To caffeine or not to caffeine!
kirstie1978
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I did low carb a few years ago and was told to avoid caffeine as it can mimic insulin spike. However I recall reading they have also recently decided caffeine is good for your metabolism?! I tend to drink caffeine until afternoon about 2/3pm and decaf thereafter (before all this decaf was a banned word for me!) so just wanted to see people's thoughts etc. Thanks
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I have to admit I am drinking decaf as I tend to drink too much coffee - but I haven't seen any problems when I was drinking caffeine with the woe0
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I consume caffeine and, because I'm a type 1 diabetic, I'm testing my BG several times every day. I don't notice any BG spike (which for a non-T1D is what would cause an insulin spike). If it mimics an insulin spike without actually creating an insulin spike, then wouldn't the effect by hypoglycemia? I haven't heard that it is common for non-diabetic coffee-drinkers to have low BG. This is very confusing to me.1
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If caffeine could cause such, I'd never get into ketosis, and I have no problem staying there. I tend to throw down well over 1000 mg of caffeine on a daily basis.
ETA: never not caffeine.3 -
I'm new to this but I have been steadily losing and haven't given up my coffee. I have a large one in the morning and then again after lunch. I quit the powdered creamer though.0
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NattySchmatty wrote: »I'm new to this but I have been steadily losing and haven't given up my coffee. I have a large one in the morning and then again after lunch. I quit the powdered creamer though.
I used to use flavored liquid creamers, and my god were they horrible at keeping me from dropping weight. It was just too easy to overuse the stuff. These days, I just drink it black, unless I am making BPC in the morning.2 -
I'll stop drinking coffee when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands. No disrespect intended.11
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SuperCarLori wrote: »I'll stop drinking coffee when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands. No disrespect intended.
This.2 -
As a former Starbucks barista, I have a fierce loyalty to them. I always said, "When you leave the green siren, you never really leave."
Coffee in my veins, yo.5 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »These days, I just drink it black, unless I am making BPC in the morning.
I haven't tried BPC yet. I probably should. How do you make yours?
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I've never heard that it can spike insulin before. The only reasons I'm aware that someone might avoid it are related to how they feel or because of the neurotoxicity associated with it. However, even Dave Asprey drinks coffee and that dude is a nut case about avoiding things that are harmful. Lol
He of course, only drinks his coffee though.
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I've willingly given up so many things by switching to this WOE, that I absolutely positively refuse to give up caffeine. That said, I do not drink soda or coffee so I tend to get caffeine when I occasionally have tea and I also take it in pill form every day which also contains ginko biloba, siberian ginseng, seaweed and few other beneficial ingredients.5
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NattySchmatty wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »These days, I just drink it black, unless I am making BPC in the morning.
I haven't tried BPC yet. I probably should. How do you make yours?
2 cups (16 oz.) Eight O'clock Hazelnut
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tbsp Coconut oil
1 tbsp heavy cream
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
Hit them with a blender of some sort (I use an immersion blender), consume the delicious, fatty goodness.2 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »NattySchmatty wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »These days, I just drink it black, unless I am making BPC in the morning.
I haven't tried BPC yet. I probably should. How do you make yours?
2 cups Eight O'clock Hazelnut
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tbsp Coconut oil
1 tbsp heavy cream
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
Hit them with a blender of some sort (I use an immersion blender), consume the delicious, fatty goodness.
I'm drooling...1 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »NattySchmatty wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »These days, I just drink it black, unless I am making BPC in the morning.
I haven't tried BPC yet. I probably should. How do you make yours?
2 cups (16 oz.) Eight O'clock Hazelnut
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tbsp Coconut oil
1 tbsp heavy cream
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
Hit them with a blender of some sort (I use an immersion blender), consume the delicious, fatty goodness.
Yummm... I usually only do butter, coconut oil and heavy cream. 1tbsp of each. But hazelnut coffee and vanilla extract on top of that....that sounds amazing!2 -
I know right?! That sounds amazing.0
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Yeah, I don't really care what it does to my body. I will not give up my morning cuppa. I love coffee so much.2
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Another BPC question- Do you eat breakfast with it or have it instead? I've read different things... I feel like this is something I can really get into. I seriously love coffee.0
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NattySchmatty wrote: »Another BPC question- Do you eat breakfast with it or have it instead? I've read different things... I feel like this is something I can really get into. I seriously love coffee.
The first few days I had it with breakfast. Then I thought I would try to just have it alone and eat breakfast a bit later. I'm finding I'm not hungry until about 2-3 hours after I drink my BPC.0 -
NattySchmatty wrote: »Another BPC question- Do you eat breakfast with it or have it instead? I've read different things... I feel like this is something I can really get into. I seriously love coffee.
I normally just have it by itself. It's about 500 calories all on it's own.
ETA: after that's gone, if I feel like I need more caffeine, I'll just roll through another cup or five, black.0 -
I drink lots of coffee (30 oz. "Yeti" cup, and I drink one and a half cups a day), but I do half caf, but will have full strength if that's all that's available. Also, I use just hwc (1 tbsp to approximately 10 oz.). Used to do the sugar free syrup, but sucralose isn't kind to my body!
I drink this almost everyday then am not hungry until around noon time.1 -
Gotta have my coffee!!! Heavy cream always and sometimes butter or coconut oil. I only drink this in the morning though. 2 cups is my limit1
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I drink decaf everything. Good thing. The BPC recipe above caused me to leave the computer and make another pot just to try it with vanilla. If not decaf, I'd be up all night.
BTW: Vanilla is an awesome addition! Thanks for that!2 -
I added caffeine in the form of BPC I had two cups this morning and stay in ketosis just fine
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I think coffee actually helped me to lose weight early on. I was never big on coffee unless it had a lot of cream in it but I was up to about 5 cups a day of regular coffee. Then I quit dairy a few weeks ago and after one cup of black coffee I said no more. There was Zero impact from stopping coffee cold turkey. On this WOE if I decide I do not like something then it is history.
I am down to 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in a cup of green tea first thing each morning.4 -
I just add MCT or coconut oil and occasionally butter. I actually prefer salted butter...
I skip the cream but when I add butter it's creamy to me.
I sometimes have coffee later in the day too and I'm more likely to add cream and coconut manna at that time of day. (no MCT, coconut oil or butter). If I'm skipping lunch, I'll still add one or two of those things to keep me going.1 -
I was a tea drinker but I didn't really like it without sugar so I switched to herbal teas no caffine. I do make sugar free fraps a couple times a week mmmm but I use caffine free so a family member that can't have caffine can share.2
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Coffee is a BIG part of my diet, I couldn't imagine doing Keto without it. I only drink 2-3 cups per day, but dang I do love every single drop. It doesn't impact insulin for me. I've read some of the anti caffeine theories and they are as weak as my dads cheap coffee (pun intended!!) There is much research that says caffeine has its benefits too, so that is what I chose to believe.2
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I love coffee. I don't drink it for the caffeine, though the caffeine addiction has been a side effect. I love how it tastes, I love sipping it, I love the smell of it. I'd never make it if I had to give it up. The BPC has made my life, and I thoroughly enjoy my drink of it every morning 1
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I just add MCT or coconut oil and occasionally butter. I actually prefer salted butter...
I skip the cream but when I add butter it's creamy to me.
I sometimes have coffee later in the day too and I'm more likely to add cream and coconut manna at that time of day. (no MCT, coconut oil or butter). If I'm skipping lunch, I'll still add one or two of those things to keep me going.
Quick refresher? . What's the advantage of MCT oil over coconut oil?0 -
I drink black coffee like all day and I still have lost 15 pounds so it works for me!
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