The secret to a longer life could be an old-fashioned English Breakfast

But don't get used to it. Next year, research will show that this breakfast will put you in an early grave.

[quote]2½ regular cups of coffee a day can raise your chances of living longer and staying healthy

I'm gonna live forever!

Heinous

Eggs are also a rich source of cholesterol and gymbro farts.

Fish/coffee breath at 9AM yum.

I don't understand how an English breakfast has anything to do with this: bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, baked beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, and toast.

For some reason Brits are so unduly proud of this concoction - talk about gas. But it doesn't have kippers or oily fish.

Basically - all you need is a quality Omega 3 fish oil supplement - end of story.

What R1 said. I don't pay attention to nutritionists anymore. They've gotten so much wrong in the past 50 years, they have the credibility of witchdoctors. I keep it simple, eat whole foods, meat in moderation, and avoid processed foods, carbs and sugar. I guess it is basically a Mediterranean diet. At 64, I have no health issues and live a very active life.

R5. Your American, right? Why would you tell British people what constitutes an English breakfast? Although less common now, fish has been a .traditional part of English breakfast.

God, the provincialism and arrogance.

R8. Nutrition studies are essentially worthless. There are thousands of confounding variables in a person’s health history. People are also unable to report accurately their health history. And most research is a result of mining large data sets for correlations that have no significance at all.

R8 - fuck all the way off - it was only sometimes included and you know that. It's rarely included now.

And I'm not telling British people what's included - fish is never included in any article about the 'proper' English Breakfast. And you know that.

You're just butt-hurt because I attacked the unfounded pride of this greasy, farty breakfast that your country is so weirdly proud of.

The title clearly says “old-fashioned”, not what you might currently find or “what a provincial American might find in a Google image search”.

I’m not sure what motivated your response and your decision to add illiteracy and foulness to the traits you display online.

It is a great breakfast when you are hungover, which the English often are.

Want to live longer?

Get on metformin for the off-label benefits.

Posh aristos used to set out big chafing dishes of kedgeree (smoked haddock and rice) for weekend breakfasts. It's rather good after a morning hunt.

[quote] 2½ regular cups of coffee

But 3 cups will kill you tomorrow. So measure carefully!

R14 But, but, there was no fish for breakfast when I stayed at the London Sheraton in 1996!