[quote]theBird wrote:
I love my coffee and the last thing Iim going to do is ruin my morning coffee by adding butter and oil to it.[/quote]
That’s what my girlfriend says. I think it’s really good though, it comes out creamy and frothy like a latte (if you use a blender). Never had much success with shaking or stirring it.
I tried it while I was doing keto, and I still use it from time to time on low-carb days or when I need to skip breakfast. I’ve always used butter and coconut oil together.
The only problem with it for me is that it keeps me full for so long. If I make a thermos of it (~500mL coffee, 30g coconut oil, 30-60g butter) and drink it between 7:30 and 12:00, it’ll keep me full pretty much until dinner time. Great if I’m trying to stay in a calorie deficit, but I still hardly feel like it counts as “fasting.”
Another take on the added fats approach is to simply add 1 or 2 good eggs into your coffee. Sounds shit I know but it comes out tasting great.
I make a Moka pot of good organic coffee and let it sit there while I crack 2 eggs into a mug mixing them with a hand blender until they start to froth then slowly pour the coffee onto the eggs. It wont scramble! I top up with hot water (while still blending) then add some butter/coconut oil and some raw honey to sweeten and bobs your uncle you got a fuckin loaded coffee with balls! Vit E, Choline, Aminos etc… You don’t want boiling water because this will kill the eggs and honey. I got this idea from Mark Sisson
Another take on the added fats approach is to simply add 1 or 2 good eggs into your coffee. Sounds shit I know but it comes out tasting great.
I make a Moka pot of good organic coffee and let it sit there while I crack 2 eggs into a mug mixing them with a hand blender until they start to froth then slowly pour the coffee onto the eggs. It wont scramble! I top up with hot water (while still blending) then add some butter/coconut oil and some raw honey to sweeten and bobs your uncle you got a fuckin loaded coffee with balls! Vit E, Choline, Aminos etc… You don’t want boiling water because this will kill the eggs and honey.
[quote]theBird wrote:
I love my coffee and the last thing I’m going to do is ruin my morning coffee by adding butter and oil to it.[/quote]
Yeah. I usually drink decent coffee and I drink it black. Unless it’s a moka java, and I love the candy-coating taste it gets with a bit of turbinado sugar.
But I sometimes end up buying too much coffee and some of it goes kinda stale (even if stored well and freshly ground), or find a coffee I don’t really care that much for, and in those cases I don’t have any problem doing the bulletproof coffee thing.
But something like a recently roasted Monsooned Malabar… that will never ever see oil, butter, cream, milk, or sugar.
[quote]SLAINGE wrote:
Another take on the added fats approach is to simply add 1 or 2 good eggs into your coffee. Sounds shit I know but it comes out tasting great.
I make a Moka pot of good organic coffee and let it sit there while I crack 2 eggs into a mug mixing them with a hand blender until they start to froth then slowly pour the coffee onto the eggs. It wont scramble! I top up with hot water (while still blending) then add some butter/coconut oil and some raw honey to sweeten and bobs your uncle you got a fuckin loaded coffee with balls! Vit E, Choline, Aminos etc… You don’t want boiling water because this will kill the eggs and honey. I got this idea from Mark Sisson[/quote]
Huh. I’m going to have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing.
I drink this probably 5 days a week. I bought the “bullet proof” coffee beans and wasn’t impressed. I rotate through a couple different organic beans found at trader joes instead. I use kerry gold and have tried the bullet proof brain octane(special mct oil). Havent noticed anything special with the octane and will stick to coconut oil or mct oil due to price once i run out. Why I drink it:
Easy low carb breakfast that keeps me full until lunch.
I enjoy the taste
Find it easier focus at work when I drink it in the morning.
I love the look on peoples face when I tell them I put butter in my coffee.
lol… coffee with special powers? cmon boys you know better
"Alan Aragon did a review of Bulletproof Coffee in the latest Research Review, where he broke down the claims on the coffee itself and the claims of superior quality and fewer evil organisms, molds, and other contaminants. Whether it’s bunk that it has less or not, standard coffee doesn’t have enough of those things to be a problem.
Many people who debunk the stuff fail to address the Bulletproof Coffee goal, which isn’t to lose fat from the coffee/butter/mct combo, but to use the combo to avoid eating other foods for longer periods, thereby taking in fewer calories during your day.
