Coconut Oil, BPC...
DianaElena76
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I found some coconut oil at Aldi last weekend and bought a small jar thinking I might try some of this BPC everyone talks about, but I don't have an immersion blender and everyone in the house is asleep when I get up in the morning. Is there a quieter method than a blender? Am I correct that it's just butter or HWC, coconut oil, and coffee? Does it have to be grass fed butter and high quality coffee like the Bullet Proof guy says? Also, any other good uses for the coconut oil?
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Mami1976D I just put in coffee/100% cocoa and add the hot water followed by 4-5 tablespoons (start with 1 since you are new to coconut oil). I stir with the coconut oil spoon and when melted I add 1-2 oz of HWC (heavy whipping cream) and drink it like coffee. The rest of the house is still sleeping in my case too. No blender is required to buy and clean.
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I like to use grass fed dairy products whenever possible. As a general rule, I think you should go for the highest quality products that your lifestyle can support. Obviously this is all within the realm of reason, and everyone is different. For myself, I can't afford to buy grass fed/pastured meat all the time, so often I go for leaner cuts and then add some grass fed butter for extra fat. But I digress...
I use Kerrygold unsalted butter (this seems to be the gold standard), virgin coconut oil, cinnamon, a few drops of good quality vanilla extract and some regular, non-organic tea. I blend it in a pyrex measuring cup with a hand blender which works well enough for me.0 -
You can also use a shaker cup (that can handle hot drinks) or thermos to blend everything. If you don't mind the oil sitting on the top (I don't) then just stir well and keep stirring. I found one of these http://www.amazon.com/frother-cordless-coffee-blender-Produkt/dp/B00QDLYA10 and it is not too loud This reseller has really hiked up the price, though. Mine was $4 and I later found a bunch on sale at Ikea for $1! 0
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I use a protein shaker... let the coffee cool a bit and was doing 1small scoop coconut oil, 25-50g of butter and a scoop of protein powder to make a coffee mocha thing.
I don't care about the noise as my other morning drink was a smoothie in the blender0 -
If you have a french press, you can just put everything in and pump the plunger up and down a bunch of times. Completely quiet and creates a good immersion.0
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As for the "any other good uses for the coconut oil"- I use it to cook/fry anything that needs oil. Besides that, its my go-to cleanser/makeup remover, and is great for healing callouses & cracks on feet. I used it every night for a month almost 15 years ago and they've never come back.0
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Coconut oil in my homemade toothpaste!0
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I found some coconut oil at Aldi last weekend and bought a small jar thinking I might try some of this BPC everyone talks about, but I don't have an immersion blender and everyone in the house is asleep when I get up in the morning. Is there a quieter method than a blender? Am I correct that it's just butter or HWC, coconut oil, and coffee? Does it have to be grass fed butter and high quality coffee like the Bullet Proof guy says? Also, any other good uses for the coconut oil?
As for other uses - it is great in cooking, as others mentioned, I use it to heal sunburn (or prevent it lightly), to soften skin, in homemade toothpaste, and of course, the obvious, in fat bombs!
I know it is sacrilege, but I do mine in a water bottle (once and done - I toss it). It immerses pretty well. It works for the primal egg version too. I know the heat can leech chemicals, but it's either this or not have it.You can also use a shaker cup (that can handle hot drinks) or thermos to blend everything.
I'd love to hear more about a shaker cup that handles hot drinks! Anyone have a link? My friend at work gave me a shaker cup, but is obviously not intended for heated drinks and is sprayed everywhere in the first few shakes!!!0 -
I do prefer it blended, but I just keep a jar of coconut oil at work and stir it into my coffee...the taste is the same, the consistency is not. As others have said, I also use coconut oil in cooking & as a skin moisturizer. I did try the oil pulling thing...but I could not get used to the texture. I've used it as a base oil when making a natural flea/tick/bug repellent for camping and mixed essential oils into it...we used it on ourselves and the dog with success.0
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Coconut oil, butter, a few drops of stevia and some coffee in a cup and stir with a spoon or fork. The oil and butter will come to the top but you will only get a little of each per sip. The best reason for doing it like this is your lips become so soft and kissable, if you like that sort of thing.
