Butter Coffee
A little over a year ago, when we had a staff nutrition therapist onsite, we were introduced to Bulletproof Coffee. It’s simple: replace your breakfast with a 16 oz. cup of coffee that has 2 tablespoons of grass-fed unsalted butter and 2 tablespoons of coconut oil. The energy, focus and satiety you get from this, according to the guy behind making it popular, will help you be more productive, help you lose weight, keep you in a state of ketosis (fat-burning zone) and provide you with a generous serving of the types of fat we often don’t get enough of.
I’ve been drinking it everyday for over a year. It works for me but I’m a super-early riser, I’m addicted to caffeine and I’m challenged to ingest enough calories early in the day when I have to be “on” by 5:45am (you guys have seen me at 6am – that doesn’t happen without the coffee). But most importantly, I LOVE IT. It’s delicious. I just use whatever whole bean coffee looks and tastes good and I use Kerrygold or Kalona Farms butter. I do not like the coffee that you can buy from the Bulletproof Executive and I don’t buy into his coffee-is-full-of-toxins-thing (scroll down to the Joe Rogan link at the bottom). I think his brand of coffee is worse than Dunkin Donuts coffee and I am on record for saying that I hate Dunkin Donuts coffee.
What about cholesterol? I’ve had my blood-work done and all my cholesterol and triglyceride numbers are well within the range generally referred to as “optimum – can’t get any better.”
Is Bulletproof Coffee good for you? Read up on the subject and come to your own conclusions. Just google “butter coffee” or “bulletproof coffee” and read up. There’s a lot out there on the subject.
Here are some links to get you started:
- Bulletproof Executive (Dave Asprey’s website – he’s selling stuff here but it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s wrong.)
- Joe Rogan Podcast (youtube video – caution – explicit language)
- Should You Put Butter in Your Coffee? (from Slate.com)
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