Bulletproof diet

The Bulletproof diet is a high-fat, moderate protein, and low-carb diet developed by Dave Asprey. It is outlined in Asprey's book, The Bulletproof Diet.[1]

The diet emphasizes an anti-inflammatory eating plan with "healthy" fats, such as monounsaturated fats, and restricting consumption of carbohydrates. The Bulletproof diet also recommends incorporating intermittent fasting and Bulletproof Coffee, a coffee beverage which uses low-mold coffee beans, grass-fed, unsalted butter and either coconut oil or medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil.[2][3][4]

Approach

The Bulletproof Diet: Lose up to a Pound a Day, Reclaim Energy and Focus, Upgrade Your Life, by Asprey, explores how food, supplements, and technology that might be used to "hack" human biology and lead to a "high-performance life." The diet recommends a high-fat, high-vegetable, moderate-protein, low-toxin, and low-starch eating plan that targets 50 to 70 percent of calories from healthy fats, 20 percent from protein, 20 percent from vegetables, and 5 percent from fruit or starch.[5]

The diet also recommends incorporating Bulletproof Coffee, a high-fat coffee beverage developed by Asprey in 2009, and high intensity interval training.[6] Intermittent fasting is also encouraged, which involves consuming most of the day's calories in a six-hour window.[7]

Popularity

MNN contributor Michael D'Estries characterized the Bulletproof Diet as having "a robust celebrity following, a growing chorus of supporters, and a new book", and said it is "poised to become the first big diet of 2015."[8] Bulletproof diet followers include actors such as Shailene Woodley and Brandon Routh.[3] Music producer Rick Rubin introduced the diet to Ed Sheeran,[9] who spoke about it in an interview on the red carpet for the 2014 Grammy Awards.[10] Other proponents of the diet include Amanda Allen, CrossFit Games champion, and Ree Drummond, author and Food Network show host.[11]

Criticism

Vox contributor Julia Belluz criticized The Bulletproof diet referring to it as "like a caricature of a bad fad-diet book." Belluz wrote particularly against claims that changing diet can reduce inflammation and lead to weight loss, saying Asprey ignored contradictory studies about the health benefits of certain foods, and inappropriately extrapolated studies on animals, very small groups of people, and people with specific diseases to the general human population.[12] Dietitian Lynn Weaver criticized the diet as being hard to follow and supported by only small studies not typically used by medical and nutritional professionals.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Richard Pagoda (February 23, 2015). "Why the Bulletproof Diet is Promising IQ In A Cup". Diet Analytics.
  2. ↑ Toby Amidor (February 15, 2015). "Diet 101: The Bulletproof Diet". Food Network.
  3. 1 2 "Here’s the Skinny on the Bulletproof Diet". People. December 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Eric Adams (December 19, 2014). "Does the Bulletproof Diet Deliver?". Men's Health.
  5. ↑ Asprey, Dave (2014). The Bulletproof Diet: Lose up to a Pound a Day, Reclaim Energy and Focus, Upgrade Your Life. Rodale Press Inc. p. 89. ISBN 9781623365189.
  6. ↑ "How to lose weight using The Bulletproof Diet". Fox News. December 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ Penny Hammond (December 24, 2014). "The Bulletproof Diet by Dave Asprey (2014): Food list". Chewfo.
  8. ↑ D'Estries, Michael (19 December 2014). "Is 2015 the year of the Bulletproof Diet?". Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Courtney Rubin (December 12, 2014). "The Cult of the Bulletproof Coffee Diet". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ "Ed Sheeran: Chats About Bulletproof Coffee". Grammy.com. January 26, 2014.
  11. ↑ Rene Lynch (April 24, 2015). "Bulletproof opening butter coffee cafe in Santa Monica". LA Times.
  12. ↑ Julia Belluz (2014-12-19). "The Bulletproof Diet is everything wrong with eating in America". Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  13. ↑ Megan Ogilvie (January 28, 2015). "Butter and coffee for breakfast touted as the latest weight-loss trick". The Star.
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