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Coconut oil, butter, a few drops of stevia and some coffee in a cup and stir with a spoon or fork. The oil and butter will come to the top but you will only get a little of each per sip. The best reason for doing it like this is your lips become so soft and kissable, if you like that sort of thing.
Hey, maybe I can save some money on Chapstick, which is like an obsession for me! (So, yes, I do like soft, supple, kissable lips!)
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Thanks, everyone, for the BPC suggestions/tips! I struggle sometimes with even adding heavy cream to my coffee--it makes me nauseous at times--so I'm hoping the BPC doesn't do the same. I'm worried about the separation, thinking that might increase the ick factor, but I'm willing to try. Heck, I already bought the dang stuff, so I might as well use it!I do prefer it blended, but I just keep a jar of coconut oil at work and stir it into my coffee...the taste is the same, the consistency is not. As others have said, I also use coconut oil in cooking & as a skin moisturizer. I did try the oil pulling thing...but I could not get used to the texture. I've used it as a base oil when making a natural flea/tick/bug repellent for camping and mixed essential oils into it...we used it on ourselves and the dog with success.
I'm not familiar with oil pulling, although I've heard the phrase many times. What is it?0 -
annalisbeth74 wrote: »As for the "any other good uses for the coconut oil"- I use it to cook/fry anything that needs oil. Besides that, its my go-to cleanser/makeup remover, and is great for healing callouses & cracks on feet. I used it every night for a month almost 15 years ago and they've never come back.octobubbles wrote: »Coconut oil in my homemade toothpaste!KnitOrMiss wrote: »As for other uses - it is great in cooking, as others mentioned, I use it to heal sunburn (or prevent it lightly), to soften skin, in homemade toothpaste, and of course, the obvious, in fat bombs!As others have said, I also use coconut oil in cooking & as a skin moisturizer. I did try the oil pulling thing...but I could not get used to the texture. I've used it as a base oil when making a natural flea/tick/bug repellent for camping and mixed essential oils into it...we used it on ourselves and the dog with success.
Coffee, cooking, makeup remover, skin moisturizer/repairer, toothpaste, sunburn treatment, pest repellent... What can this stuff NOT do? (Oh, I know--babysit!)0 -
Contigo has bottles that will handle the heat and not leak. I got mine at Target for about $10. It has a smaller opening on the top to drink out of but it also unscrews at the wider part. I open it up and add my stuff to the wider part then screw it back together and shake!!! Then drink from the smaller opening.
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I make BP pods.....1 cup cocnut oil & 1 stick (1/4 cup) of unsalted butter (grass fed does not exist where I live). I melt it all together in the microwave, then pour into a mini muffin tin, freeze for 30 min, then pop them out and keep them in a container in my fridge. It makes about 20 pods.
I use a single sized protein shake mixer. It's loud, but doesn't wake my family. I bought a milk frother, but it wasn't powerful enough to mix it together. A shaker would probably work ok?0 -
To avoid you having to deal with my babble, this article goes into oil pulling much better than I could: http://jezebel.com/the-oil-pulling-health-craze-works-just-not-in-the-w-15382526770
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Right. Here's what you do.
You get one of these:
http://www.gocontigo.com/mugs/?mug_type=242
And one of these:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/261830620868?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=107&chn=ps
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GaleHawkins wrote: »followed by 4-5 tablespoons (start with 1 since you are new to coconut oil)
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I add 1-2 oz of HWC (heavy whipping cream)
Holy calories, Batman!
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I'd love to hear more about a shaker cup that handles hot drinks! Anyone have a link? My friend at work gave me a shaker cup, but is obviously not intended for heated drinks and is sprayed everywhere in the first few shakes!!!
Oh dear, mea culpa -- I meant a thermos-type travel hot drink mug -- I did try using a plastic shaker cup one time and it sprayed all over the counter
Now I just stir it up a lot in the mug.
