- It keeps you fuller longer.
- It allows you to feel full, yet remain in a fasted state for a longer amount of time. It doesn't affect your fasting metabolism. This is especially important if you practice intermittent fasting.
Some of the benefits of drinking green tea:
- Lowers cholesterol
- Increases blood flow
- Prevents high blood pressure
- Prevents congestive heart failure
- Blocks the formation of plaques that are linked to Alzheimer's.
My bulletproof green tea recipe:
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups of steeped green tea (I honestly use a generic brand)
- 1 tablespoon of grass-fed butter (I use Finlandia), softened
- 1 tablespoon or more of coconut oil (I prefer this over MCT oil)
- Few sprinkles of Pink Himalayan salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 to 1.5 teaspoons of Stevia
Directions
Feel free to adjust the above ingredients based on taste. I find I don't have time to measure everything out in the morning so I just eyeball it and I've learned how to adjust it based on my personal preference.
The reason I prefer coconut oil over MCT oil is simply because I believe the coconut oil makes this drink nice and frothy. I find the MCT oil just lets the butter fall to the bottom like a glob and then you miss out on all the fat content of the butter (remember fat is good for you).