and nuts. I can dish out smaller portions in cups and leave them in the fridge to take to work. Doesn't get much more convenient than that, especially since I don't need to wait in the drive thru line and it's much healthier.