Bullet Proof Diet
The Bulletproof Diet was created in 2014 by Dave Asprey, a technology executive turned biohacking guru.
Biohacking, also called do-it-yourself (DIY) biology, refers to the practice of modifying your lifestyle in order to make your body function better and more efficiently.
Despite being a successful executive and entrepreneur, Asprey weighed 300 pounds (136.4 kg) by his mid-20s and felt out of touch with his own health.
In his New York Times bestseller “The Bulletproof Diet,” Asprey tells of his 15-year journey to lose weight and regain his health without adhering to traditional diets. He also claims that you can follow his rubric to achieve the same results.
Asprey describes the Bulletproof Diet as an anti-inflammatory program for hunger-free, rapid weight loss and peak performance.
How it works
The Bulletproof Diet is a cyclical keto diet, a modified version of the ketogenic diet.
It entails eating keto foods — high in fat and low in carbs — for 5–6 days a week, then having 1–2 carb refeed days.
On the keto days, you should aim to get 75% of your calories from fat, 20% from protein, and 5% from carbs.
This puts you into a state of ketosis, a natural process in which your body burns fat for energy instead of carbs.
On the carb refeed days, you’re encouraged to eat sweet potato, squash and white rice to increase your daily intake of carbs from approximately 50 grams or less to 300.
According to Asprey, the purpose of a carb refeed is to prevent the negative side effects associated with a long-term keto diet, including constipation and kidney stones.
The foundation of the diet is Bulletproof Coffee, or coffee mixed with grass-fed, unsalted butter and medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil.
Asprey claims that starting your day with this beverage suppresses your hunger while boosting your energy and mental clarity.
The Bulletproof Diet also incorporates intermittent fasting, which is the practice of abstaining from food for designated periods.
Asprey says that intermittent fasting works in tandem with the Bulletproof Diet because it gives your body steady energy with no crashes or slumps.
However, Asprey’s definition of intermittent fasting is unclear because he says that you should still consume a cup of Bulletproof Coffee each morning.
Can it help you lose weight?
Low-carb, high-fat diets like the keto diet have been shown to result in quicker weight loss than other diets — but the difference in weight loss seems to disappear over time.
The best predictor of weight loss is your ability to follow a reduced-calorie diet for a sustained period.
Thus, the Bulletproof Diet’s impact on your weight depends on the number of calories you consume and how long you can follow it.
Due to their high-fat content, keto diets are considered filling and may allow you to eat less and lose weight fairly quickly.
That said, the Bulletproof Diet does not restrict calories, suggesting that you can reach a healthy weight through Bulletproof foods alone.
Yet weight loss isn’t that simple. Your weight is influenced by complex factors, such as genetics, physiology, and behavior.
Therefore, no matter how “Bulletproof” your diet is, you can’t always rely solely on your food intake and may have to make a conscious effort to reduce calorie consumption.
You must also follow the diet long-term in order for it to work, which could be challenging for some people.
Like most diets, the Bulletproof Diet has strict rules that you must follow if you want results.
It encourages certain foods while condemning others, recommends specific cooking methods, and promotes its own branded products.
We will discuss that tomorrow.
Journal Entry – “Daily Thoughts” –“No Negative Self Talk”!
We have set out on a journey with this rule, but many of us do it every day and do not even realize it.
Today we want you to look carefully at your thoughts with yourself. When do you belittle yourself, think you are not good enough, maybe do not forgive yourself. These are important – as we are removing this from our lives. Take time to write down the times you tend to fall into the negative self-talk. We will work with this at another time.