The Bulletproof Diet: What You Should Know

We are all looking for a way to shed extra pounds and inches, but it is important to realize not every diet is healthy or even safe. Here we will take a look at the “Bulletproof” diet and go in depth about whether or not this latest weight loss craze is something you could benefit from trying.

Before he developed the Bulletproof Diet, Dave Asprey was a successful multimillionaire in his twenties. Although he was consuming roughly 1,800 calories per day and exercising for an hour and a half, six days a week, Asprey still tipped the scales at 300 lbs. When his health started to fail and effecting his energy levels and willpower, he invested in finding a solution. Over a period of 15-years, Dave Asprey explored a lot of different scientific and alternative therapies in order to achieve peak performance.

What Is It?

The Bulletproof Diet involves an anti-inflammatory eating program which places emphasis on the quality of the food a person eats, rather than the quantity. Counting calories doesn’t really work for people and it can lead to an increase in cravings that are counterproductive to long term weight loss. The diet’s inventor advocates eating a lot of healthy foods such as coconut oil, avocado and MCT oil. The diet also calls for restricting carbohydrates and only consuming high quality, organic, grass fed meats.

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Listed below are some important findings that individuals can incorporate into their daily lives to improve energy and focus throughout the day:

• Skip the carbohydrates in the morning: Asprey recommends drinking Bulletproof Coffee for breakfast, because it will help prevent an energy crash and keep the body in fat-burning mode all day long. If a dieter doesn’t like coffee, it’s important to consume a high fat and protein rich meal to keep the body feeling full and to avoid sugar cravings later in the day.
• Eat plenty of fat: Eating the right kind of fats like the ones found in avocado, coconut, organic grass-fed butter and MCT oil is important to help teach the body to enter ketosis (or fat burning).
• Try the Bulletproof Diet for 14-days: Try the diet and see how it makes you feel. Not only will eating this way help you feel more energetic, but it will give you more restful sleep at night.
• Do high intensity interval training: High intensity interval training will help a person build more muscle and that is critical to fat burning. It also does not put added stress on the adrenal glands as much as long periods of cardio exercises do.
• Discover your food sensitivities: Everybody reacts differently to foods, and on the Bulletproof Diet, you will want to experiment with different food groups to see which ones can be tolerated and which ones needs to be avoided entirely. Most people fare well when eliminating gluten, sugar and dairy products.

Bulletproof Coffee Recipe

The recipe for Bulletproof Coffee was discovered by Mr Asprey when he was hiking in Tibet. It calls for low-mold coffee beans, two tablespoons of unsalted, grass fed butter, and one or two tablespoons of medium chain fatty oil (MTC). He claims this 450 calorie concoction in place of breakfast will suppress hunger, improve mental clarity, kick start the metabolism and promote weight loss.

Does It Work?

We all know that it’s important for a diet to be balanced in order to be healthy and effective. However, if it doesn’t meet someone’s tastes or preferences, it won’t work. The Bulletproof Diet isn’t vegetarian, low calorie or calorie restrictive. The diet has a target of 50 to 60 percent of calories from healthy fats and 20 percent from protein and the remainder from vegetables.  Just as with any diet plan, this one will only work if a person is willing to follow the basic principles and recommendations.

How To Start Eating On The Bulletproof Diet

Certain steps of the diet are cumulative, the more you do it, the more likely you are to lose the amount of weight you desire. Here are some tips to start eating the Bulletproof Diet:

• Get rid of sugar and this includes fruit juices, sports drinks and anything that contains honey, HFCS, and/or agave.
• Replace sugar with healthy fats approved for the diet such as grass-fed butter, ghee, or coconut oil.
• Eliminate all gluten from the diet and this includes breads, pasta and cereal. Don’t resort to gluten-free junk foods either, because these can play havoc on the diet.
• Get rid of grains, grain derived oils and vegetable oils such as canola, soy and/or corn oil. Remove any unstable polyunsaturated fats and oils such as walnut, peanut and flax oil.
• Get rid of synthetic additives, flavorings and colorings. Don’t consume aspartame, MSG, dyes and artificial flavorings.
• Eat the proper amounts of pastured, grass-fed meats from large ruminating animals like beef, lamb, and bison. Pair these meats with fish, shellfish and/or eggs.
• Don’t consume legumes like peanuts, lentils and/or beans.
• Remove all homogenized, processed and pasteurized dairy products. High fat items should be grass fed. Full fat, raw, whole dairy products from grass-fed cows can be consumed.
• Switch to grass-fed meats and wild caught sea food. Eat pastured eggs, pork, chicken, duck and turkey.
• Switch over to all organic fruits and veggies.
• Lightly cook foods, if necessary.
• Limit fruit servings to 1-2 per day and go for low fructose fruits, such as berries and lemons over apples or melons.
• Add spices like thyme and rosemary and try to avoid spice powders.
• Enjoy what you are eating.

Conclusion

The more you follow the Bulletproof Diet, the more beneficial it will be for you. Small cheats are fine now and then, so don’t feel guilty if you have a small piece of cake or a cookie from time to time, because it’s not the end of the world.

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If you practice the diet, you will lower the inflammation in your body, lose weight, have increased energy and enjoy a much healthier lifestyle. Before you start on the Bulletproof Diet, be sure to check with your physician to ensure it is healthy for you to do so.