In-Depth Bulletproof Coffee Review

In this post, I want to dive head first into a bulletproof coffee review and flesh out a question I get asked all the time – is Bulletproof coffee bad for you?

To kick off the bulletproof coffee review, let’s answer the question: what is bulletproof coffee? At it’s core, bulletproof coffee is some glorified coffee with the addition of 2-3 tablespoons of grass fed butter and 1-2 tablespoons of high octane MCT oil.

So essentially, what you’re doing is adding 360-600 calories of pure fat to your morning coffee. The idea is to improve fat burning and mental clarity.

Now that we understand what exactly bulletproof coffee is, let’s get into the meat of the bulletproof coffee review!

Fat Loss Is About The Calorie Deficit

Now as we know quite well, fat loss is all about finding the most enjoyable way to eat at a calorie deficit. Stuffing 400-600 calories of pure fat in your coffee to lose MORE fat seems backwards to me.

A better bet would be to actually do intermittent fasting. You know, just stick to water and black coffee and create a calorie deficit.

That way, you’ll have way more room to enjoy epic meals later in the day. Because, after all, the 3-6 tablespoons of pure fat actually has calories.

The Negative Effect Of Fat On Growth Hormone

Another huge issue with putting fat in your coffee is that it blunts growth hormone secretion. You see, intermittent fasting has been shown to increase growth hormone by up to a staggering 2000%.

This large increase in growth hormone helps increase fat mobilization and preserve muscle protein. This is also one of the reasons that intermittent fasting is so effective.

Well, fat increases a growth hormone inhibiting hormone called Somatostatin.

People think fat mobilization is all about low insulin levels. As it turns out, low insulin isn’t enough to maximize fat mobilization. You also need elevated growth hormone.

Is Bulletproof Coffee Bad For You?

Bulletproof coffee isn’t necessarily bad for you, but it does make weight loss way harder! I have often worked with people that couldn’t lean down on Bulletproof coffee. In many cases, they actually gained weight. This is of little to no surprise to me.

The true benefits of intermittent fasting come when you actually fast. That means zero calories! Sparkling water and black coffee are great appetite suppressants during the fast.

There’s no need to waste 60g of fat in your coffee. You should naturally be able to experience an incredible hunger blunting sensation and laser focus with real intermittent fasting.

This comes down to triggering the sympathetic nervous system, which happens naturally during intermittent fasting. When you’re operating in the sympathetic nervous system, you are alert, focused and highly energetic.

Your body isn’t allocating any energy to digestion – all your resources and energy can be honed in on exactly what you’re doing.

This is what Ori Hofmekler talks about in the Warrior Diet. And pretty much everyone I have talked to that is doing my courses has noticed the incredible state of being fasted.

Bulletproof Coffee vs Regular Coffee

To finish off my bulletproof coffee review, I’m going to compare bulletproof coffee to plain old regular, black coffee.

Here’s the deal – it took me about five brutal years of struggling finally crack the code. What code is that? Being able to eat to complete and absolute fulfillment while staying near shredded.

There is no way in hell I could stay lean or even consistently drop fat if I was drinking bulletproof coffee by putting 300-500 (or more) calories of fat in my coffee. No question about it.

If you really want to get lean with ease, you’re going to need to start doing real intermittent fasting and drinking your coffee black (my favorite is Fasting Fuel)

This is the shape I maintained while in LA – gorging twice per day (and enjoying alcohol, of course). That’s my friend Andrea Cristina by the way. She’s a awesome girl and is mega huge on Instagram. (I’ve been helping her with her fitness game.)

Coffee and fasting

 

 

What Is The Best Thing You Can Do For Your Physique?

The next step to living the Kinobody life is to pursue one of the Kinobody Programs, which are designed to utilize intermittent fasting and make getting in the best shape of your life effortless.

Intermittent fasting is one of the most effective daily practices you can do to support a lean, muscular and chiseled physique! Some of the benefits include being highly focused, productive, and being able to support amazing, lasting health.

6 Comments

  1. Jenn on March 1, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    What can I do if I don’t drink coffee? I stay away from cafiene because I’m working to restore my hormones. Since coffe is an appetite depressant what can I use in its place?

    • Kinobody on March 3, 2016 at 8:05 pm

      You can have sparkling water to fill up your stomach

  2. Brady Ervin on November 11, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    It’s all about perceptive. From Greg’s standpoint, bulletproof coffee should be the dumbest thing ever because he is all about saving all his calories for two large, satisfying meals. He’s right, coffee by itself does a well a enough job curbing your appetite in the morning and afternoon. The fat isn’t really needed. From someone trying to be in ketosis or cyclical ketosis, bulletproof coffee can be very helpful to raise the ketones in their blood very quickly. I’ve measured my blood ketones and have been in ketosis on over 100g carbs a day thanks to the coffee. I love the coffee since it keeps me in ketosis all day and I only eat one large meal at night. Since the coffee has 300-500 calories, that leaves my one meal around 2,000-2,500 calories depending on that day. So the coffee gives me one massive meal instead of two medium sized meals. But I’m with ya if you are just looking at it from a calorie perspective. Have a couple donuts or put butter in my coffee? Hmmm, I’ll take the donuts.

  3. Will on September 10, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    I love the bullet proof coffee crowd, so entertaining because of how brainwashed they are.

    I have a cross fit buddy (don’t get me started on that) who thinks it’s crazy I IF, but finds it perfectly normal he puts sticks of butter in his coffee, which he drinks like 5-7 cups a day.

    Must be the low carb he preaches as well that gives him zero energy and need for a gallon of coffee a day. Don’t get me wrong, I love some me some black coffee, but I don’t need it to function. I use it as a tool for my current goals.

    As usual, awesome content Greg.

  4. Muscles and Stuff on September 9, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    Greg everything you preach is exactly what I do in my every day life and my blog.

    I never understood either why Dave Asprey thought that putting a lot of fat calories in your coffee would make you lose fat.

    He’s a good marketer nonetheless lol fooled a lot of us.

    • Tom Ness on September 10, 2015 at 12:28 pm

      I hear ya man… I know some people who did the Bulletproof every morning, and I just cringed. Granted, i don’t think it’s as simple as “calories in, calories out”… but 500+ calories every morning from 1-2 cups of coffee sure as hell won’t HELP the situation lol.

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