Butter in your coffee?

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  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    Well, I just tried it. I didn't taste any difference from my usual cream. I think I'll make it a regular thing.
  • cynthiaj777
    cynthiaj777 Posts: 787 Member
    I love it, I have 2 tsp of butter and 2 tsp of coconut oil in my morning coffee, blended up it's lovely and creamy. Keeps me full from 8am-2pm on 161 calories with no insulin spike.

    Yeah....no. You should be eating the majority of your daily calories by 2pm...not 161. :huh:
  • youngcaseyr
    youngcaseyr Posts: 293 Member
    Omg...who does this ?? And why ?? I have a toddler who is thin ...and I hate her pediatrician tells me to add BUTTER to everything !! To me that's not a healthy alternative to eating well !

    Nothing wrong with butter , its natural . Id be worried about processed margarines .

    Butter in coffee must be disgusting

    I agree that butter is better than processed margarine, but just because it is "natural" doesn't mean that it is healthy. Remember that butter is 100% fat, and just one serving (one tablespoon) has one-third of your RDA for saturated fats, and it should not be added freely to everything just to increase one's fat intake.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Omg...who does this ?? And why ?? I have a toddler who is thin ...and I hate her pediatrician tells me to add BUTTER to everything !! To me that's not a healthy alternative to eating well !

    Nothing wrong with butter , its natural . Id be worried about processed margarines .

    Butter in coffee must be disgusting

    I agree that butter is better than processed margarine, but just because it is "natural" doesn't mean that it is healthy. Remember that butter is 100% fat, and just one serving (one tablespoon) has one-third of your RDA for saturated fats, and it should not be added freely to everything just to increase one's fat intake.

    And what is wrong with high fat consumption (including saturated fats)?
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    Omg...who does this ?? And why ?? I have a toddler who is thin ...and I hate her pediatrician tells me to add BUTTER to everything !! To me that's not a healthy alternative to eating well !

    Nothing wrong with butter , its natural . Id be worried about processed margarines .

    Butter in coffee must be disgusting

    I agree that butter is better than processed margarine, but just because it is "natural" doesn't mean that it is healthy. Remember that butter is 100% fat, and just one serving (one tablespoon) has one-third of your RDA for saturated fats, and it should not be added freely to everything just to increase one's fat intake.

    Why not? If you're on a HFLC diet, then it's perfectly legit. I'm using it as a way to increase my fat consumption on purpose.

    Obviously, if you're watching your fat intake, then this wouldn't be a good idea. But not all of us do limit fat intake.
  • shannashannabobana
    shannashannabobana Posts: 625 Member
    Kids need fat (actually we all do but kids need it especially). That is what your doctor is telling you. Buy some grass fed butter and give it to the kid. Sheesh.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Omg...who does this ?? And why ?? I have a toddler who is thin ...and I hate her pediatrician tells me to add BUTTER to everything !! To me that's not a healthy alternative to eating well !

    Nothing wrong with butter , its natural . Id be worried about processed margarines .

    Butter in coffee must be disgusting

    I agree that butter is better than processed margarine, but just because it is "natural" doesn't mean that it is healthy. Remember that butter is 100% fat, and just one serving (one tablespoon) has one-third of your RDA for saturated fats, and it should not be added freely to everything just to increase one's fat intake.

    And what is wrong with high fat consumption (including saturated fats)?

    Calories, for one. When you are watching them high fat can be a problem. I like fat on everything so I really have to keep an eye on it to stay in goal.
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    How do you even spread it???


    Ha!!!
  • __Di__
    __Di__ Posts: 1,658 Member
    Has anybody seen this thing about adding butter and oil to your coffee? Sounds like a recipe for intestinal distress and a spare tire around your middle. http://www.bulletproofexec.com/category/coffee-2/

    I thought I was reading this thread wrong when I first read the title LOL.

    Butter in my coffee? The thought of it makes me actually feel very nauseous, so I will be giving that one a miss I think :laugh:
  • a_mandolin_
    a_mandolin_ Posts: 336 Member
    I think I might actually try it. Maybe a sweet cream or a honey butter. It doesn't that seem that different from adding cream or half and half. Same thing, just a different presentation.

    I wouldn't do the oil, though, it's a texture thing for me.

    I'd rather have that than that weird oily film leaving non dairy creamer that coffee mate tries to pull off.
  • ADayAtATime4Me
    ADayAtATime4Me Posts: 4 Member
    I have heard a lot of people put coconut oil in there coffee and all I can think is

    "What a waste of a great cup of coffee"

    :)
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    While your pediatrician is right, your toddler shouldn't be drinking coffee.
    The body needs healthy fats.
    Butter is an excellent choice, in reasonable quantity.

    For myself, hiking in the Ladakh region of India a couple of years ago, I drank a lot of local tea with yak butter.
    Yak butter is butter where they put in the entire yak. 'special. very 'special.


    Not a happy camper.
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    But one gets used to it.

    Why not?
  • Loulady
    Loulady Posts: 511 Member
    It's tasty. *shrug*
  • regmitch
    regmitch Posts: 1 Member
    Yes, look up "upgraded coffee" you are supposed to use grass fed butter as well as organic virgin coconut oil.
  • StarChanger
    StarChanger Posts: 605 Member
    While your pediatrician is right, your toddler shouldn't be drinking coffee.
    The body needs healthy fats.
    Butter is an excellent choice, in reasonable quantity.

    For myself, hiking in the Ladakh region of India a couple of years ago, I drank a lot of local tea with yak butter.
    Yak butter is butter where they put in the entire yak. 'special. very 'special.


    Not a happy camper.
    111_yak-master-of-the-himalayas_groot.jpg

    But one gets used to it.

    Why not?

    What a beautiful yak! :bigsmile:
  • Candi_land
    Candi_land Posts: 1,311 Member
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  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Yes, look up "upgraded coffee" you are supposed to use grass fed butter as well as organic virgin coconut oil.

    Not to be "that guy", but I'm pretty sure the prescribed recipe is with MCT oil, not coconut oil.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Yes, look up "upgraded coffee" you are supposed to use grass fed butter as well as organic virgin coconut oil.

    "supposed to"?? So if someone likes regular ol' butter in their coffee they are doing something wrong? Geez, it's just food.
  • sunnyskys2013
    sunnyskys2013 Posts: 159 Member
    I have heard a lot of people put coconut oil in there coffee and all I can think is

    "What a waste of a great cup of coffee"

    :)

    I must admit i like coconut oil for lot of stuff. But i just want my coffee black:wink:
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Yes, look up "upgraded coffee" you are supposed to use grass fed butter as well as organic virgin coconut oil.

    "supposed to"?? So if someone likes regular ol' butter in their coffee they are doing something wrong? Geez, it's just food.

    While you (and others) may not agree with them, some contend that the source of the food matters. Hence the distinction between "grass fed" butter and "regular ol'" butter.

    And I know that MFP uses an entirely different set of rules than anywhere else, but "supposed to" =/= "doing it wrong". The important distinction here is that if you're going to call it "upgraded coffee" (a term coined by Dave Asprey) then you should follow the prescribed recipe for it...(which is why I pointed out the MCT oil vs. coconut oil distinction).

    Absolutely, if you want to put coconut oil and regular butter in your coffee, feel free...but it technically isn't "upgraded coffee".
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Mmmm......butter......
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  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    I have an ex who was really big into keto and would put butter in his coffee. No wonder we're broken up.

    lol

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