Does anyone drink bulletproof coffee or any type of keto coffee?

JenneauInLA

Hi everyone,

I'm about two weeks into the keto diet and my cookbook includes a keto coffee recipe as a daily pre-fast breaking ritual. I was wondering if anyone drinks this and if it's worth it to invest in the MCT oil, or if my coffee with collagen protein is going to provide the same benefits. I'd appreciate any opinions on the subject.

Thanks, everyone.

J.

2t9nty

I drink my first cup of coffee in the morning with HWC. I have never used MCT oil at all. I am all for your giving it a try. You might like it or see results?

baconslave

Back in the day when I was doing keto, I started with kevlar coffee (my own version) with HWC, CO, and collagen. After awhile I decided it really didn't give me benefits, it just took up my calories that I would have preferred to chew. So I ditched it.

JenneauInLA

Thanks for your replies--this was helpful : )

HerbsandMore

I drink it every morning, but I don't eat breakfast. I never really ate breakfast but I use to drink 3 cups of coffee in the am, now 1 cup & I am full. You don't have to use MCT oil. You can use Ghee & virgin coconut oil. The only problem I see is if you start your day with a protein hit & no fat, it might be harder to get your body to learn how to burn fat first. It is all a choice I guess, what you find works best for you.

baconslave

All one needs for ketosis is to keep your carbs consistently low enough long enough. The body will start burning ketones via ketosis, as it is a natural process. Fasting or super low-carb might get you there faster as your body is forced to burn the glycogen off at a faster rate. But it isn't a race. And your body will build the necessary mitochondrial machinery without help.

And unfortunately, if you intake too much energy (calories via food) your body will store the excess. No matter how low your carbs are.

So, if calories still matter, then why bother with keto? Calorie deficit over time is how you lose weight. But, if you want appetite suppression or low-cravings, balanced hormones, a quick stabilization of blood sugars, and etc, while you lose, then keto can be very good for that for a lot of folks. Some people even feel more energetic and just plain more "well".

Regimented protein to fat ratios are 100% necessary for medically therapeutic keto for folks that have conditions like epilepsy. Keto for weight loss or T2D doesn't need all that fuss.

Carbs are a ceiling in grams.
Protein is a range to target in grams based on your height, weight, and activity level.
Fat fills in the rest. More when you need to gain and less when you need to lose.

Anyone wanting more nitty gritty details on keto should def check out Reddit's r/keto FAQ.

JenneauInLA

HerbsandMore wrote: »

I drink it every morning, but I don't eat breakfast. I never really ate breakfast but I use to drink 3 cups of coffee in the am, now 1 cup & I am full. You don't have to use MCT oil. You can use Ghee & virgin coconut oil. The only problem I see is if you start your day with a protein hit & no fat, it might be harder to get your body to learn how to burn fat first. It is all a choice I guess, what you find works best for you.

My (very) limited experience with coffee + fat until noon (one lg. cup--not steadily until noon!) does seem to provide more energy than a full breakfast of protein and carbs. I can't believe I never tried this until age 41--it really helps, especially if you work out in the morning and need the fuel but don't want to feel heavy when jumping around. I've been using HWC but will try it with ghee to change things up.

HerbsandMore

That's fine I never heard about any of this till I was 66

Newwoodland

Hi no, I don’t drink bulletproof coffee. Just decaf coffee with cream and saccharine. Very tasty. I don’t like butter so I do keto without butter and I love it.

maria4560h

I did drink coffee with fat in it. I stopped. First of all it upset my stomach especially because I like working out in the morning. Secondly I gained a lot of weight off it. So even though I wasn’t going to get my appropriate amount of fat for the keto diet anymore without doing this or taking straight up fat well, it’s better than gaining weight regardless. Screw keto if it means I’m going to be obese. When I was doing keto and exercising 3 hours or more a day…3 hours minimum to NOT gain fat. I still wasn’t in ketosis on the diet anyways no matter how hard I tried. The only diet that actually got me in ketosis wasn’t the ketogenic diet in the first place and I could do 2 hours of exercise just fine. That is much more reasonable for me especially since I ride public transit. I forgot it’s name in reality but I learned a lot about the ketogenic diet years ago and didn’t think I was capable of it. Then I stumbled across this cheesy book on a homocysteine diet that lowers that number and is supposed to get rid of various health conditions as a result (a lot of that is bs but it does improve your health). My homocysteine was already low and pretty healthy but I wanted it to be as low as the book wanted it to be so I went through the diet vigorously and went into ketosis. Considering there are a few foods in the diet that contradict the ketogenic diet it did surprise me when I was told by a doctor I was in ketosis. I was asked first if I’m diabetic. No. Am I on the ketogenic diet? Not to my knowledge but possibly. I had to think. Thinking hard enough I could see how it was possible but only due to my exercise burning off what contradicted it. Since I stopped trying the ketogenic diet anymore I have not gained anymore weight. I stopped logging my weight for a while because I was gaining so much. At first I thought it was muscle only. It was a combination of muscle and fat I was gaining due to the ketogenic diet. Now that I stopped it and do basically a low carb diet at the moment I will relearn the other diet by finding the book written by the doctor. That “ketogenic diet book” works for me when the real ketogenic diet books don’t