New diet - will this catch on?

[thyme4change]

A new craze is seeing coffee-drinkers blending their morning brew with up to 80 grams (two-thirds of a stick) of butter, in a bid to boost energy levels and promote weight loss.

Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2345114/Couldblended-BUTTER-energy-The-unlikely-brew-shrinks-waistlines-improves-cognitive-function.html#ixzz2WsGhCrhp

Is this the next generation's "Grapefruit diet?"  I doubt it would help me lose weight, but I would love to try a cup.

Here is the guy's website.

www.bulletproofexec.com/

[milee]

The very thought of drinking hot coffee with 2/3 a stick of butter makes me so nauseous, I might hurl. 

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

 I've heard about yak butter coffee but never as a diet drink.  It's an aquired taste from what I've seen of it on the Travel Channel.

I can't see how drinking 2/3's a stick of butter will help you lose weight, but I bet your colon will be nice and clean.

[Deleted]

Jun 21, 2013 13:10:07 GMT -5 @missmargarita said:

They did a segment of this yesterday on the Today show... the 2 out of the 3 that tried it on the air said it was disgusting. 

But the 3rd one loved it?

[Tennesseer]

Jun 21, 2013 13:08:27 GMT -5 milee said:

The very thought of drinking hot coffee with 2/3 a stick of butter makes me so nauseous, I might hurl..

That is the diet.

[Abby Normal]

I drink coffee and have buttered toast in the am. That is as close as I'm going to get to trying it.

[Deleted]

Matt Lauer is a girly man. I bet he doesn't even like a teaspoon of butter in his coffee.

[thyme4change]

Jun 21, 2013 13:15:24 GMT -5 @missmargarita said:

Jun 21, 2013 13:10:35 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

 Matt Lauer said it was so disgusting that they shouldn't even be talking about it anymore. LOL 

That is what you want as your ringing endorsement on National television.

I guess as long as they are talking about you, it is advertising.

[Peace Of Mind]

I'd rather be fat than drink coffee with butter.  I love butter. I love coffee.  Not the two together.

Tab really took off as a diet drink so I guess anything is possible.  That stuff  tasted horrible!

[milee]

Jun 21, 2013 13:33:24 GMT -5 Peace Of Mind said:

Tab really took off as a diet drink so I guess anything is possible.  That stuff  tasted horrible!

I think Tab was so successful precisely because it was horrible.  When most people think of dieting, they consciously or subconsciously consider it a little of a form of punishment or penance.  ie - you've eaten too much you greedy pig and now you're paying the price... choke down that kale surprise and stew in your bitterness!

Tab tastes like punishment so it felt like the perfect diet drink.

[Sam_2.0]

I've heard of putting coconut oil in your coffee, probably the same idea. But might taste better than straight butter!!

[swamp]

Why would I ruin a perfectly good stick of butter with coffee?

[genericname]

Even pregnant, I can't imagine having a craving for something that sounds so disgusting.

[NancysSummerSip]

Jun 21, 2013 13:08:27 GMT -5 milee said:

The very thought of drinking hot coffee with 2/3 a stick of butter makes me so nauseous, I might hurl. 

Sounds like the Paula Deen diet. Oh, wait, she was a no-show on "Today" this morning. Heck, if this combo was that disgusting, maybe that's why.

[greeniis10]

Egads!  It would take me a couple of months to even use 2/3 a stick of butter in my normal diet.  That makes me queasy just thinking about it... gag.

[8 Bit WWBG]

Greeniis10 must not bake.  I can't think of a cookie or cake recipe (some I even have to halve) that doesn't require at least a stick!

I always wondered what Homer's coffee with Shake n' Bake tasted like.  Not enough to try it, of course.

[mollyanna58]

The Big Bang Theory had something like this when they were prepping to go to the Arctic at the end of the first season.  

[Chocolate Lover]

There are a lot of ways I like to add butter to my diet but this will not be one of them 

[archrival]

I thought the AMA is classifying obesity as a disease.

How dare people go on diets when the culprit is infectious!

/sarcasm

[thyme4change]

Some say, and I agree, that obesity is contagious.  Poor eating habits are contagious, and being fat is contagious.  If you are surrounded by fat people, it can be very easy to not notice that you have put on a few.  My husband used to say all the time "I know I'm fat, but at least I'm not as out of control as..."  fill in the name of half a dozen of his friends who really need to put down the chicken wings.  

[Sum Dum Gai]

Poor eating habits are contagious, and being fat is contagious.

Being fat is not contagious.  If a fat guy sits next to you on the plan and rubs his fat rolls against you during the four hour flight you aren't going to mysteriously put on weight a day or two after landing.

Poor eating habits can be passed down through generations since children model the food behavior of the their parents, but that would make obesity a genetic disorder, not a contagious disease.  Even that's a stretch though.  It will explain why you're a chubby kid or teenager.  By the time you're a fat forty something it's time to stop blaming mom and dad and admit that you're too lazy to learn to take care of yourself.

[Sum Dum Gai]

As to the new diet catching on, ehh probably.  Americans will take any opportunity to try and lose weight without actually having to get off their fat asses or eat right.

[sunshinegal1981]

Jun 21, 2013 20:38:54 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Poor eating habits are contagious, and being fat is contagious.

Poor eating habits can be passed down through generations since children model the food behavior of the their parents, but that would make obesity a genetic disorder, not a contagious disease.  Even that's a stretch though.  It will explain why you're a chubby kid or teenager.  By the time you're a fat forty something it's time to stop blaming mom and dad and admit that you're too lazy to learn to take care of yourself.

That would make obesity a result of one's environment, rather than one's genetics.