Here is the BP man showing how to make BPC on the road... dunno if I would carry grounds, I'd rather just buy a cup of joe, but fwiw:
https://www.bulletproofexec.com/video-how-to-make-bulletproof-coffee-on-the-go/0 -
Okay, for my first attempt, I separated 6c of my usual morning coffee into two travel mugs (the 8c pot I make myself every morning minus one mugful to chug while I get ready), added a teaspoon of coconut oil to each one (starting off slow so I don't end up spending my workday in the bathroom), sliced off a tablespoon of butter and put half in each cup, and added a teaspoon of heavy cream to each. I just stirred it with a spoon. Hope it doesn't separate too much before I get to it. I'll be drinking on my drive this morning. 45 minutes from home to grandpa's to drop off the kids, then another 45 minutes from grandpa's to the office....0
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Good luck! My travel mugs have leak proof inner workings that prevent all the coconut oil from getting to me (and it's a total butt in the pain to clean) so I stopped taking coffee to work with me. The good news is I start drinking water much earlier in the morning now.0
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Good luck. I use a regular blender that is noisy but I just wait until everyone is up. I think shaking would work if the coffee is hot enough. Oh, and I use coconut oil and unsalted butter from Walmart or Aldi's. I think I saw the cost of the grass fed butter and figured the non-grass fed butter would work just fine for now.0
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I didn't mind it just stirred with a spoon. Yeah, a lot of the butter and oil are probably lining the inside of my cup instead of my belly, but I don't think I lost too much of it. By the way, I am SO glad I tried this--I LOVE the taste of the coconut oil in my coffee. So yum! Looking forward to increasing the amount of fat in my coffee so it keeps hunger away longer. 0
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GaleHawkins wrote: »followed by 4-5 tablespoons (start with 1 since you are new to coconut oil)
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I add 1-2 oz of HWC (heavy whipping cream)
Holy calories, Batman!
I typically get my half of my 3000 daily calories when just maintaining at breakfast. I have to drop back to 2500 daily to lose more weight.
Keep in mind I am 64 and can not afford to lose weight by deep calorie restriction without shorting my remaining years like one can do maybe when they are 24 years old.
Finally after all of these years I have learned the body will maintain an ideal weight if you will feed it enough of the right food because calorie restriction seems counter productive in my case.
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Right. Here's what you do.
You get one of these:
http://www.gocontigo.com/mugs/?mug_type=242
And one of these:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/261830620868?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=107&chn=ps
simple.
That's pretty cool! So you just toss it in your leakproof coffee mug and shake-shake-shake?0 -
I'm not familiar with oil pulling, although I've heard the phrase many times. What is it?
Basically it is swishing your mouth with coconut oil like you would with mouthwash. I once thought it would be icky, but it really isn't. You have to spit it out though.
Start with a small amount at first. As you get used to it, add more until you get a decent mouthful.
I spit it out into a soup can and throw it into the trash to avoid clogging my drains.0 -
geraldinemyoung17 wrote: »I'm not familiar with oil pulling, although I've heard the phrase many times. What is it?
Basically it is swishing your mouth with coconut oil like you would with mouthwash. I once thought it would be icky, but it really isn't. You have to spit it out though.
Start with a small amount at first. As you get used to it, add more until you get a decent mouthful.
I spit it out into a soup can and throw it into the trash to avoid clogging my drains.
To me, I just swish good after using my homemade toothpaste (like an extra minute or three.
GREAT IDEA about the soup can... Been wondering about that...0 -
geraldinemyoung17 wrote: »I'm not familiar with oil pulling, although I've heard the phrase many times. What is it?
Basically it is swishing your mouth with coconut oil like you would with mouthwash. I once thought it would be icky, but it really isn't. You have to spit it out though.
Start with a small amount at first. As you get used to it, add more until you get a decent mouthful.
I spit it out into a soup can and throw it into the trash to avoid clogging my drains.
It says not to do it if you have gum disease or you will end up losing your teeth. I wonder what that's about.0 -
It says not to do it if you have gum disease or you will end up losing your teeth. I wonder what that's about.
That's strange considering the antibacterial properties of coconut oil. Anyone have an answer?
I did some research and only one site lists the "danger" of using it with gum disease, while others tout it as beneficial. Of course, the ADA consider it unecessary and that everyone needs to use only ADA approved chemical mouthwashes - but then that is like the AHA and the other ADA dissuading LCHF - they want to keep us sick so they can stay in business!
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geraldinemyoung17 wrote: »
I don't know and couldn't find any info about that. All I know is I was doing it for a month and went in for a routine dental cleaning. I was shocked that I got the worst exam result that I ever had. Lots of bleeding and deeper pockets. End of coconut oil pulling for me!0
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