Bulletproof Coffee Day 2 - Crash and Burn!

I got up at 7:30, drank my coffee and then went to work out around 8:30.  By 9:30, my hands were shaking, and my body was getting kind of lightheaded and hot.  Signs of low blood sugar.  I ate an apple and some almonds, and am starting to feel better.  It appears that my body needs some food in the morning, at least if I'm going to exercise.  Tomorrow, I'm going to have my husband test my blood sugar levels to see how this coffee is affecting me.  Right now, I feel like I probably am going to give this experiment a thumbs down (for me, at least).

In an internet search this morning, I found several blogs that were critical of the Bulletproof Coffee breakfast.

Butter Believer claims that having only fats for breakfast, even healthy fats, is toxic, pulling endotoxins out of the intestines and stressing the liver.  This blog also claims that eating fats without other foods is "a recipe for disaster," because it causes a major stress reaction.

In a blog about Intermittent Fasting, which is the point of the Bulletproof Coffee for breakfast plan, there is a warning that it can cause hypoglycemic reactions.  This blog notes again that letting your blood sugar get super low is stressful to the body.  This blog notes that some people can do this, while others cannot.

So, I'm going to give this one more day, but I am thinking my body may be one that is not prepared at this point to do the Bulletproof Coffee plan.

On the other hand, one thing I have learned is that, even though I usually have a bad reaction to dairy products, it appears that grass-fed butter does not cause digestive issues!!

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I found another article that focused on the sex-specific effects of intermittent fasting.  Looking at the available research, it appears that there may be much less benefit and much more risk involved for women than for men.  While men (and male rats) tended to improve their health indicators, women (and female rats) tended to have worse glucose tolerance, and a stress response that affected sleep and other behaviors.  This author's opinion is that women need to be cautious when attempting this type of diet.