As many detractors point out, adding bulletproof coffee to your diet and doing nothing else, will not lead to fat loss, but that’s not the goal"
[quote]Claudan wrote:
lol… coffee with special powers? cmon boys you know better
"Alan Aragon did a review of Bulletproof Coffee in the latest Research Review, where he broke down the claims on the coffee itself and the claims of superior quality and fewer evil organisms, molds, and other contaminants. Whether it’s bunk that it has less or not, standard coffee doesn’t have enough of those things to be a problem.
Many people who debunk the stuff fail to address the Bulletproof Coffee goal, which isn’t from the coffee/butter/mct combo, but to use the combo to avoid eating other foods for longer periods, thereby taking in fewer calories during your day.
As many detractors point out, adding bulletproof coffee to your diet and doing nothing else, will not lead to fat loss, but that’s not the goal"[/quote]
Well, kind of… BP coffee isn’t magical and the BP folks don’t sell it as magical, but the mct oil has some documented fat loss qualities. The point of the butter and mct is to ease IFing, but also to help teach or force the body to better metabolize fat as a primary energy source.
However, I totally agree on the BP brand coffee. Its too expensive to be worth slightly less micotoxins than all the others, and they don’t make an espresso roast anyways, so a big whatever from Cafe Kraken to they and their coffee. The Bulletproof Executive podcast and forum, like everywhere has some good info and people, and some not so good info. They’re big on paleo, some legally dobious “smart drugs,” and the 4 hour body program. Basically they try to “hack” health in the name of improvement and efficiency.
[quote]Claudan wrote:
lol… coffee with special powers? cmon boys you know better
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I don’t believe in special powers nor do I contend that BPC is all that its says it is, however I do believe that adding fats (in my case eggs plus the rest) blunts the coffee high then prolongs it’s stimulating effect with the added benefit of added protein and very useful fats. I have always thought this but was convinvced after reading around. Anyway just to add to the debunking here is Joe Rogan
[quote]SLAINGE wrote:
I don’t believe in special powers nor do I contend that BPC is all that its says it is, however I do believe that adding fats (in my case eggs plus the rest) blunts the coffee high then prolongs it’s stimulating effect with the added benefit of added protein and very useful fats.
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Further seconded, or thirded, or whatever.
BPC isn’t “magical” but the absence of “magical” powers doesn’t mean it’s useless, either.
SLAINGE - I also have been adding good pastured eggs to my coffee of late and wondering…why didn’t I always do this? It tastes great! Have you done the “iced” version as well? I’ve been doing that for an easy PWO shake and loving it. 2-3 good pastured eggs with ice, a healthy splash of strong coffee, and some cinnamon…delicious.
[quote]Claudan wrote:
lol… coffee with special powers? cmon boys you know better
"Alan Aragon did a review of Bulletproof Coffee in the latest Research Review, where he broke down the claims on the coffee itself and the claims of superior quality and fewer evil organisms, molds, and other contaminants. Whether it’s bunk that it has less or not, standard coffee doesn’t have enough of those things to be a problem.
Many people who debunk the stuff fail to address the Bulletproof Coffee goal, which isn’t to lose fat from the coffee/butter/mct combo, but to use the combo to avoid eating other foods for longer periods, thereby taking in fewer calories during your day.
As many detractors point out, adding bulletproof coffee to your diet and doing nothing else, will not lead to fat loss, but that’s not the goal"[/quote]
[quote]SLAINGE wrote:
I don’t believe in special powers nor do I contend that BPC is all that its says it is, however I do believe that adding fats (in my case eggs plus the rest) blunts the coffee high then prolongs it’s stimulating effect with the added benefit of added protein and very useful fats.
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Further seconded, or thirded, or whatever.
BPC isn’t “magical” but the absence of “magical” powers doesn’t mean it’s useless, either.
SLAINGE - I also have been adding good pastured eggs to my coffee of late and wondering…why didn’t I always do this? It tastes great! Have you done the “iced” version as well? I’ve been doing that for an easy PWO shake and loving it. 2-3 good pastured eggs with ice, a healthy splash of strong coffee, and some cinnamon…delicious.
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I have actually lol. It’s getting too hot over here and the thoughts of drinking a hot mug of heavy coffee doesn’t work for me so I’ve been making it with ice and milk. I put a spoon of real chocolate powder in it and its hard not to go over board with them. I just have the one. Btw I just drank a hot one there now and Im burning up (shuda gone the iced route).
…yeh Ireland can get hot, well for us extra white (blue hued) folks it can lol
There are 3 known ways to raise mTOR. Intermittent fasting, exercise, and coffee (or more weakly, chocolate, green tea, turmeric, or resveratrol)[/quote]
