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Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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And yet, cereal is in decline, apparently because pouring two things into a bowl is too much effort, among other reasons. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/business/cereals-struggle-...

Cereal is a sugar delivery vehicle, but juice is good as gold.

Right.

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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this article kind of lags for a while (at least several months) as in march 2015 Bloomberg business wk just ran a cover story of the declining cereal sales across the board:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-02-26/for-kellog...

and the last several paragraphs about "breakfast-denying" seem biased as there are more studies to support the importance of breakfast.

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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And yet, cereal is in decline, apparently because pouring two things into a bowl is too much effort, among other reasons. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/business/cereals-struggle-...

Since the article stated that 50% of adults account for cinnamon toast crunch I'm thinking it's because we're realizing that even if we do eat it, we're still hungry within an hour.

After building the habit of eating a solid breakfast, I noticed others followed the same pattern I did; eat two big meals and feel too nauseated in the morning to eat.

edit: the eating two meals part was during my cereal phase.

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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And yet, cereal is in decline, apparently because pouring two things into a bowl is too much effort, among other reasons. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/business/cereals-struggle-...

Since the article stated that 50% of adults account for cinnamon toast crunch I'm thinking it's because we're realizing that even if we do eat it, we're still hungry within an hour. After building the habit of eating a solid breakfast, I noticed others followed the same pattern I did; eat two big meals and feel too nauseated in the morning to eat. edit: the eating two meals part was during my cereal phase.

It's really freeing to realize you won't die if you skip a meal.

Re: How Breakfast Became a Thing

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And yet, cereal is in decline, apparently because pouring two things into a bowl is too much effort, among other reasons. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/business/cereals-struggle-...

Cereal is a sugar delivery vehicle, but juice is good as gold. Right.

He probably means juicing, as in sticking fruits and veggies in a juicer and making something akin to a smoothie.
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