BULLETPROOF oils worth it or hype?
SamandaIndia
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I am intrigued if XCT oil or BrainOctane oil is genuinely as superior as claimed compared to coconut oil.
In USA mid Feb so do I go nuts n buy their products or stay happy with my coconut oil n normal coffee beans?
Context is I am Loving Bulletproof coffee and appreciate website ideas and all the biohacking Dave Asprey did that led to: https://www.bulletproofexec.com/the-complete-illustrated-one-page-bulletproof-diet/
Products are pricey but sound worth it....Any experience with either oil or his other products that will give an independent view on my purchase.
In USA mid Feb so do I go nuts n buy their products or stay happy with my coconut oil n normal coffee beans?
Context is I am Loving Bulletproof coffee and appreciate website ideas and all the biohacking Dave Asprey did that led to: https://www.bulletproofexec.com/the-complete-illustrated-one-page-bulletproof-diet/
Products are pricey but sound worth it....Any experience with either oil or his other products that will give an independent view on my purchase.
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For me, it is totally worth it! I use a TBS of MCT oil, butter and an egg in my bulletproof coffee and it really does give me incredible energy and clarity for many hours. Coconut oil (while delicious) doesn't give me the same energy boost as MCT does. I can often not be hungry till mid or late afternoon after a cup of this in the am. Sometimes I'm hot and jittery as well, so I don't take it at night as I end up with too much energy to sleep!
It does give you terrible diarrhoea if you don't build up to it slowly though. Took me a little while to get to a TBS without these effects. Be warned!
Also there is nothing special about the Asprey product versus others as far as I'm concerned. You do not need to use it specifically unless you want to. I use Melrose brand MCT, mostly because there isn't a huge variety here. Just read the ingredient label to know what you are getting and see if its similar.0 -
Like most supplements, hype...Carrington farms coconut oil costs about $8/bottle & easily lasts > 1 week. Same liquid state and has a breakdown of caprylic and Laurie acid content on the label. "Bullet proof" is just a fancy, expensive marketing hype...(I am sure going to get plenty of hate for this).0
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I love bulletproof coffee. MCT oil makes the difference in terms of mental alertness. I also use coffee from bulletproof coffee (buy kcups online from their website). The coffee aroma and taste is unbeatable. Eack Kcup comes wrapped in individual wrapping. My experience has been - its totally worth it. I also use grassfed butter from kerrygold in the coffee0
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MCT and I are not good together but I am fine with 3-5 tablespoons of coconut oil and a couple oz of Heavy Whipping Cream in my first cup of coffee either day. The coffee part that I prefer is Folgers Instant coffee with the caffeine.0
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I may be one of the rare ones that will be of the opinion that Brain Octaine Oil is actually quite different from the other oils. It's different in the same way that taking 2 Tylenol is different than taking just 1 Tylenol. It's a dosing difference.
Brain Octain has 15g caprylic acid per tablespoon. Compared to about 5g or less in MCT oil. If your desired effect is mental energy and focus, the higher dose of caprylic acid will be more effective. It's a fairly quick burn fuel though, so it's something you would dose again through the day to maintain. This is the main ingredient that is studied in many of the applications to Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases/conditions. Caprylic acid is even able to provide its benefits to high carb eaters. The brain will use its quick energy preferentially to glucose.0 -
I've done the brain octane and the xct and don't have a noticeable difference between the two, but continue to use it anyway.0
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Does anyone cook with MCT oil? If so, how does it handle heat and does its molecular composition change?0
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Such a variety in responses. Sounds spectacular for some thru to hype for others..i find it fascinating how our bodies n minds respond so differently. Looks like it is worth a try. Thanks for the many advisory thoughts. I will add mine back here in a month after appropriate experiments. @Sunny_Bunny_ love your tylenol example. Cheers!0
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You wouldn't want to cook with MCT. Use coconut oil for that. You need the more saturated fat (lauric acid) to handle the higher heat.
Think of solid fats as your better cooking fats.0 -
I got some mct oil, but can only tolerate a couple of tsp at a time because of the rapid bathroom effects for me. I actually poured 3/4 of my cup down the drain a couple of days ago!0
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I just used mct this morning. It made my coffee much creamier than the coconut oil, it was really delicious. No brain fog so far and I had been dealing with that for a few days. Not sure if it's just me adapting or if the mct helped, likely both. I bought now brand I think it's cheaper than the bulletproof brand0
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auntstephie321 wrote: »I just used mct this morning. It made my coffee much creamier than the coconut oil, it was really delicious. No brain fog so far and I had been dealing with that for a few days. Not sure if it's just me adapting or if the mct helped, likely both. I bought now brand I think it's cheaper than the bulletproof brand
If the brain fog starts to creep in later in the day, just take another shot of the oil for another dose of caprylic acid. You should be good to go again.110challenge wrote: »I've done the brain octane and the xct and don't have a noticeable difference between the two, but continue to use it anyway.
I think there would be a pretty small difference in noticeable effect between these two. Brain Octaine contains only caprylic acid at a 15g dosage. XTC is a combined 15g of caprylic (C8) and capric (C10) acid. This combo may be slightly longer lasting in effect due to the slightly longer acid chain taking more time to breakdown. The C8 requires no amino acid breakdown before it can be used.0 -
Plus 1. Love my keto coffee, and don't need the hype.0 -
Mine is not Bulletproof Coffee. I call it Kevlar Coffee. But whatever. Cheap *kitten* Folgers with CO and H&H ( and butter on days that I'm doing an IF.)
I really want to try MCT myself, as I suffer from ADD unmedicated, but I don't use CO for much other than coffee and the occasional fat bomb. I take it to keep the candida away, too. But my MIL bought 2 huge tubs of CO last year for me unprompted. It's going to last me a whole year. Hubs would go ballistic if I got more "coconut oil." I can't even fathom the headache I'd incur in trying to explain the difference. So I'll keep using what I have until our CO stores go down a bit.0 -
Dave Asprey is very concerned about the quality of the products because he has a severe mold allergy and there are few to no regulations about mold and other "unlisted" ingredients in a lot of these products. If you find that the store-found products are not improving your life in the way that you have been told to expect, you might try paying more for more pure versions of the supplements. This doesn't mean you HAVE to get them from Dave Asprey, but his site does serve as a pretty centralized location of information on what things to look for.0
