If you are like me, a cup of coffee is an essential part of your morning routine. But what if there was something even better, that tasted just as great and could also add a boost to a Keto diet routine?
OK, so you’ve probably heard of Bulletproof coffee before now, but just in case you haven’t, here’s a quick explainer with all you need to know to make it yourself.

What Is The Bulletproof Coffee Recipe? The basic recipe has three main ingredients, namely, great coffee, grass-fed butter, and MCT or Brain Octane oil. Forget about sugar, milk, and cream, but also forget about drinking it black. This is something completely different in texture, taste, and effect.
You can think of it as a kind of latte because that's exactly what it is, except with super healthy, grass-fed, organic butter instead of milk.
If you're used to drinking black coffee, particularly if you are using coffee as part of a Keto diet, then it is going to change your world. Black coffee can be a little hard on an empty stomach first thing in the morning, but the MCT oil, especially the butter makes this much easier on the digestive system first thing in the morning.
If you have a sweet tooth, not so good, unfortunately. But because it's so delicious and so much better than black coffee, this can be a great way to wean yourself off those sugary morning coffees. 
How Is Bulletproof Coffee Made?Gather together your three ingredients: coffee, grass-fed butter, and MCT oil. If you want to go the whole way then of course you can order the Bulletproof coffee beans directly, right here. They are organically grown to ensure the best quality and the least amount of toxins possible in the bean and in your body. But if you want to just try it out with your regular favourite brand first then, of course, that's fine too.
For your butter, please get grass-fed if you can. If you live in Ireland like me, this is really easy. Our homegrown, totally delicious Kerrygold is probably the best out there and just another great reason to live in Ireland!
If you can’t find any in your local store then try asking in your nearest health food shop and they will usually have a good local version. 
​​Why Use Grass-Fed Butter?Industrially produced butter is lower in essential nutrients than grass-fed. By using the best quality butter your coffee will contain butyrate, Omega-3s, the supernutrient Vitamin A (as beta-carotene), and of course that all-important fatty acid CLA.
Finally, make sure you don’t skip out on using either MCT oil or Brain Octane, in your recipe. You can get this from the Bulletproof website, however, they currently do not deliver to Ireland. Therefore you can try your local health food store, or even some supermarkets. If you prefer Brain Octane, you can order that directly here.

How To Make Bulletproof Coffee.Step 1. Grind your Bulletproof or other favourite coffee bean.
Step 2. Brew your coffee as you normally would.
Step 3. Combine your brewed cup of coffee in a blender, with two tablespoons of grass-fed butter and one tablespoon of either MCT or Brain Octane oil.
Step 4. Enjoy your gorgeous, Keto-boosting, morning cup of Java!

Why Is Bulletproof Coffee Good For You? If you've tried it already, then you know that it's delicious, but there are lots of other great reasons to drink Bulletproof as well. Here are just a few. If you know any more, you can leave them in the comments below.
1. It’s a great breakfast substitute if you are on a fast or just in a hurry. This kind of coffee, despite the butter and oil, doesn't break your fast in any metabolic way that counts. In fact, it allows you to continue with your fast while energizing you with healthy fats and a high quality, organic, low toxin caffeine boost. If you want to learn more about the details of this, Dave Asprey’s book is an incredible resource and you should check it out.
2. It is a terrific aid to intermittent fasting. This may sound the same as point one, but it truly isn't. Sure you can switch out your breakfast with a cup of Bulletproof, but if you are following an intermittent fasting protocol you can use this more than once throughout the day to prolong your interval without hunger pangs or energy loss before you get to your eating window. If you want to learn more about this kind of fasting, you can check out Dave’s book or learn more on my Keto blog, here.
3. My personal favourite… it can help you maintain good body weight without working out all the time, or even at all! Because you have been using up stored calories overnight while you sleep, you can easily continue this fasting state with this amazing coffee, throughout the morning, up until midday, or whenever you decide is the best time for your first meal. No more carb cravings before or after breakfast. This is a game-changer for me.
4. Both MCT oil and Brain Octane oil have properties that allow your body to go into a deeper state of ketosis. This is the metabolic state that allows your body to access stored fat as a source of energy rather than glucose in the bloodstream from a carb-heavy breakfast. You could consider these almost as a kind of magical fat-burning tool.
5. Almost everyone who starts to use Bulletproof coffee as a meal substitute and fasting tool says the same thing. They feel liberated from thinking about food all the time, freeing them to bring their focus to more important and fulfilling things. You’ll feel like you have more hours in the day!
Have any questions or thoughts? Don’t be afraid to get in touch, or leave them in the comments below.
​Just remember that 
Bulletproof Coffee is not delivering to Europe! So make your orders via iHerb!
https://iherb.co/sjwKyxi
 

