Coffee and donuts: Beware this quick fix (2024)

FAQs

Why do people drink coffee with donuts? ›

The carbs and caffeine duo:

After long hours of sleep, the combination of carbs and caffeine provides the perfect jolt that our system needs in the morning. That's because the caffeine in coffee awakens the brain and the carbs from sugar and flour in donuts give the body a dose of quick energy.

The sugars in donuts can become a risk factor for gum inflammation and cavities. And keep in mind that one donut can contain as much sugar as a chocolate chip cookie, or even more. The amount of sugar and cream in your coffee can likewise increase cavity-causing bacteria.

Doughnuts will cost you 250 to 550 calories, but the 15 to 30 grams of sugar in each is the real problem. With such a huge amount of sugar in a small package, your body pumps out loads of insulin to try to accommodate. A huge blood sugar spike leads to an even bigger sugar crash.

So when cops needed a place to park their cars, it just made sense. for them to park it at a place that had a little coffee. and a little sugar to keep them going, especially for early mornings and late nights. And the stereotype is stuck ever since.

No surprise here either, donuts are the other top choice for dunking. Any kind of donut that holds it's shape after about 3 - 6 seconds submerged will work. I did have someone tell me that they love to eat powdered donuts while drinking coffee.

“Consuming high sugar foods such as pastries and high sugar breakfast cereals or high sugar yoghurts aren't ideal for breakfast as they can spike blood glucose levels, leaving you feeling hungrier faster,” registered nutritionist and the author of How To Stay Healthy, Jenna Hope tells GLAMOUR.

Anything can be bad for you if you over indulge. Eating one doughnut is not necessarily bad but if you eat one every day or eat one in combination with other high sugar/fat/ carb foods is when it becomes a slippery slope, especially when you are trying to lose weight.

Per capita, Canadians eat the most doughnuts compared to all world countries. The large number of Tim Hortons restaurants in Canada (over 4,600) significantly contributes to this consumption rate.

To dunk or to dip a biscuit or some other food, usually baked goods, means to submerge it into a drink, especially tea, coffee, or milk. Dunking releases more flavour from confections by dissolving the sugars, while also softening their texture.

According to one study, caffeine blocks our brain nerve cell membrane receptors, decreasing a person's sensitivity to sweetness.

Do coffee and donuts go together? ›

Coffee and doughnuts is a common food and drink pairing in the United States and Canada (where doughnuts are sometimes spelled donuts). The pairing is often consumed as a simple breakfast, and is often consumed in doughnut shops as well as coffeeshops.

The beans are almost always light roasted, drawing out nascent sweetness, and because they are notoriously already slightly sweet this allows them to be ideal tagalongs with, you guessed it, donuts.