Bulletproof-coffee
ChristinaMSoto
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What are everyone's thoughts on bulletproof-coffee?
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Tastes yummy but too many calories for me and it didn't do any of the things it claims for me.1
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Too many calories for me too. I usually have coffee with sugar-free creamer, many of them. I get a nice little kick from the caffeine.1
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A pointless fad. Quite possibly worse for you than coffee with cream.
Also sounds absolutely revolting!4 -
It's one of the most ridiculous concepts I've ever heard
If not the
Actually it can't be top of the list, too much competition ..but it's up there...woo yes it's up there2 -
I love it! Just started drinking it, helps me hit my macros and tastes creamy and delicious!! You should try it
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440 calories
0.8g protein
0 carbs
55.1g fat
Plus 2% calcium requirement, 28% B2, 22% vitamin A
For 100g cheese
416 calories
25.4g protein
0.1g carbs
34.9g fat
Plus 72% calcium requirement, 20% Vitamin A, 13% B125 -
Tastes good, too high in calories to be worth it on regular basis, makes me a bit nauseous, does not stave off hunger so I can't have it as a meal replacement unless I'm not hungry to eat in the first place. I chose not to spend calories on it after a few times of having it. It's just not worth it for me and although I like the taste, many things taste even better for fewer calories. I could spend that on ice cream instead. Everything else about it is overplayed hype to sell books. Try it, you might like it as an occasional (or frequent) treat.2
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I do bullet proof tea. scores of Tibetans aren't wrong...0
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440 calories
0.8g protein
0 carbs
55.1g fat
Plus 2% calcium requirement, 28% B2, 22% vitamin A
For 100g cheese
416 calories
25.4g protein
0.1g carbs
34.9g fat
Plus 72% calcium requirement, 20% Vitamin A, 13% B12
so?
that macro profile is the point, of course. you can't drink cheese...0 -
I drink my version of it most days. It really is no weirder than putting cow's (breast) milk and refine sugar beet into your coffee every morning.
LOL
And MCTs and dairy fat are healthy foods for most (except those with a dairy allergy or some sort of genetic fat metabolizing problems). I can't see how it is ridiculous or less healthy than cream in coffee.... Unless one is still following the fat-is-evil dogma of yester year.
My BPC consists of a teaspoon of coconut oil, a couple of drops of stevia, and either a half teaspoon of butter or some whipping cream. I sometimes add a carb free protein powder if I am a little low on protein for the day.
I eat a low carb diet so it fits my macros perfectly. I often skip breakfast and just have two BPC thougout the morning.0 -
440 calories
0.8g protein
0 carbs
55.1g fat
Plus 2% calcium requirement, 28% B2, 22% vitamin A
For 100g cheese
416 calories
25.4g protein
0.1g carbs
34.9g fat
Plus 72% calcium requirement, 20% Vitamin A, 13% B12
so?
that macro profile is the point, of course. you can't drink cheese...
I'm pleased you got the point of my post!
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It's awesome - if drinking high-calorie, high-fat sludge is your thing. Otherwise, the purported benefits are just trendy woo.
For 440 calories, I could have a cup of regular coffee, two eggs, three egg whites and toast instead. I know which would be more satiating for me.4 -
Black for me, please.3
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My choice would be high quality coffee beans brewed carefully and made into delicious black coffee.
If I want high fat then peanuts, cashew nuts or cheese eaten, not drunk(!), would be my favoured choices.
Alan Aragon writing about Bulletproof coffee....
Speaking of wasted time, money, and effort (with a side order of adverse potential), a prime example is Bulletproof Coffee, which I’ve covered extensively in the June & July 2013 issues of AARR. Briefly, time and effort are wasted by dealing with the application and clean-up of buttering up coffee, and by necessity, your blender. Money is wasted through the purchase of ‘special’ butter and ‘special’ MCT oil (which does little more than add calories). Those who really fell hard for the pitch bought the ‘special’ coffee, which costs about double the regular stuff. The humor in the latter is that the sales hook is based on an alleged mycotoxin problem, which is practically nonexistent in commercially available coffee [1,2].
As far as adverse potential goes, butter was directly compared with cream in terms of effects on blood lipids. Rosquist et al [3] found that cream, which contains significantly more milk fat globule membrane (MFGM), had no significant effect, while butter raised non-HDL cholesterol, as well as the proportion of apolipoprotein B in the blood. Both of these outcomes are associated with increased cardiovascular risk [4,5]. Apparently, MFGM is the inherently cardioprotective component of cream. The churning process to make butter gets rid of a significant amount of MFGM. Now, this doesn’t make butter some sort of “bad” food to avoid, but it doesn’t offer any inherent benefit to health—especially compared to cream (which, by the way, doesn’t require a blender to mix with coffee).