Dave's new book about Intermittent Fasting -is called Fast This Way. You can get the first chapter of the book on the website, and if you buy a copy you are eligible to receive a two-week online training online on how to fast just by uploading the receipt.  Therefore you can get your training on fasting from the master itself and if you have the book you can complete a two week challenge! 

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Also, it is very useful to get a lot of tips from the "guru" itself and he has uploaded even a an 
 optional shopping list (if you’re not already registered on the site, you can do it for free). 
However, there are many items, some of them glucose monitors etc. And Bulletproof company does not deliver to Ireland.
Therefore I have made a list of some items I found you can get on alternative website iHerb- like 

• Collagen Protein or if that is out of stock then alternative

• Krill Oil

• Innerfuel Prebiotic or an alternative Prebiotic Formula

• Activated Charcoal

 The supplements list is quite impressive, too. And you can find it in my other blog post Super Human Health.

Also, in your Bulletproof lifestyle should be included items like - 

• Bulletproof Coffee - all about you can read in my blog post about it here. 
• MCT Oil 

With reference for food - there is a very useful infographics that would explain what foods to chose based on their inflammation. You can download your copy here. 

Have you ever read a book that totally changed your way of thinking? For me ‘Super Human’ by Dave Asprey is one of those books. Frankly, I was blown away by what this author has to say about how to optimize my health.
One of the main takeaways that really hit me was the idea that ill-health isn’t inherited like some kind of bad karma, but rather, it is the result of our own choices in terms of what we choose to put into our bodies.
What Is Bio-Hacking? 
Bio-hacking sounds more complicated than it is, but according to Dave Asprey, it is as simple as training yourself to make healthier lifestyle choices. An easy example would be to eliminate just one thing from your diet altogether, fried food for example, or barbecues. Take out that one single thing and it will have a wide, positive systemic effect on your health.
Of course, being a millionaire guru, Dave can afford to take various expensive treatments, but there are plenty of things you can do as a normal 'non-millionaire' that can take you to optimal health without breaking the bank. 
Eight Low-Cost Bio-Hacks To Boost Your Health 
Being in the non-millionaire category, I decided to make a shortlist of easy ways to bio-hack my way to optimum health and here they are:

1. Drink Green Tea every day
2. Take high strength Vitamin C 
3. Use blue light blocking glasses to help your body with circadian rhythms
4. Eat meat only from grass-fed animals
5. Switch from farmed to wild fish only
6. Take charcoal 1h before eating anything else to flush out toxins
7. Do ‘oil pulling’ with coconut oil first thing every morning
8. Use only local Kerrygold grass-fed butter

Best of all, he is giving also a lot advised food choices and its toxicity. You could just download his food diagram for yourself here.

Keto: The Ultimate Bio-Hack Diet 
Another easy way to supercharge your health is to reduce your carbohydrate intake to force your body into a state of ketosis. In this state, your metabolism will switch to burning stored fat as its primary source of energy.
Carbohydrates cause an insulin spike which takes you out of the fat-burning state, but by substituting carbs for healthy fats and fibre you can avoid this.  
As a health and lifestyle bio-hack, the Keto diet deserves special mention. I use it personally and you can find out more about it and how to implement it in your own life in this blog post.

