Anyone know anything about Mormons and caffeine?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Mormons are very into sugar, it's a cultural thing. They are also into soda with caffeine. Utah is full of cookies and soda shops like Swig. But the effects of sugar are mitigated by more exercise and not drinking alcohol.

The Mormons I know are not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^ What's the 'dirty soda trend'?

It's like a alcohol free mixed drink made with soda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_soda

Usually, soda with cream and flavored syrups. The big chain is Swig (https://swigdrinks.com/menu/) where you can get, for example, a Dr. Pepper mixed with vanilla and peach syrups and half and half.

One is our area is called Coco’s. In Vienna.
https://cocossodas.square.site/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is easily google-able.

Yes, most practicing mormons avoid caffeine due to how they interpret something from their scripture.

It sounds like you really just want to rag on how he feeds his kids though. This doesn't have anything to do with religion.

+1 Why do people post stuff about things they could google in the time they took to write the post. If you wanted to shame the Mormon family for eating sugar, just do that in the entertainment section.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This may surprise you but that probably how most Americans eat.

This.

And that's why people are so fat these days. And the clothes are bigger, too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not Mormon, but camped with my family growing up. Hot cocoa in the am and pm was part of camping. Pancakes and eggs for breakfast was smithed staple when camping. Sugar consumption definitely increased in hen we camped. We burned it off by being active all day and into the night.

Do they eat the same way at home?

Packed sweets are eaten so frequently on camera, there's no way it's isolated to just the camping. It's actually hilarious how often they'll randomly pop up and you'll see him or a kid noshing on strudel, donuts, cupcakes, flan. And every meal he makes seems to have sweets in it and/or a sweet dessert.

Noshing? Are you a Jew insulting a Mormon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not Mormon, but camped with my family growing up. Hot cocoa in the am and pm was part of camping. Pancakes and eggs for breakfast was smithed staple when camping. Sugar consumption definitely increased in hen we camped. We burned it off by being active all day and into the night.

Do they eat the same way at home?

Packed sweets are eaten so frequently on camera, there's no way it's isolated to just the camping. It's actually hilarious how often they'll randomly pop up and you'll see him or a kid noshing on strudel, donuts, cupcakes, flan. And every meal he makes seems to have sweets in it and/or a sweet dessert.

Noshing? Are you a Jew insulting a Mormon?

Are you overweight?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, Mormons are very into sugar, it's a cultural thing. They are also into soda with caffeine. Utah is full of cookies and soda shops like Swig. But the effects of sugar are mitigated by more exercise and not drinking alcohol.

The Mormons I know are not.

Then they are not typical Utah mormons.

[Anonymous]

I grew up around a lot of Mormons. The devout ones would not have had chocolate because of the trace levels of caffeine. They did not drink soda either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We've been watching this viral YouTube channel with a Mormon dad and his two kids doing camping stuff in Alaska. Where a typical camping dad would make a morning coffee, the dad and the kids constantly drink garbage Swiss Miss hot chocolate; both in the morning and it appears at night too. Plus bread with honey, pancakes with syrup, donuts, cupcakes, you get the idea.

And I know Mormons are behind Crumbl, which has insane levels of sugar.

So caffeine is evil but you and your kids mainlining absurd levels of sugar and carbs is perfectly fine?

Ok its all crazy, but why are you categorizing carbs with caffeine in a religious context?
News flash- it's nothing to do with health, just like being kosher has nothing to do with health.

[Anonymous]

Looks like a lot of sugar highs and big lows. Who cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have Mormon colleagues. They are very religious and don't drink coffee, BUT it seems that soda is OK, and they drink a LOT of soda.

Yet they seem to look younger than their age, and are all weirdly beautiful. I'm talking about early 40s adults with "normal" jobs, not influencers. Their teenagers are weirdly beautiful too.

I think that never drinking alcohol plays a role in this. Also, they put a lot of emphasis on family time, do a lot of sports like hiking and adult soccer league for parents and teens doing multiple sports.

