Here's a question for you brainy food types. At home for breakfast I eat 1 cup of oats and 1/4 cup of raisins every morning. No milk, no sugar. Coffee is black.

But on the trail I mix in a healthy amount of brown sugar in with my oats and a generous scoop of cream and sugar with my coffee. I figure the sugar adds calories and "fuel" and fills in the gaps (literally) between the oatmeal flakes thus adding a bit more bang for the buck while packing the same volume.

Curious if my thinking is correct in this regard. Does the sugar really provide more energy? Please tell me yes cause I'm probably going to do it anyway and I can feel better about it ;). I couldn't help but notice SD subs in sugar free stuff where possible which is opposite my thinking. Maybe I'm wrong.

Oh, and I guess I'm a bit of a blend of all of the above. Sometimes simple, sometimes fancy, sometimes prepackaged, sometimes not. Each trip is different I rekon.