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The man who "invented" this can be found here: http://www.bulletproofexec.com/

If this doesn't convince you I don't know what will: Can you really lose 100 pounds without using exercise, upgrade your IQ by more than 12 points, and stay healthy by sleeping less than 5 hours? It took more than 15 years and $300,000 to learn how to reach the Bulletproof® state of high performance. And it’s all here on the blog for you.

Notice he thinks he's got a registered trademark on the word Bulletproof.

Do we really need more crapily to none researched dietary fads on HN?

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Do we really need more crapily to none researched dietary fads on HN?

Seconded. Between all the overreactions and slavish devotion that's being thrown around, it's starting to look less like a community of probing, thoughful, inquisitive thinkers and tinkerers, and more like like a religion full of sects.

The founder, Dave Asprey, actually could not be more relevant to this community. He was the first person to sell something through the internet, and made 6 million dollars when he was 26 by selling his company Exodus Communications. Since then he has worked for several tech all-star companies and today leads a publicly traded cloud computing security company as Vice President.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/asprey

That resume doesn't lie.

He is absolutely relevant to this community. That doesn't make him a dietitian or a source for scientific conclusion. Nor does it make everything he puts onto paper relevant to this community.

And he's clearly got something to sell with this whole Bulletproof thing.

Okay, by that standard, we should be posting theological links from Pat Robertson on HN, or any of a dozen other hucksters who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps or pioneered ways to fleece suckers. I mean, obviously they're successful, why shouldn't we listen to their insights?

I'd truly be interested in Asprey's business insights (particularly startups), but IMHO we've had more than enough unscientific dietary claims on HN to last us for a while.

Yeah he uses a lot of marketing speak.

But as you can see my article, I don't recommend any of his products. I don't really believe in his whole mycotoxin kick.

But it doesn't mean you can't learn from other things he's saying!

High fat diets have been heavily researched and are generally regarded as safe and healthy. See here: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/high-fat-diet-healthy-safe/

Well, he does have a registered trademark for Bulletproof.

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4803:1g9...

Your argument is ad hominem. The man who wrote this article has posted sources for each claimed benefit.

There's nothing fallacious about using heuristics to judge credibility.

As for the sources given in the article, not a single one is credible.

Care to elaborate, or are you just throwing mud?

Pointing out that sources aren't credible is throwing mud now?

That is a small collection of supporting research in sources neither of us is qualified to verify of individual parts of this dietary suggestion. Not conclusive research into Bulletproof coffee itself. Some pieces being seemingly supportive doesn't mean anything about the whole.

neither of us is qualified

That kind of thinking is how we got the government sanctioned food pyramid. I'd rather think for myself, thanks.

I don't follow.

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