Science Says No Coffee Before Breakfast?!

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[cptn.penguin]

I'm used to someone on a cooking show going "I've prepared something in advance", but "I just so happen to have the necessary medical device implanted in my arm" is on a whole other level xD

[DeputatKaktus]

Scientists: "Our research is often perceived as being pointless when taken out of context."
Media: "Scientists say their research is pointless!"

[TheSkyline]

"I have this thing implanted in my arm because I'm curious about it"
Okay yeah, definitely my kind of people

[Lazirus]

I really appreciate James' ability to make it clear that this is an interesting topic and his findings and opinions should not be taken as infallible. I wish more content creators had this level of awareness and respect of their viewers.

[ineveraskedforahandle]

“But then I also don’t hold any qualifications in coffee.”
*coughs in world’s largest coffee tasting, barista championship, and the cause of 95% of my and countless others’ love for coffee*

[GurhanGur]

Hi James. Turkish word for "breakfast" is "kahvaltı", which literally means "before coffee" 😊🇹🇷

[MusaAvc]

Did you know? In Turkish, breakfast means "kahvaltı". It is a combination of two words "kahve - altı" meaning "before coffee".

[Bigandrewm]

Ideally, you'd want to do each of these spike measurements in (at least) week intervals. You don't know if any difference in results are significant until you know what the standard deviations are. To get that, you need sets of identical tests. The more, the better.

[liamcarr]

I'm a Pharmacologist from the University of Edinburgh (also about to start a PhD) with a lot of training in endocrinology, diet, diabetes and cardiovascular disease etc and this video is a perfect example of heterogeneity across different groups of people - I talk about diet, blood sugar, insulin, fasting etc with so many people I know and they don't understand why I give them advice that I don't even follow myself because I already know how my body responds to certain foods, diets and eating habits etc. It's such an interesting topic so I can see how you got invested and ended up getting yourself the blood glucose monitor!

[jkrewall]

As a person with Type 1 diabetes who wears a continuous glucose monitor, I can absolutely corroborate these spikes. As James said, everyone’s body responds differently, but if I drink coffee before or after breakfast, my spikes are calmer. The diabetic’s relationship to coffee is complex, especially the diabetic barista. It was just nice to see other people discussing this issue.

[AlexanderKrivacsSchrder]

As someone who also doesn't eat breakfast, but who typically drinks coffee before I have my first meal of the day, I would've been interesting in how that kind of graph would look. I don't have a continuous blood glucose monitor of my own, so I can't do it myself.

[anna]

They left out a group. They had rested/no coffee, unrested/coffee, and unrested/coffee. But to round out the test there should have been a rested/coffee group.

[AndyGait]

The most shocking thing for me in this video, is that James only drinks coffee twice a day.

[spom]

what about: no exercise, no breakfast, just coffee? asking for a friend.

[quatittymo]

Every video I appreciate your character and honesty more and more. I don't usually comment on any video but I must let you know that I appreciate you sharing all your experience and knowledge. I started a few months ago with my french press and finding your instructions greatly improved my cups. I assume this comment will be lost since this video is months old, but this video just emphasized what I respect about you from your videos. I am sure that your views and subscribers say this louder than I do, but I greatly appreciate what you put out into the world and must thank you for it. Please take care, the world need more of your energy out there for years to come.

[aaronevens]

As an exercise physiologist who understands insulin response post prandial and gives advice to patients regularly. Well done on A) your unbiased reporting of data B) your clarity of reporting information and other health based knowledge, and knowing where to stop with health advice C) Realising that everyone is indeed different, a MASSIVE factor the media in particular doesn't consider with respect to research.

[Jamets]

This series always has the best intros. Always a pleasure.

[vancewade]

no qualifications in coffee? Umm, have you *heard* your slurping skill, sir?

[theevildead]

I love you for the way you are communicating.
The way you explained why you did this and how this isn't necessary for everyone and in no way necessary to obsess about is amazing.

[kalebevans]

It would be interesting to see a graph of an extra trial where you consume a sugary, milky coffee drink instead of breakfast, so that your glucose spike happens around the same time that your caffeine begins to kick in. I can't imagine it being much different than the coffee>breakfast graph, but so many people consume coffee in this manner that it's worth testing.