Bulletproof Dave Asprey Food List
Mon 01 August 2022
How many servings should I eat per day?
- Fruit = 1-2 servings
- Animal protein = 4 - 6 servings
- Healthy fats = 5 - 9 servings
- Healthy vegetables = 6 - 11 servings
How should I allocate my calories per day?
- Healthy fats = 50%
- Animal Protein = 18%
- Vegetables = 28%
- Fruit = 4%
Or
Fats = 50 - 80% Proteins = 10 - 30% Carbohydrates = 5 - 30%
Protein
Diving in deep
- Grass-fed beef
- Grass-fed lamb
- Pastured Eggs
- Protein powders
- Hydrolyzed collagen
- Colostrum
- Beef Plasma/Serum
- Whey protein concentrate
- Low mercury fish
- anchovies
- Haddock
- Patrale sole
- sardines
- sockeye salmon
- summer flounder
- Tilapia
- Trout
Wading
- Pastured pork
- Pastured chicken
- Pastured turkey
- Pastured duck
- Pastured goose
- Whey protein isolate
Getting your toes wet
- High mercury or farmed seafood
- Factory farmed eggs and meat
Don't do it!
- Soy protein
- Wheat protein
- Beans
- Cheese
- Other pasteurized or cooked dairy(except butter)
Oils and Fats
Diving in deep
- Grass-fed butter
- Grass-fed Ghee
- Pastured egg yolks
- Grass-fed meat fat
- Fish oils
- Coconut oil
- MCT oil
- non-gmo soy lecithin
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Chocolate butter
- Cocoa butter
- Avacado oil
Wading
- Palm oil
- Pastured Bacon fat
- Grain-fed butter
- Grain-fed ghee
- unheated almond oil
- unheated hazelnut oil
- unheated walnut oil
Getting your toes wet
- Duck fat
- Goose fat
- Canola oil
- Corn oil
- Cottonseed oil
- Flax oil
- Peanut oil
- Soy and vegetable oil
- Chicken fat
- Safflower oil
- Sunflower oil
Don't do it!
- Margarine
- Other artificial trans fats
- Oils made from GMO grains
- Commercial lard
Veggies
Diving in deep
- Avacados
- Cilantro
- Olives
- Parsley
- Bok choy
- Brussels Sprouts
- Collards
- Cooked spinach
- Kale
- Asparagus
- Brocolli
- Cabbages
- Cauliflower
- Carrots
- Celery
- Cucumber
- Dark Lettuces
- Fennel
- Radish
- Artichokes
- Green beans
- Summer Squashes
- Zucchini
Wading
- Eggplant
- Peppers
- Tomatoes
- Garlic
- Onion
Getting your toes wet
- Beets
- Corn(fresh on the cob)
- Peas
- Plantains
- Sweet Potatoes
- Winter Squashes
- Yams
Don't do it!
- Potatoes
- Mushrooms
- Canned Vegetables
Fruits
Diving in deep
Low-sugar fruit: * Blackberry * Cranberry * Grapefruit * Lemon * Lime * Passion Fruit * Rasberry * Strawberry
Wading
Average-sugar fruit: * Apple * Apricot * Blueberry * Cantaloupe * Cherry * Kiwi * Nectarine * Orange * Papaya * Peach * Pear * Pinapple * Plum
Getting your toes wet
High-sugar fruit: * Banana * Dates * Grapes * Guava * Fig * Lychee * Mango * Melon * Persimmon * Pomegranate * Tangerine * Raisins * Dried fruits
Don't do it!
- Canned fruit
Nuts and legumes
Diving in deep
- Coconut Raw only:
- Almonds
- Brazil nuts
- Cashews
- Hazelnuts
- Macadamia nuts
- Pecans
- Pine nuts
- Pistachios
- Walnuts
Wading
- Raw Chestnuts
- Sprouted legumes
- Green beans
Getting your toes wet
- Garbanzo beans
- Peas
- Peanuts
- Dried beans
- Lentils
Don't do it!
- Non-fermented soy
- Soy "nuts"
- Corn "nuts"
- Roasted nuts
- Roasted legumes
Grains
Diving in deep
- None
Wading
- Brown rice
- Black rice
- Wild rice
- White rice
- Organic quinoa
- Oats
Getting your toes wet
- Organic corn
- Organic wheat
Don't do it!
- Any non-organic refined or whole grain except rice
- GMO grain
Dairy
Diving in deep
- Organic grass-fed butter
- Organic grass-fed ghee(clarified butter)
- Non-organic grass-fed butter
- Non-organic grass-fed ghee
- Grass-fed full-fat raw organic milk (not pasteurized and only if tolerated)
- Grass-fed full-fat raw organic cream (not pasteurized and only if tolerated)
- Grass-fed full-fat raw organic yogurt(not pasteurized and only if tolerated)
Wading
- Grain-fed non-organic raw milk (if tolerated)
- Grain-fed butter or ghee
- Organic pasteurized milk
- Non-organic pasteurized milk
- Any cheese (dairy or not)
Getting your toes wet
- Skim milk or Lowfat milk products
- Cheese with mold (bleu cheese)
Don't do it!
- Any Dairy from factory farms
- Any Dairy from farms using rBGH
- Powdered milk
- Condensed milk
- Ice cream
Spices and flavorings
Diving in deep
- Apple cider vinegar
- Sea salt
- Ginger
- Cilantro
- Parsley
- Oregano
- Tumeric
- Rosemary
- Lavendar
- Thyme
- Cinnamon
- All-spice
- Cloves
Wading
- Organic-prepared mustard(with no additives)
- Garlic
- Onion
- Black pepper
Getting your toes wet
- Fermented soy
- Tamari
- Miso
- Nutmeg
- Table salt (pure sodium)
Don't do it!
- Commercial salad dressings
- Yeast
- Spice extracts
- "Spices"
- "Flavoring"
- MSG
Sweetners and sugars
Diving in deep
- Xylitol
- Stevia
- Maltitol
- Other sugar alcohols
- Dextrose
Wading
- Raw honey
- Sorbitol
- Maple syrup
- Coconut sugar
- Brown sugar
Getting your toes wet
- Cooked honey
- White sugar
Don't do it!
- Aspartame(nutrasweet)
- Sucralose(splenda)
- Acelsulfame
- Agave syrup
- High-fructose corn syrup
- Fruit juice concentrate
Cooking
Diving in deep
- Raw / Not cooked
- Lightly heated
- Steamed al dente
- Baked at 350• or below
Wading
- Boiled
- Poached
- Lightly grilled(not charred)
Getting your toes wet
- Broiled
- Barbequed
Don't do it!
- Burnt
- Blackened
- Charred
- Deep Fried
- Microwaved