I'm always shocked and amazed that anyone would actually consider the doughnut an appropriate part of breakfast. I imagine most folks would snub the idea of eating cake as a good idea in the morning. The doughnut is literally FRIED CAKE! Who the hell thought that would be a good idea for a meal?

In my younger years, I suppose I just considered doughnuts, well.......doughnuts! My parents always seemed to have a bag or box of them on the counter and they were a fairly regular part of my breakfasts growing up. (My Mom probably never thought about what she was actually feeding me either!) Then one day I had the epiphany. Doughnuts are made by frying cake batter in oil for about 90 seconds. They're also often filled or covered with cream, chocolate or just pure sugar.

Ack! How in the world did that ever make it into our society as a normal part of breakfast? It is appalling. Sad to see parents feeding them to little ones in the morning. Sad to see a group of executives fed sugar-coated fried cake for brain food before a big meeting.

On the flip side. Doughnuts can be mighty tasty. I almost never have them, but I probably wouldn't be so thrown off if they weren't considered breakfast. So....if you're one of the people who hadn't thought twice about what doughnuts really are........now you know. Consider them the equal of a piece of cake covered in greasy french fries.

Doughnuts are a 'sometimes' food. Consider them for an occasional dessert, not as part of a meal.

One Old Fashioned Cake Doughnut from Dunkin Donuts = 280 calories 160 calories from fat

One Chocolate Frosted Cake Doughnut from Dunkin Donuts = 330 calories 170 calories from fat

Learn more about doughnuts here.