Does adding cream AND sugar to coffee do something ‘bad’ to your body?

On a road trip a few years ago my mother, sister and I (all reasonable college educated adults) stopped at a roadside Denny's for breakfast in the middle of the night. As I have at every Denny's visit since I was 14, I asked for "plenty of cream and sugar," at which point my mother chastises me and says, "Didn't you know that's bad for you?'

My sister and I both shoot incredulous looks of disbelief to my mother.

"You NEVER add both cream and sugar to your coffee."

"And why is that, Mom?"

(pauses, looks up and away)

"It does ... things ... to your intestines."

Now my mother may be a college educated adult but she tends to believe whatever she hears and the more ludicrous and out of convention that thing may be, the more likely she is to believe it.

Generally, I chalk this sort of thing up either to her regular recreational drug use since the Johnson administration or a small stroke she had a few years ago. But I must say that mom was perfectly lucid at this particular juncture.

So answer me my questions three:

A.) Where the hell did she get such a crazy ass idea? (and don't say 'the Internet.' The last time I saw my mother operate a computer it was the size of a Smart Car, had a four inch screen and had less computing power than my digital kitchen scale.)

2.) Maybe mom wasn't crazy and there's something to adding cream and sugar to coffee that makes it bad for you. (or is crazy but not about this)

III.) If there is the slightest bit of credibility to this idea, why isn't it everywhere? This is the perfect sort of paranoid rambling that could put Starbucks out of the fancy coffee business forever (if true.)

I await your response.
Let me be clear: I know cream and sugar have calories, fat, et cetera and and in general not something you would want to consume a large amount of.

Mom's claim was that the --specific combination-- of milk/cream (IDK if she meant dairy or non-dairy creamer) with sugar combines in to some sort of new and unspecified very bad thing that would wreak untold harm on your body that consuming either seperately could not and would not do.

"Milk, or sugar, but not both. Black is better."

Which --may-- be true. But only due to the tiny amounts of calories, fat, etc. and NOT because the combination of milk AND sugar in the body does something bad.

.... Or does it??

THAT'S the question.

It doesn't do things to your intestines, but it is really bad for the body. Using both in combination, or by itself, is bad anyway.

EDIT: You can eat all three together, it won't do anything out of whack to you. It will just give you a sugar crash and leave you really hungry.

Which kind of kitchen scale is more dependable to get?

I like the fancy digital but it's not very dependable if you don't have batteries plus batteries aren't very good for our planet. Is a regular scale accurate? Where could I get a good scale for cheap?

You define such resistance to a percieved norm! Yo ask why? I say 'why' is a healthy question, to fully explore right! Too heady? On and forward...!

where in boise can you buy digital pocket scales?

I need a small kitchen type one that is compact and can be stored easily without taking up much space.
ps - it is for cooking food so big brother can watch all he wants. =) thank you though for the concern

here you go.

Kitchen Scale??????

Where can I buy a digital kitchen scale? I don't want to buy it online. Oh, btw, not the kind of scale you weigh yourself on; the kind you weigh food portions on. What stores might have it? Bed Bath and Beyond?????

Yes Bed, Bath and Beyond has them. I was just there last week looking at them. However, they are cheaper at Walmart.

Which digital scale is the best for the kitchen?

Find one that is large enough for you, can convert from standard and metric. is easily cleanable, and has a large digital readout.

will a magnet ruin a digital scale?

I have a digital kitchen scale. My bro. in law put a small magnet on it, and now its not measuring below 4g.. Is it ruined.. NOTE THIS is my first time using it, I got it for christmas.. help

The metal in the scale has probably been magnetized and thus there is a "new" force that is always acting between the plate and the body.
Can you "re-zero" the scale ?

You can de-magnitize things using Magnetic hysteresis.
"To demagnetize small-scale objects (dimensions less than 1 m) fabricated from ferromagnetic materials, it is standard practice to expose the object to a continuous ac applied magnetic field with a steadily decaying amplitude."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_hysteresis#Magnetic_hysteresis
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MagneticHysteresis/

That however is not very practical

If the plate is metal it is that part which has been the most magnetized and it is acting on the body of the scale.
I might suggest replacing the plate with some adhoc piece of aluminum or wood.
Or remove the metal body of the scale.

Note: its probably not as accurate anymore either.

You might check it using water. 1 milliliter of water weighs 1 gram
Or use pennies http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/MillicentOkereke.shtml

If you can't fix it at least you will know how far it is off.

Send me a note if something works.

Dave

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Where could I buy a kitchen scale?

I need to buy a digital kitchen scale. I really need it for now so i cant afford to buy online and wait for them to arrive at my home. Please tell me where I could get it in Sydney for around $30-35.

http://www.crazysales.com.au/index.php?f=getprice&productID=1004&utm_source=getprice&utm_medium=cpc
http://www.getprice.com.au/Kitchen-Scale-Electronic-Stainless-Steel-Look-with-Glass-Gpnc_251--35336762.htm

There ya go!

can you weigh UK coins on digital kitchen scales?

as an example, how much does a bag (£20) of £1 coins weigh?

same with all other coin denominations. if no-one knows can someone atleast pass me onto a website that gives this type of conversion ratio would be usefull.

thanks
thanks for the useless answers...

what i want to know is are they accurate enough to do so?
i know that kitchen scales, even digital ones are unlikely to weigh the mass of a single coin.

i'm doing this as a favour for a local charity because they can't afford proper coin scales. i don't actually have the bags or lose coinage with me here.

The kitchen scales would do a fair job - but it won't necessarily be accurate particularly for small numbers of the lighter coins.

You could find a "friendly" local bank to weigh the coins on their more accurate scales!

1p = 3.56g
2p = 7.12g
5p = 3.25g
10p = 6.5g
20p = 5g
50p = 8g
£1 = 9.5g
£2 = 12g

From http://www.royalmint.gov.uk/Corporate/BritishCoinage/CoinDesign/CoinDesign.aspx