Let's talk about Bulletproof Coffee
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I make mine with brewed coffee, 1 tbsp coconut oil, 1 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp organic heavy whipping cream, and just for flavor I add in 1 tsp vanilla whey protein powder, usually that's breakfast for me.1
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Oh also I blend mine with a little coffee frother I bought for 20 bucks at bed bath and beyond0
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SuperCarLori wrote: »I love it, but it does nothing but make me hungry...which goes against its purpose, right? So the calories aren't worth it to me. My regular coffee satiates me better. So...I don't know why, but it kicks in my hunger.
Same here, so I tried adding 1 to 2 ounces of protein with it and it solved the problem. Of course, if you do BPC when fasting, that won't work.
I'm not really into drinking my food/calories either. I've tried BPC, just for the heck of it, and it tastes fine to me, but I prefer plain ol' double cream, which is already enough calories in my coffee without adding any extra butter or coconut oil. If I'm hungry in the morning, I'm happy to get my butter in with a scrambled egg. Plus coffee is harsh enough on my empty tummy in the morning without dumping a ton of oil into it. Even when I was a carboholic, you'd never catch me drinking high calorie beverages.3 -
I drink it in the morning when I'm not IF. It keeps me very very full. I make mine with 2 cups of coffee, 2 Tbsp MCT oil, 2-3 tsp heavy whipping cream, 1 Tbsp butter, cinnamon, granulated Stevia and English Toffee flavored liquid Stevia. I blend it with the single serve attachment for my blender. I use a Keurig for the coffee and it doesn't give me as much coffee flavor as I want because of all the cream and butter I add it becomes just too creamy. I'm going to try a dark roast blend. I know getting a better coffee machine would give me more flavor but I just love how quick and easy to clean the Keurig is.0
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I have BPC every now and then. It's tasty. Mine is usually just coffee/coconut oil/stevia and sometimes butter. I've never perceived BPC to be a requirement for keto and have no problems keeping my fat intake where it needs to be without BPC.1
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I had one yesterday after a month or so without. Had my husband try it as I'm slowly getting him on the LCHF train. He liked it but I know he won't make it for himself.0
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I love my BPC!! I use a really good Arabic bean ground fresh. Then I add 2 -3 Tablespoons of Kerry Gold grass fed butter (use the one in the gold package...the amino acid chains are better) then 3 Tablespoons of MCT oil. I use my Kitchenaid Immersion blender to whip it up and make it frothy. If I want a little sweetener I add a few drops of liquid Stevia. I have one every day in the morning and sometimes in afternoon. It peps my energy and my concentration.2
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I love my BPC!! I use a really good Arabic bean ground fresh. Then I add 2 -3 Tablespoons of Kerry Gold grass fed butter (use the one in the gold package...the amino acid chains are better) then 3 Tablespoons of MCT oil. I use my Kitchenaid Immersion blender to whip it up and make it frothy. If I want a little sweetener I add a few drops of liquid Stevia. I have one every day in the morning and sometimes in afternoon. It peps my energy and my concentration.
Isn't the gold package the salted variation? Now that I'm thinking of it...I have no reason to eat the unsalted variation if ketoers generally need more sodium.0 -
I like it ok (only made with butter & MCT oil...I can't drink it with coconut oil as the coconut taste makes me nauseated). I prefer coffee with just heavy whipping cream so that's my usual breakfast. I usually don't eat lunch until 2 or later so it holds me over well enough.0
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I have some every weekday morning pre-workout. Recently I started struggling to drink it. This morning I tried it with just butter, and it was fine.
I think it's the coconut oil taste that's been putting me off. I'm going to experiment a little and add more butter than coconut oil, because I still want the benefits of the oil, without the taste.
I actually was adding JUST coconut oil to mine. Because supposedly, like MCT oil (which I can't find here - still need to order online), the body absorbs it as quickly as carbs for energy, whereas other fats slow down digestion.
