Bulletproof Coffee...Busted

sweating_for_wedding
sweating_for_wedding Posts: 41 Member
edited November 11 in Food and Nutrition
How ‘Superfoods’ Like Bulletproof Coffee Get Popular (Hint: It’s Not Nutritional Science)

I love this article. Favorite parts:

1. Dr. Ranit Mishori, a family medical doctor and professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine, has reviewed the scientific literature on juice cleanse diets. Her conclusion is that any promise that a food will “cleanse” is “complete nonsense.” “The human body was set up to ‘detox’ itself 24 hours a day and for free.

2. “Drink it if you like it, but don’t assume it’s a powerful, much-needed food in your diet,”

3. “All plants have antioxidants,” said Blake. “Do I need to have an expensive berry? Is it going to have any superior nutritional benefit over another plant food?”

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  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    Thanks for the link. Some of these companies are very good at blending common items into high margin 'diet' aids. Working the yoga centers for example was a great gorilla marketing approach.
  • ashleycde
    ashleycde Posts: 622 Member
    What the heck is bulletproof coffee? Is it solid coffee or something? Coffee I can eat? Sounds bizarre.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    I dunno about superfood or whatever but it sounds pretty delicious:
    https://www.bulletproofexec.com/bulletproof-coffee-recipe/

    I've been hearing about the butter coffee lately. Might have to try it one of these days. I'll try anything if it involves coffee.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Hmm. I didn't consider kale superior,I just considered another option. I didn't consider chia magical, just another seed choice.
    I like variety.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    busted? I thought the only reason for it was because it was delicious. And it is delicious.

    How is this busted?
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    edited January 2015
    dbmata wrote: »
    busted? I thought the only reason for it was because it was delicious. And it is delicious.

    How is this busted?

    It's a part of a fad diet that claims it will accelerate weight loss. I think that's what it was busting. Adding oil to your coffee will not cause you to lose weight. Do it if you enjoy it but, like everything else, it has to fit into a caloric deficit for weight loss.

    I like butter in my rum from time to time, along with a couple other ingredients. It won't aid my weight loss but, for my taste buds it tastes awesome.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Butter and rum, yes. Yes.
  • artica30
    artica30 Posts: 5 Member
    sofaking6 wrote: »
    I dunno about superfood or whatever but it sounds pretty delicious:
    https://www.bulletproofexec.com/bulletproof-coffee-recipe/

    I've been hearing about the butter coffee lately. Might have to try it one of these days. I'll try anything if it involves coffee.
    It taste good. I had some last week

  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    God I thought it was hideous. I'll just keep my coffee with cream and sugar, thanks.
  • ComingUntrue
    ComingUntrue Posts: 65 Member
    Believe whatever you want from whatever source you want.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    ComingUntrue wrote: »
    Believe whatever you want from whatever source you want.

    This statement is the antithesis to seeking knowledge.
  • icrushit
    icrushit Posts: 773 Member
    Love coffee with some butter, coconut oil and cocoa powder. As a tool used the right way, it could be used successfully to aid a weight loss effort, but I wouldn't consider it any magic weight loss bullet.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    emdeesea wrote: »
    God I thought it was hideous. I'll just keep my coffee with cream and sugar, thanks.

    Did you do just butter or butter and oil? I probably wouldn't go with oil. Maybe butter and cinnamon.

  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    ComingUntrue wrote: »
    Believe whatever you want from whatever source you want.

    Amen?

  • Alligator423
    Alligator423 Posts: 87 Member
    ComingUntrue wrote: »
    Believe whatever you want from whatever source you want.

    This just gives dumbasses the go ahead to keep on being dumbasses...and then spread that incorrect information.
  • mohawkRN
    mohawkRN Posts: 40 Member
    Great article, thanks for sharing!
  • Lambrah
    Lambrah Posts: 45 Member
    grass fed butter. why didn't i think of that?
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Lambrah wrote: »
    grass fed butter. why didn't i think of that?

    I tried feeding my butter grass but it just sat there and melted. Afterwards, it tasted kind of odd.

  • goddessofawesome
    goddessofawesome Posts: 563 Member
    I can't even . . . butter or oil in coffee?

    No. Just. . . no.
  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
    Bullet roof coffee is just a modern day take off of yak butter tea which has been consumed in Tibet and Nepal for thousands of years. It is for energy not as a cleanse.
  • AthenaLu
    AthenaLu Posts: 1 Member
    You also need to look at the bigger picture. No, drinking bulletproof coffee will not allow you to magically lose weight and I don't think Dave Asprey claims that anywhere - It's part of a diet/lifestyle that burns fat be "scheduling" your body to be in ketosis for the majority of the day. The butter (fat) in the coffee just helps keep you satiated for longer while you fast (you only are supposed to eat in the same 8 hour window once a day, for example from 2 pm - 10 pm).
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I just thought people drank it to up their fat intake, especially for a LCHF diet.
  • determined_14
    determined_14 Posts: 258 Member
    I had to stop reading and gag at all the credit "Food Babe" got in this article!
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    Camo_xxx wrote: »
    Bullet roof coffee is just a modern day take off of yak butter tea which has been consumed in Tibet and Nepal for thousands of years. It is for energy not as a cleanse.

    Except that that butter tea is delicious and nothing like bulletproof coffee.

    On the otherhand, I bet oily coffee really gets things moving.

    How to make Real Deal (ish, since you probably don't have access to yak butter):

  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    determined_14 wrote: »
    I had to stop reading and gag at all the credit "Food Babe" got in this article!

    I can't stand Food Babe - she's a total tool.
  • auntstephie321
    auntstephie321 Posts: 3,586 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    I just thought people drank it to up their fat intake, especially for a LCHF diet.

    It definitely helps with fat intake, I have that with a scoop of protein powder in the morning and I'm full till lunch.

    It also doesn't taste oily at all, I blend it in my ninja and it ends up being frothy and creamy like a cappuccino. No ill affects digestively either.

    It's not for everyone but I love it :)
  • SciranBG
    SciranBG Posts: 97 Member
    I've never tried butter, because I don't buy unsalted butter. But I have tried oil and it is delicious. Never heard it would help me lose weight.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I love "bulletproof" hot chocolate. I use chocolate protein powder instead of coffee.
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