The real question is should you. My answer is no.
Bulletproof coffee, or any other high fat coffee, is not recommended if you want to lose weight. If you are already lean and on a low carb protocol, then be my guest.
2. Can you lose weight on a bacon diet?
You can also lose weight on Weight Watchers and skip all that bacon frying. You can lose weight on any diet. What you really need to do is lose enough body fat and keep it off to reverse obesity. A bacon diet will not accomplish that.
3. The best macros to follow are - 100 grams protein, 100 grams fat and 10 grams carbs.
Those are not personalized macros. Those are generic macros based on a protein to fat ratio. I am also certain that there must be a calorie recommendation in there somewhere.
Again, this is the type of protocol that people follow in order to "lose weight". This is not a proper protocol for addressing overweight/obesity in the long term. A proper long term treatment needs much more refinement and personalization, as it must be sustainable and be truly addressing your particular issues.
4. You can have coffee with 3 - 4 tbsp. of almond milk.
Do not put focus on any one individual food item. You have to focus on the overall composition of the diet.
Coffee is constantly being used as a crutch, in the low carb world, and so the 3 - 4 tbsp. of almond milk becomes a quart by the end of the day. Coffee is simply coffee and unless you are taking it black, with no sweeteners, you should only be drinking 1 - 2 cups a day, during your eating window only, and no more. You also have to make sure it's decaf.
Almond milk is not recommended because it is not a whole food. Almonds do not feed their young. Almonds do not have breasts to carry milk in. They are a nut, not a mammal. Milk comes from mammals and the only time that you can swap real animal based milk for a man made concoction, like almond milk, is when there is a dairy intolerance or allergy of some sort. If you don't have either, use real milk.
5. All diets promise you can "lose 5 pounds in 5 days".
This is because all diets cause this type of temporary weight loss. That is why every diet promises this because they can absolutely deliver on it. What they never promise is that they will make you lean because none of them can.
When you diet (caloric restriction/deficit) insulin lowers immediately in response and this causes a release of water from the body. So, these 5 pounds are all water. In fact, some people can actually lose up to 30 pounds of water, believe it or not, depending on how high their insulin is and how much water they are retaining. The fatter they are, the more water they retain. This "weight loss" is great motivation for the ignorant and it makes them believe that the diet is actually working, when in actuality they are being hoodwinked.
Water loss is not body fat loss. Body fat is never lost that quickly.
To lose body fat you need to follow a long term protocol that can profoundly affect your blood glucose regulation. Long term protocols can only be followed consistently if they are sustainable. None of these fad diets, promising a 5 pound loss, are sustainable for the long term.
So, if you need to fit into your pants for your upcoming weekend date, go ahead and try a protocol that promises a 5 pound loss. But if you need to lose body fat in order to make your diabetes go into remission or to lose enough body fat to not be obese, these protocols are useless. Tackling obesity requires a protocol that you can follow past five days. You have to be on it for years, not days.
6. Beef, butter and salt will help cure "carbohydrate addiction".
No. It only helps feed you in order to reduce hunger.
On this blog, "carb addiction" is not recognized as a real thing. The only thing that helps with not eating carbs is not eating carbs.
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