There's a reasonable approach you can take to getting something out of bulletproof coffee that answers just about every straw-man'ed-up objection in the article

There's a reasonable approach you can take to getting something out of bulletproof coffee that answers just about every straw-man'ed-up objection in the article. For over a year, I made a mason jar every morning consisting of either cold brew coffee concentrate with hot water, or press-pot brewed coffee, mixed with a slab of grass-fed butter (1/8th of a package of unsalted Kerrygold), and a few tablespoons of coconut oil. Sometimes a small dollop of heavy cream if I had some on hand. I'd add some 100% stevia powder and 1/8th of a bar of Green and Black brand (no soy lecithin) 85% dark chocolate, and hit it with a hand blender until it foamed up to the top of the jar (you have to fill the jar only half full or it will spray over the top). You don't need to use a regular blender (in, having tried it, I'd highly recommend against it, because the steam tends to blow the top open and you have scalding greasy coffee everywhere). The hand blender (aka "stick blender") is perfect and to clean it, just put the end in soapy water and turn it on, then do it once more in plain hot water, and it's clean until the next day. One caution is that on winter mornings you should pre-heat the mason jar a bit with hot (not boiling) water, or it might crack from thermal stress when you pour in boiling water. When I first started this, it _did_ make me a little queasy, but after a few days that went away. I also _did_ feel hungry shortly after drinking it as the author described, but I'm pretty sure that was more habit than anything else -- my body wasn't actually short of calories. After doing it for a week or two my system got accustomed to not having solid food first thing in the morning and I was not hungry like he described. I don't think the author did it long enough to let his body & brain actually adjust to a radical change in morning routine. I'd have this for breakfast every morning and go for a long walk in my neighborhood (maybe 4-5 miles) then start work (I worked from home during that time). The net effect was that I had quite a bit of energy, my mood improved, and I lost weight. I'm not going to claim that it was just the bulletproof. With this breakfast, I didn't crave lunch until about 2 p.m. most days. I think I actually ate fewer calories in a typical day. Also, I did have my cholesterol checked, and my HDL and all that improved after doing this for a year. Not that they were bad, but my HDL was low, and this seemed to fix that. I never once bought expensive MCT or anything _labeled_ with the Bulletproof company name. The grass-fed butter (Kerrygold) is more expensive than regular butter and good coconut oil is not cheap, but as a _meal_ it's not that expensive per serving. I realize it's just anecdotal but it was a good breakfast routine for me, once I figured out how to blend it well enough to stay blended. Your mileage may vary.