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yeah now I'm craving an Irish coffee
And a big ol' cheese board
That's sitting in front of a roaring fire in a big fluffy dressing gown time0 -
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I used to do it, but prefer to eat my calories rather than drink them. But to each their own.0
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I thought this fad was long gone.0
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Bulletproof coffee, buttered coffee, keto coffee....are all relatively the same and practiced by those on a low carb, high fat, moderate protein way of eating lifestyle. It's a way to get enough fat in. I have it every morning. It folks you up. I basically only eat an evening meal after having my keto coffee in the morning because the fat satisfies you longer. The 233 calories on my coffee are nothing. Especially compared to some of the so called diet foods out there that are filled with sugar and then people are hungry an hour or so later and are eating again. It's a personal preference. But one I enjoy.
If there are any fellow ketoer or bpc people that want to friend request me feel free!2 -
anacsitham5 wrote: »Bulletproof coffee, buttered coffee, keto coffee....are all relatively the same and practiced by those on a low carb, high fat, moderate protein way of eating lifestyle. It's a way to get enough fat in. I have it every morning. It folks you up. I basically only eat an evening meal after having my keto coffee in the morning because the fat satisfies you longer. The 233 calories on my coffee are nothing. Especially compared to some of the so called diet foods out there that are filled with sugar and then people are hungry an hour or so later and are eating again. It's a personal preference. But one I enjoy.
If there are any fellow ketoer or bpc people that want to friend request me feel free!
It's not a universal effect though. I'm hungry 15 minutes after this coffee, so it's not a good calorie bargain for me like it is for you.0 -
I think that a cup of coffee gets me *ahem* 'going' enough in the morning, without adding a bunch of oil to it.0
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anacsitham5 wrote: »Bulletproof coffee, buttered coffee, keto coffee....are all relatively the same and practiced by those on a low carb, high fat, moderate protein way of eating lifestyle. It's a way to get enough fat in. I have it every morning. It folks you up. I basically only eat an evening meal after having my keto coffee in the morning because the fat satisfies you longer. The 233 calories on my coffee are nothing. Especially compared to some of the so called diet foods out there that are filled with sugar and then people are hungry an hour or so later and are eating again. It's a personal preference. But one I enjoy.
If there are any fellow ketoer or bpc people that want to friend request me feel free!
What the heck is wrong with cream? It's arguably better for your heart too. There are better fats out there to be using such as nut butters and olive oil and they don't need to go into your coffee.0 -
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The point is the lack of nutrition that comes from drinking butter.1 -
I used to take butter in my coffee... it's a staple in some Middle eastern or African country, I've forgotten which specifically. I liked it for a while when we weren't buying good coffee beans/grounds. I also dabbled with red wine in my coffee when I wasn't driving every day, which is quite nice - no health benefits, but it gets you back to the middle ages in terms of how having a slight buzz all day can take the edge off things. However, if I'm going to spoil myself with 440 cal in one thing I'll go for Viennese coffee, it simply tastes better. Good coffee with a touch of decent milk.
I'm not sure where the health claims come in, but unless you're adverse to eating food in the morning, it doesn't seem plausible that there wouldn't be a better approach to consuming those calories and nutrients. Eggs on toast as mentioned before seems far more filling, and you can even use butter on the toast for some extra awesomeness.
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sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
I think it's more that "bulletproof coffee" just sounds so cool to say.1 -
The mere idea of putting butter in my coffee makes me nauseated. Granted, I have a very delicate stomach in the morning. Can't even drink warm water within the first hour or two or my chances of keeping everything down reduce dramatically. So butter? Noooo thanks. Plus 440 calories a cup? That's like a third of my entire day...0
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A lot of snap prejudices based on misinformation on fats from the last century.I thought this fad was long gone.
Perhaps it isn't just a fad? It's popularity rose, but why does it need to fade away completely?
Pumpkin spice hasn't ever gone away. Avocado's popularity did not die back comletely. KWIM?sunnybeaches105 wrote: »anacsitham5 wrote: »Bulletproof coffee, buttered coffee, keto coffee....are all relatively the same and practiced by those on a low carb, high fat, moderate protein way of eating lifestyle. It's a way to get enough fat in. I have it every morning. It folks you up. I basically only eat an evening meal after having my keto coffee in the morning because the fat satisfies you longer. The 233 calories on my coffee are nothing. Especially compared to some of the so called diet foods out there that are filled with sugar and then people are hungry an hour or so later and are eating again. It's a personal preference. But one I enjoy.
If there are any fellow ketoer or bpc people that want to friend request me feel free!
What the heck is wrong with cream? It's arguably better for your heart too. There are better fats out there to be using such as nut butters and olive oil and they don't need to go into your coffee.
Nothing wrong with cream. What the heck is wrong with coconut oil or butter?htimpaired wrote: »
The point is the lack of nutrition that comes from drinking butter.
So you never use butter? It doesn't add it's lack of nutrition to your toast, your veggies, your eggs, or a melted buttery cheese sauce?
My point is that there is nothing nutritional wrong with BPC. It's just different. People aren't used to the idea of it.1
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