Never has been. Don't you know the Highlander's breakfast: Oatmeal and whisky? (If memory serves me right, the ca. 1950s movie "Kidnapped" featured that in a scene...)
I drank single malt for ten years...then I heard my doctor's terrible words.."you are allergic to iodine..." Many Scotch' drinks are full of iodine..from the peat that the fogs and seaborne rains have saturated over time. I have had several near death experiences with iodine..during x-rays or from eating crab. Finally, my doctor said.."your chronic allergies are caused by scotch!" I now drink only beer..Sigh..