Originally Posted by
PeteHski
I drink coffee because a) I like the taste and smell and b) because it's a well known performance stimulant. It's pretty much mandatory for pro cyclists.
I once read an article comparing coffee and commercial fruit smoothies (a few years ago when coffee was considered "bad" and "healthy" smoothies were all the rage). The latter turned out to be far worse for your health (basically just sugar) despite the healthy marketing buzz.
I have a self-inflicted smoothy every morning for the last 3 weeks. The ingredients are blue berries, spinach and power greens, yogurt, hemp hearts, flax seed, beet powder and oat milk. Don’t want to know the total calories, but it sounds healthier than eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast. That is after my 2 cups of coffee.