The teens go to something called Seminary before school in the mornings, so very early. It's a required religion class of some kind. I think they get into the habit of lots of physical activity and early or reasonable bedtimes as teens and it just carries over into adulthood?

So maybe the other lifestyle factors outweigh the sugary treats they do seem to love?

Eh. I am very ugly and barely drink. In the last five years I've had one sip of someone else's alcoholic drink in 2022.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've been watching this viral YouTube channel with a Mormon dad and his two kids doing camping stuff in Alaska. Where a typical camping dad would make a morning coffee, the dad and the kids constantly drink garbage Swiss Miss hot chocolate; both in the morning and it appears at night too. Plus bread with honey, pancakes with syrup, donuts, cupcakes, you get the idea.

And I know Mormons are behind Crumbl, which has insane levels of sugar.

So caffeine is evil but you and your kids mainlining absurd levels of sugar and carbs is perfectly fine?

Ok its all crazy, but why are you categorizing carbs with caffeine in a religious context?
News flash- it's nothing to do with health, just like being kosher has nothing to do with health.

DP. Mormonism actually does bill a lot of the rules as being about health.

This is from the LDS FAQ about what they believe:
Why don’t Latter-day Saints smoke or drink alcohol?
The health code for Latter-day Saints is based on a teaching regarding foods that are healthy and substances that are not good for the human body. Accordingly, alcohol, tobacco, tea, coffee and illegal drugs are forbidden. A 14-year UCLA study, completed in 1997, tracked mortality rates and health practices of 10,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in California, indicating that Church members who adhered to the health code had one of the lowest death rates from cancer and cardiovascular disease in the United States. It also found that Church members who followed the code had a life expectancy 8 to 11 years longer than the general white population of the United States.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not Mormon, but camped with my family growing up. Hot cocoa in the am and pm was part of camping. Pancakes and eggs for breakfast was smithed staple when camping. Sugar consumption definitely increased in hen we camped. We burned it off by being active all day and into the night.

Do they eat the same way at home?

Packed sweets are eaten so frequently on camera, there's no way it's isolated to just the camping. It's actually hilarious how often they'll randomly pop up and you'll see him or a kid noshing on strudel, donuts, cupcakes, flan. And every meal he makes seems to have sweets in it and/or a sweet dessert.

Noshing? Are you a Jew insulting a Mormon?

Nobody is insulting anyone. I know Mormons in real life and they do seem to have sweet tooths too. It's just a fascinating observation I was trying to understand more of. It certainly requires a lot of will power to live cleanly and in avoidance of caffeine and alcohol, I think, but then they seem to go nuts with sugar. Sugar highs are sort of life supplementing caffeine for a similar effect, right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Mormons are very into sugar, it's a cultural thing. They are also into soda with caffeine. Utah is full of cookies and soda shops like Swig. But the effects of sugar are mitigated by more exercise and not drinking alcohol.

The Mormons I know are not.

Then they are not typical Utah mormons.

The PP said Mormons, not typical Utah Mormons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not Mormon, but camped with my family growing up. Hot cocoa in the am and pm was part of camping. Pancakes and eggs for breakfast was smithed staple when camping. Sugar consumption definitely increased in hen we camped. We burned it off by being active all day and into the night.

Do they eat the same way at home?

Packed sweets are eaten so frequently on camera, there's no way it's isolated to just the camping. It's actually hilarious how often they'll randomly pop up and you'll see him or a kid noshing on strudel, donuts, cupcakes, flan. And every meal he makes seems to have sweets in it and/or a sweet dessert.

Noshing? Are you a Jew insulting a Mormon?

Nobody is insulting anyone. I know Mormons in real life and they do seem to have sweet tooths too. It's just a fascinating observation I was trying to understand more of. It certainly requires a lot of will power to live cleanly and in avoidance of caffeine and alcohol, I think, but then they seem to go nuts with sugar. Sugar highs are sort of life supplementing caffeine for a similar effect, right?

The language in the (your?) OP is certainly not complimentary:

“…constantly drink garbage Swiss Miss hot chocolate…”

“…you and your kids mainlining…”