I am adding in glucose powder specifically for quick energy for my workouts, so slow digestion of them is not ideal. But screw it. If I'm going to drink it, I want it to taste good.0 -
I have always drank my coffee black, but I personally enjoy the taste of BPC as my actual breakfast (I could never drink more than one cup though). For 6-8 oz of coffee, I add 15 ml/g each of cream, butter and coconut oil. I am not adapted and BPC usually satisfies my hunger, but find it stops filling me up after a few weeks. I stop drinking it and switch to solid food instead for a week or so. I find BPC is also quick and easy. Going to try the suggestion of adding some protein powder because otherwise I have to wait until mid-morning to eat since solid food has never been agreeable to my tummy first thing in the morning.0
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When I drink a "cup" of BPC I make a 6 cup pot of coffee and add my normal ingredients. That's my "cup" of BPC for breakfast. If I feel really hungry I'll up it to 8 cups and double the fat. I can usually go most of the day without eating after that. I also go through times, @kimberwolf71, when it seems to stop working for me and I need to chew my breakfast for a while. Then I go back.0
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I made it for the first time today. I though it was OK. I added a dash of pumpkin pie spice and stevia to the second cup and it was a lot better.2
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I am not a coffee person, so had to start very slowly with BPC. One tsp fat. Now I am up to two TBSPS, but only drink it on days I am heading to the pool for a heavy duty workout. It will never be something I love, but it is tolerable. Averaging 4#'s per month for almost 8 months. Doctor and I are both happy.4
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I find all of the different preferences interesting. I was a black coffee drinker for my adult life. I am also a person who keeps very regular hours. For years my wife's alarm ha gone off at 5:30 AM on weekdays. I always awoke just in time to hear the relay click just before the alarm sounded. I got up, started the coffee, posted a bad pun while the coffee ran, drank a cup while I visited my regular morning web sites, took her a cup after I finished mine. Then I would pour myself a second cup and get breakfast together. After she left for work I got myself ready, poured whatever was left in the pot into a travel mug and left for work myself.
Weekends were a problem. I still awoke at 5:30 and made coffee. My wife would sleep in for another 3 hours or so and I often got "the shakes" while waiting. Obviously, my brain demanding fuel.
In 2014 I was diagnosed as a T2D and found this group. I read about BPC but decided to just stir coconut oil and heavy cream into my morning cup. The immediate result, no shakes. My brain is quite happy being fueled by ketone bodies.
This summer brought another challenge, my wife retired (I've been retired for 5 years). Suddenly every day is a weekend. I still get up early, stir fat into my coffee and don't get shaky even if we don't eat breakfast until 9 or later.6 -
Anyone add any powders to your PBC? I've seen a few recipes that call for collagen. On top of collagen and protein powders I also have a TON of maca, garcinia cambogia, and other super food powder that might be tasteless in BPC. Wondering if anyone else has experimented with these.0
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While I haven't tried BPC exactly, I've added various powders to my coffee & ghee blend. The powders include: carob, cocoa, turmeric, ginger, cayenne (just a pinch). They were either alone or in various combinations.Anyone add any powders to your PBC? I've seen a few recipes that call for collagen. On top of collagen and protein powders I also have a TON of maca, garcinia cambogia, and other super food powder that might be tasteless in BPC. Wondering if anyone else has experimented with these.
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Anyone add any powders to your PBC? I've seen a few recipes that call for collagen. On top of collagen and protein powders I also have a TON of maca, garcinia cambogia, and other super food powder that might be tasteless in BPC. Wondering if anyone else has experimented with these.
I add collagen, magnesium, ginkgo, coQ10 and mct oil to my first cup every morning. And sometimes salted butter.
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Black coffee with a tiny squirt of stevia.
Save the butter for my eggs.
Cream for lunch.
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I'm just starting to experiment with this. I love my strong dark black coffee and refuse to wreck it with a mix of butter, coconut oil, or MCT in it. I pour myself a cup to enjoy and take a slightly heaping teaspoon of butter to eat alongside it. Then another cup of coffee to clear the butter taste out of my mouth. I just bought MCT today so I'll maybe experiment with subbing this for the butter and see if it still holds me for 14+ hours.0
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I've never been a coffee drinker. I had like 1 coffee a year, but I tried BPC to hit my fat macro and loved, wow. Now I wake up craving it. I make it with cream and stevia, but might exclude those again. I am not sure if stevia spikes my blood sugar. Anyone have experience and seen a difference?0
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FitChick_42 wrote: »I've never been a coffee drinker. I had like 1 coffee a year, but I tried BPC to hit my fat macro and loved, wow. Now I wake up craving it. I make it with cream and stevia, but might exclude those again. I am not sure if stevia spikes my blood sugar. Anyone have experience and seen a difference?