Why I Love This Keto Diet Service
You can select exactly what macros, meats, vegetables, etc you want to have included in the plan, and exclude anything you don’t like. They are excellent with follow-up emails and services. I’ve even been offered a free group coaching session as part of my subscription.

Other Great Ways To Boost Your Health 
Here are some other things that you can start doing today that won’t cost you a single penny to get started. I am very excited after a purchase of Dave's new book about Intermittent Fasting - Fast This Way.
You can get the first chapter of the book on the website, and if you buy a copy you are eligible to receive a two-week online training online on how to fast just by uploading the receipt. This would be a great way to start the New Year after all the over-indulging of the Christmas season ;-)

Superhuman Supplements
Another easy way to give yourself some superhuman health powers is with supplements. Here is my top ten list, based on the recommendations of the Bulletproof Coffee company, of what everyone should be taking to complement a healthy diet.

• Vitamin C
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin D
• L-Tyrosine
• Zinc and Copper
• Magnesium
• Krill Oil
• Iodine
• Methyl Folate and Methyl B-12
• Vitamin K2

The folks at Bulletproof ship a package that includes the coffee and all of these supplements. Unfortunately, Ireland isn't covered by this yet. A great place to get all of these online is Biovea. If you use my link you’ll get €10 off your entire shopping list.
Are you using any of these methods to boost your health? Let us know your thoughts and experiences in the comments below. 

It is common knowledge that to find the right mental and physical balance, you need to eat well, drink lots of water, exercise and give your body all the energy it needs.
Nevertheless, after I had couple of operations in last years I decided that i might need an extra boost to restore health. And then my friend from Italy told me about this extract. I personally drink the 2nd course of half years duration, so decided to share this information also with you.
Olive oil is central to the Mediterranean diet, widely considered the healthiest balance of foods on the planet. Olive trees have a remarkable capacity to regenerate, even after a lightning strike, and some trees alive today are believed to be thousands of years old.
What few people know, however, is that the greatest concentration of nutrition is found, not in the olives themselves, but in the leaves. One particular organic compound, oleuropein, has extraordinary health-giving benefits. While there are numerous products on the market offering olive leaf extract, it is infusion in water that brings the highest concentration of this nutritious ingredient.

How does an Olive Leaf supplement work?
Energy Action
The Olive Leaf Extract improves overall well-being and has an energy action that helps to combat fatigue, general weakness and sleepiness
Diuretic Action
The Vasodilation caused by the Olive Plant also affects the kidneys, which partly accounts for the diuretic properties of this plan. And because 70% of the human body is water, it is important to stay hydrated while taking Olife.
Dermo Protective action
The Molecules contained in the Olive Leaf Extract, especially Hydroxytrosol, protect and moisturise the skin and slow down skin aging.
They also help to protect the skin against the damage caused by skin diseases.
Cleansing Action
Olive tree leaves have a detoxifying action that prevents uric acid, fat and sugar from entering the blood. They cleanse the Liver.
Regulates Blood Pressure
The olive tree leaves improve blood flow in the arteries, helping to regulate blood pressure!
Anticellulite Action
Helps to eliminate the residues which cause or exacerbate “orange-peel” skin. In doing so, it gradually corrects cellulite flaws.
Among other benefits there have been observed improvement in:
Astringent action (gastritis, haemorrhoids, rashes)
Anti-plastic adjuvant action (irritable bowel syndrome)
Constipation prevention
Antiradical action (inflammation, arthritis, hypertension)
Bronchodilator action
Improved protection of cells and the entire body!

I normally order 2 boxes from Italy, but if you want to try this drink for yourself, you could check with me how much I have in stock! 

​Click on the picture below to read reviews about the food supplement  OLIVUM®