Butter and Coconut oil in Coffee??

tingutz

Have you guys heard of this? Blending coffee, grass fed butter and coconut oil together? I tried it recently and actually love the taste. It seems to be controversial with some people saying it's good and others saying it's a bad idea. What are your experiences and thoughts?

ms_smartypants

I have been drinking it everyday since Oct. 2015....I drink it around 5am and not hungry until later in the afternoon ....but I add HWC to my coffee and sugarfree vanilla syrup

xLyric

If it tastes good to you and you can fit it into your calorie goal, why not? I personally think it sounds kind of gross, but I can't think of why it would nutritionally be bad unless you've been told (by a doctor, not a fad dieter) that you shouldn't have a ton of fats. Even then, I can't imagine you're having enough of it at once to matter.

bclarke1990

Sounds healthy :^)

kimny72

Just my opinion, but for all those calories I would rather eat food.
But if you are usually short on your fat macro, or if you just really like it and it fits in your calories, then go for it. It doesn't have any magic weight loss powers though.

RodaRose

I never drink coffee, but Hubby lives his full fat cream and coffee in the nutribullet.

melonaulait

There's no actual benefit to it, unless you're doing keto and that's one of your ways of keeping up with the fat %. For some, it might even be a bad idea, because you're consuming so many calories in just one drink. But if you feel fine drinking it, drink it.

LKArgh

If you feel your health would benefit from extra saturated fat, sure, it is a healthy idea. Most drs would tell you the less saturated fat the better, but I am sure someone will post how drs know nothing about nutrition
For the average person, if it fits your macros and calories and you like the taste, why not? For me the thought alone of adding butter in my coffee makes me want to gag, so it is not something I have to debate about.

yarwell

Saturated fat in the diet doesn't correlate with saturated fat in the bloodstream, so we rely on weak and vague epidemiology with low risk factors to support last century's war on saturated fat.

Yi5hedr3

It's definitely best for low-carbers!

CrabNebula

I don't know why you would do this if you don't need the extra calories and/or like the taste.

I drink 16oz of black coffee with my breakfast. It is pretty filling because 16oz of liquid period is filling.

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage

Ah yes, the old bulletproof coffee. Fat-burning magical properties or some such nonsense. I might try it if I'm backed up and need to get things moving, but otherwise it just sounds like an abomination.

hopper602

Basically it's bulletproof coffee. Most add MCT oil as well.

extra_medium

yarwell wrote: »

Saturated fat in the diet doesn't correlate with saturated fat in the bloodstream, so we rely on weak and vague epidemiology with low risk factors to support last century's war on saturated fat.

Either way, it's a bunch of tasteless calories that I'd rather use those on something I'd enjoy a bit more.

I hear it can help with appetite, but that seems obvious since it adds 100-200 calories to your coffee.

mattyc772014

Why would anyone ruin their coffee like this? Dont get it. Straight up espresso for me.

lemurcat12

tingutz wrote: »

Have you guys heard of this? Blending coffee, grass fed butter and coconut oil together? I tried it recently and actually love the taste. It seems to be controversial with some people saying it's good and others saying it's a bad idea. What are your experiences and thoughts?

Seems like wasted calories to me -- I like coffee black and it's not adding anything but calories (not much in the way of nutrients).

If people actually like it, it's the same as anything else people eat because they enjoy it, though -- I just don't know why it's faddy or is supposed to be healthy, weird.