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May 6Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

What excellent ideas. Thanks.

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Thanks and you're very welcome.

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

We love our chemex pour over coffee in unbleached filters and mix in a superfood powder that has the full spectrum of MCT's (most oils don't) along with aquamin and liquid stevia, pure cacao powder for magnesium, powdered mushrooms and SHILAJIT! THE SHILAJIT IS A GAME CHANGER NUTRITIONALLY AND ENERGETICALLY. Highly recommend ppl consider adding to daily regimen.

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

Do you use shilajit tinctured or powdered? What are you taking it for? Overall health or something specific?

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

Looks good. I put black seed oil in my coffee when I remember. Cheers.

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Cheers 🥂

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

TYVM for the morning smile Jen 😃

"it makes a ‘Lumpie’ instead of ‘Smoothie’

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Sipping some matcha with ghee as I type.

Grassfed ghee also contains DHA, which helps our brain thrive:

https://romanshapoval.substack.com/p/babybrains

Thanks for the stevia in the raw tip, does it have a stevia aftertaste you think?

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May 5·edited May 5Author

I don't notice it in my blend but maybe a little in my mom's juice.

I tried ghee but I have to avoid dairy and the ghee was a problem. I gave away the jar I bought to test the method - Dave Asprey's video mentioned it with Buddhist monk yak butter hand churned tea..

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

Organic single origin Olive oil...

A nice golden...

many have different tastes...

For my body's needs the olive oil truly kicked the system up...

Improved sleep, skin, tummy...

Not so much with MCT/ ghee/ or butta...

Thanks for sharing ideas everyone!

Such FUN!!!

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I was following instructions regarding the MCT oil and blending. I haven't tried it with olive oil to see what the difference is regarding structuring water.

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I’m supposed to avoid dairy, too. I’ve had ghee in my coffee before for bulletproof coffee and didn’t like its taste.

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May 6Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

JD - Great coffee time missive - like some teas, two words: chlorogenic acid.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/fo/d0fo03199b

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

I don't understand the stevia?

Why not black?

Don't the tastebuds eventually adjust?

NOT judging... WONDERING....

Thanks for your guidance!

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Because I have a sweet tooth. :-). I have it unsweetened sometimes too. I should stop feeding my sweet tooth. It grows bigger.

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May 7Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

Thanks...

was pondering if the additional sugar has some sort of chemical combo/ benefit!

Will refrain I personally won't was the sugar calories there!

LOL

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Stevia is a low calorie natural sweetener. It isn't quite sugar but sweetness still sets off sweet taste buds.

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May 8Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

Thank you... well, for whatever reason for my personal tastes the sweetness is a bit too high and increases the following day... the whole mouth... I can still taste that mega over honey funky taste! 🤣

Not for me I guess...

I stick to raw local or Manuka...

As usual thanks for sharing...

You make learning fun!

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

Interesting. Myrrh hmmm. Have used a few drops on floss to maintain gum integrity. Seeing the connection with gut issues.

Love camp fire coffee, far more flavorful. Follow the boiling with a french press to remove the grit.

TCM system of food cures uses black coffee to remove excess heat (calm yang) add drops or fresh ginger to boost the effects.

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Thanks Lynn 😊

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

My structures coffee ritual: I add a slab of butter to my cup then pour some hot coffee over it to melt. I blend it with my hand held battery power whisk. Then I add some potassium, an egg yolk and a squirt of MTC oil. Then I use my little hand held whisk to blend into a creamy and frothy cup of fatty goodness. Thank you to Dr. Elizabeth Bright who wrote the book Good Fat is Good for Women: Menopause for the egg yolk idea!☕️

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

I make my morning coffee with Prymal non-dairy, non sugared, coconut based powdered creamer with one tablespoon of MCT oil, myself. I’ve found using a hand blender in my drip coffee pot prevents overflow situations.

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I hadn't been making coffee for a while so the coffee maker isn't out and I didn't see the filters. But I still had some ground coffee and a saucepan.

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May 5Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

Is it the blending vortex and potassium that makes this structured?

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The blending and the spoonful of MCT oil or ghee.

I add the potassium bicarbonate for the bicarbonate to offset the acidity of the niacin and the coffee.

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