Bulletproof: The Cookbook: Lose Up to a Pound a Day, Increase Your Energy, and End Food Cravings for Good

This is why the Bulletproof approach advocates moving in and out of a ketogenic state, always being mindful of how and when we eat carbs for added energy.

Brain Octane works well for cooking—it has a mild taste that won’t overpower any of the flavor the way coconut oil does, so I rub it all over meat, fish, and veggies before cooking them, especially if I’m going for a gentle grilling technique. Always oil the protein, never the heat source. This creates a sealant barrier, much more so than just oili

If you’re going to eat grains, it’s helpful to know that white rice is the least problematic, followed by quinoa.

My all-time favorite food is grass-fed rib-eye.

I recommend choosing cookware in this order: enamel-coated cast iron (like the popular French brand, Le Creuset), stainless steel, regular cast iron, nonstick.

The Bulletproof approach is all about using a precise understanding of food chemistry so that we can prepare food that delivers maximum nutrition and minimum inflammation, and tastes great too.

Turmeric is the king of all spices. Ounce for ounce, it’s the most anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, anticancer, antifungal one of the bunch, so you should eat it as much as possible when you’re becoming Bulletproof.

When it comes to preparing your food, the worst possible case from a Bulletproof perspective is that you’ll burn it.

It is important to use “extra virgin,” since plain and light olive oil both contain far fewer polyphenols. And you should check the label to make sure that it is pure 100 percent olive oil and doesn’t contain any additives or filler oils. Since olive oil is not saturated, it is fairly unstable and easy to oxidize, and you should never cook with