Butter on Coffee?

Have you ever heard the Bulletproof Diet?



The creator of this diet, Dave Asprey, claims that
you can lose your weight while drinking
a mug of coffee blended with butter.


Doesn't it sound crazy?
Have butter and lose weight don't seem to mingle with each other.

via http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/style/the-cult-of-the-bulletproof-coffee-diet.html?module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Style&action=keypress&region=FixedLeft&pgtype=article

via http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11256546/The-Bulletproof-Diet-simplistic-invalid-and-unscientific.html

Dave Asprey was a computer hacker who became a multimillionaire.

Then, he began to gain weight, and he weighed too much at some point.

Although he tried a number of diets to avoid a stroke or heart attack,

unfortunately, nothing worked for him.

Then, when he was in Tibet, learning to meditate and trekking,

he found out about the yak butter tea which Tibetans usually drink 40 cups a day.

He really liked that drink and got the idea for the Bulletproof Coffee.

You need the followings for a cup of Bulletproof Coffee.

-low-mold coffee beans

-at least 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter (grass-fed)
-1-2 tablespoons of medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) OIL (digestible fat)

And Asprey recommends having the 450+ calorie cup of coffee

instead of breakfast.

He says it can suppress your hunger, promote weight loss, and provide mental clarity.

Joan Salge Blake, a clinical associate professor of nutrition, however, cast a doubt over the BulletProof Coffee.

She believes that people will continue to consume the drink, forgetting about the weight loss project since it tastes TOO GOOD.

Yea, why DOESN'T IT taste good with butter and oil?

In fact, I want it NOW. I think I need some buttery taste in my body.

And I know that I will be one of the consumers who forgets about her diet

and keeps drinking that butter coffee with more and more butter....

Anyway, Asprey says that the Bulletproof Coffee not only makes you stronger and thinner, but also upgrades your brain-functioning and reduces the risks of many diseases,

including cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's.

Here's how Asprey consumes each day.

"I wake up and I have about 14 oz of Bulletproof Coffee," he tells me. "I use about 2 tbsp of butter, and 2 tbsp of the extractive coconut oil." If he eats lunch, he'll have several servings of vegetables, plus a protein "and all of it with butter." Dinner, he says, is a similar affair: lots of veg, grass-fed steak, white rice.

Although the drink is actually not very nutritious because of the lack of protein and vitamins or minerals, Asprey keeps his diet healthy by having lots of vegetable.

Also, to the skeptical point of view to his Bulletproof Coffee,
Asprey, in an interview, said that the wrong part of this diet is how people consume it,
not the drink itself.
For example, he blamed for the wrong choice of butter and no MCT oil.
If the recipe is not right, the result should be wrong, as well, he insists.

Nevertheless, many scientists and nutritionists are still not very fond of this diet.

Asprey is planning to open his first stand-alone shop and cafe in the beginning of 2015 in LA.
And his book, titled, "The Bulletproof Diet: Lost up to a Pound a Day, Reclaim Energy and Focus, Upgrade Your Life" is about to be published next week.




Hm.... I should say I am in line with the skeptical scientists and nutritionists.
I agree that this coffee boomed because of the marketing strategy, not the real benefits of it.

I think this butter coffee is going to be just another beverage that
not only coffee lovers, but also those who have a sweet tooth enjoy.

Asprey's argument is understandable, however, it is too fastidious I should put.
I mean, how can an individual carry ground beans, containers of clarified butter, a silicone squeeze bottle of MCT oil, plus a hand blender and etc like MacGyver who is now trying this diet.



Err.. and of course, every diet accompanies with some levels of workout.
No matter how hard the workout should be, working-out sucks.. all the time.




But, I really want to try that once for my brain to wake up in morning, Asprey! I DO!