I use liquid stevia just for this reason. or
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I love BPC. I have it every morning. Mine is 2 cups of coffee, 1 tbsp coconut oil, 1 tbsp butter, and 1 tbsp. hwc... then I blend it in my Ninja. It wakes me up and keeps me full until the afternoon.0
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KenSmith108 wrote: »FitChick_42 wrote: »I've never been a coffee drinker. I had like 1 coffee a year, but I tried BPC to hit my fat macro and loved, wow. Now I wake up craving it. I make it with cream and stevia, but might exclude those again. I am not sure if stevia spikes my blood sugar. Anyone have experience and seen a difference?
I use liquid stevia just for this reason. or
I haven't noticed it it spikes my blood sugar, but I have to avoid artificial sweeteners because they give me bad headaches.0 -
KenSmith108 wrote: »FitChick_42 wrote: »I've never been a coffee drinker. I had like 1 coffee a year, but I tried BPC to hit my fat macro and loved, wow. Now I wake up craving it. I make it with cream and stevia, but might exclude those again. I am not sure if stevia spikes my blood sugar. Anyone have experience and seen a difference?
I use liquid stevia just for this reason. or
I haven't noticed it it spikes my blood sugar, but I have to avoid artificial sweeteners because they give me bad headaches.
Stevia is a natural sweetener.
The powder is bonded to a carb.
The liquid isn't. or 5 -
KenSmith108 wrote: »KenSmith108 wrote: »FitChick_42 wrote: »I've never been a coffee drinker. I had like 1 coffee a year, but I tried BPC to hit my fat macro and loved, wow. Now I wake up craving it. I make it with cream and stevia, but might exclude those again. I am not sure if stevia spikes my blood sugar. Anyone have experience and seen a difference?
I use liquid stevia just for this reason. or
I haven't noticed it it spikes my blood sugar, but I have to avoid artificial sweeteners because they give me bad headaches.
Stevia is a natural sweetener.
The powder is bonded to a carb.
The liquid isn't. or
ohhhh......This light bulb just came on for me.....well how bout that.0 -
Haven't had the time to make a cup so I've been getting cold brews from Starbucks for the past two weeks.. but all this talk made me get out of bed a little earlier to take the time to make a cup. I'm convinced we'd have world peace if everyone made their own coffee. There's something so calming about the whole process, unworldly.
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KenSmith108 wrote: »KenSmith108 wrote: »FitChick_42 wrote: »I've never been a coffee drinker. I had like 1 coffee a year, but I tried BPC to hit my fat macro and loved, wow. Now I wake up craving it. I make it with cream and stevia, but might exclude those again. I am not sure if stevia spikes my blood sugar. Anyone have experience and seen a difference?
I use liquid stevia just for this reason. or
I haven't noticed it it spikes my blood sugar, but I have to avoid artificial sweeteners because they give me bad headaches.
Stevia
The powder is bonded to a carb. or
Today I learned something disappointing
Also my gummy multivitamins have 3 grams of carbs per serving. Should have noticed earlier If it's too good to be true... 0 -
7pm = dinner
8am = organic tea with 1TBSP Bulletproof Brain Octane and a pinch of organic ground stevia leaves
12:30pm = lunch
Every day. Not hungry inbetween at all. Have stared having issues finishing my lunch actually. I used to put butter in the tea or just eat it on the side as Dave Aspry recommends....but I don't suffer from disaster pants, which is the main reason for using butter - and I find my stomach get less upset without butter.1 -
yeah, @Drawoc, I avoid gummies like the plague. The other day I picked up my B12 in a dissolvable by mistake. I'm popping about 7 pills in my mouth all at once and I taste 'berry'....WTH? Sugar filled berry flavored sublingual/buccal B12....sigh....0
