The basis for Dave Asprey’s bulletproof diet is starting your day with myo-toxin free coffee blended with a Tbsp of butter from grass-fed cows, which is easy to find in local grocery stoers, and a Tbsp of coconut oil, or MCT oil. So far, I haven’t used MCT oil.
I tried the Bulletproof diet because I want to attain the highest level of mental clarity I can.
3 benefits I’ve noticed from following the Bulletproof diet:
Honestly, I haven’t noticed a jump in mental clarity, but I was already eating clean and taking other measures to attain top performance like working out and meditating regularly.
But I have noticed 2 immediate benefits from adding bulletproof coffee first thing in the morning:
- I’ve cut my meals by a third. Literally, I’m eating one less meal a day. And, I am losing inches. This isn’t the reason I started the bulletproof diet, but I don’t mind.
- I don’t crave sugar. At all. I can walk by the doughnuts at work. I can walk by the candy bowl at work, even when it is stocked with chocolate and not reach for a piece, even the week before I start my period.
To be totally transparent, I do keep a bar of dark chocolate at home that I indulge in.
- When I get hungry, I’m not ravenous, I’ll even forget I’m hungry for a bit.
None of these benefits have come by hard work or iron will-power. It’s not will-power that keeps me away from the candy bowl. I honestly don’t crave it.
Why the bulletproof diet works: Warning, oversimplified Science ahead:
Coffee is an appetite suppressant if you drink it without all the sugar.
Our brains are made from fat and fuel themselves with sugar, which they can make on their own when we eat macronutrients (fat being a favorite).
I’m pretty sure the fats that Asprey recommends are why I’m not craving sugar. My brain is satisfied with the fats I’m eating.
Asprey says, “Thanks to faulty research, fats have gained a bad reputation, but the right types of fats are healthy and essential for life. All nutrients are converted inside the body before being used. The right fats are a clean-burning, nutritious, and satisfying energy sources that keep your body and brain functioning at maximum capacity. Fat is a building block of healthy cell walls and hormones.”
And bulletproof coffee is super creamy.
Give it a try, see if you like it.
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