This post has been so helpful that I’m reposting it now that the NYT bestseller The Bulletproof Diet book is published.  Take as many steps at a time as you can – anything is always better than nothing! This is something lots of people ask about the Bulletproof Diet. Change is of any kind can be hard, whether you want to lose weight or feel great and just plain kick ass every day – but it’s worse when you haven’t even started yet. It’s about to get a lot easier.  Read this post to work your way to becoming completely Bulletproof. It’s best to follow the steps in order, and don’t beat yourself up if you can’t do it all at once. A lot of people feel like they’ve failed if they don’t eat perfectly, so they decide to ditch the entire program – bad idea, especially since you don’t have to do it perfectly.  Maybe you’ve been able to get rid of grains, but you still haven’t been able to find grass-fed meat. That’s why I’ve created a step-wise approach to getting started on the Bulletproof Diet.

The Bulletproof Diet is (as any healthful diet should be) an abrupt departure from the Standard American Diet (SAD). One of the most common questions I receive is whether or not the diet will work if you discard some of the principles and consume non-organic vegetables, conventional meat, farmed seafood, etc. Basically, will a few of the Bulletproof Diet principles be enough to notice any difference? The answer is always the same: “Yes – but the more you do, the better it works.” However, you’ll be healthier and stronger by making even the smallest changes. For some people, it’s easier to use a check list when making dietary changes.  This is the step-by-step guide to changing from a Standard American Diet to the Bulletproof Diet. I spent a lot of time getting the core Bulletproof Diet roadmap (get the infographic here free) into a simple format so you will know what to eat. But even then, information overload is always a problem, especially when you’re dealing with family, job, and the other things that make life fun.

These steps are cumulative; the farther you go, the more Bulletproof you’ll become.  Start wherever you are and move forward. All of these steps are built in to the Bulletproof Diet infographic too – sign up to get it via email – and stick it on your fridge so you can check how Bulletproof a food is.  It can be overwhelming to wade through all of the information on the Bulletproof® Diet (download the free infographic here), so I’m going to break it down into a few simple steps for you. 1. Eliminate sugar (including fruit juices and sports drinks that contain HFCS, honey, and agave) . 2. Replace the sugar calories with healthy fats from the Bulletproof Diet such as grass-fed butter, ghee, Brain Octane™,  Upgraded™ XCT oil, or coconut oil. 3. Eliminate gluten in any shape or form.  This includes bread, cereal, and pasta.  Do not make the mistake of resorting to gluten free junk food, which can be almost as bad. 4. Remove grains, grain derived oils, and vegetable oils such as corn, soy, and canola. 

Also remove unstable polyunsaturated oils such as walnut, flax, and peanut oil. 5. Eliminate all synthetic additives, colorings, and flavorings.  This includes aspartame, MSG, dyes, and artificial flavorings. 6. Eat significant amounts of pastured, grass-fed meat from big ruminant animals such as beef, lamb, and bison.  Broken Glass Windows 7 ThemePair this with fish, eggs, and shellfish.Cheap Ivory Prom Dresses 7. Eliminate legumes such as peanuts, beans, and lentils.  Puppy Sale Golden RetrieverIf you must have your beans, soak, sprout (or ferment), and cook them. 8. Remove all processed, homogenized, and pasteurized dairy.  High fat items can be pasteurized, but they should be grass-fed.  Full fat, raw, whole dairy from grass-fed cows is okay for most people.

9. Switch to grass-fed meat and wild caught seafood.  Eat pastured eggs and some pork, chickens, turkeys, and ducks. 10. Switch to organic fruits and vegetables.  This is more important for some plants than others.  See this site for details. 11. Cook your food gently, if at all.  Incorporate water into your cooking whenever possible and use low temperatures.  Do not use a microwave or fry. 12. Limit fruit consumption to 1-2 servings per day.  Favor low fructose containing fruits like berries and lemons over watermelon and apples. 13. Add spices and other flavorings from the Bulletproof Diet.  Favor herb based spices such as thyme and rosemary over powders. Use high quality ones, recently opened. If you do this mostly right, you’ll set yourself up for a low inflammation, high performance, high energy lifestyle. If you don’t make time to take care of yourself now – you’ll have to make time to be sick later.  And if you want to learn more about the science behind why the Bulletproof Diet has worked so well for so many people, pick up a copy of the new Bulletproof Diet book here!

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