Bulletproof Coffee: It’s Time to Put Butter in Your Coffee!

Ever thought you’d hear health and wellness experts encouraging your coffee addiction? Or, perhaps even more shocking, ever thought you’d hear them encouraging the consumption of butter? Well, there is word buzzing about both in today’s health sphere and they’re actually coming as a package. That’s right: butter in coffee is considered by some to be a “health item” of sorts! 

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The concept took off when David Asprey (founder of Bulletproof Executive) first trademarked the combination. Asprey coined the mixture of brewed coffee, grass-fed/unsalted butter, and his creation, “Brain Octane Oil,”(said to improve cognitive function) “Bulletproof Coffee” . The creator explains that he got the idea for the unusual pairing when he encountered yak butter tea while climbing Mt. Kailash in Tibet. He has since adapted the idea of a creamy yet caffeinated drink. While not everyone is rushing to purchase Asprey’s oil online–a 32 oz. bottle costs $45 before taxes and shipping– many are attracted to the idea behind it. As a result, health-conscious individuals are taking their own spin on the concept, adding coconut oil (instead of butter) to their morning joe for a similar effect.

So why are people even adding these unusual forms of fat to their coffee? The claims are as follows: adding these healthier fats (after all, we aren’t talking about half-and-half) to coffee may improve drinkers’ energy, satiety, and focus. Moreover, the fat from the butter is believed to fuel the body and, when consumed in combination with the caffeine in coffee, it can act as a type of meal substitute that supposedly keeps you feeling fuller for longer.

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Responses to the Bulletproof Coffee phenomenon are varied. Health coach Stephanie Gaudreau told Well + Good NYC that she approved of the idea, as it is “a great stepping stone to get people to be a little more receptive to healthy saturated fat.” Others, however, are less enthusiastic about the buzz-worthy drink and its proposed weight loss benefits. Some say that unless you are already following a strictly low-carb diet, your body is likely to store the fat from the butter rather than use it as energy, in which case you’re simply adding excess fat to your everyday diet…No thanks.

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