Long chain fat stores will linger a lot longer on our thighs and hips than medium chain fats like coconut oil, which quickly convert to energy.
Not exact matches
Medium -
chain fatty acids like lauric acid are more easily digestible and more readily burned as energy than
stored as
fat, relative to
long -
chain fatty acids found in animal products.
Long -
chain fatty acids such as those found in the polyunsaturated oils typically used for cooking (like corn, canola, soy and sunflower oils) are more difficult for the body to break down and use for energy, so they are usually
stored as
fat in the body.
Medium
chain fatty acids are transported directly from the intestines to the liver, where they are more likely to be burned as fuel, as opposed to shorter and
longer chains, which typically get
stored as
fat.
Compared to
long chain fatty acids, MCFAs are way less likely to be
stored in the body's
fat deposits
What's more, MCTs are not typically
stored by the body as
fat like
longer chain fats are.
Medium
Chain Fatty Acids (MCFA's) are different than the long chain fatty acids because they are converted into energy by your liver rather than being stored as
Chain Fatty Acids (MCFA's) are different than the
long chain fatty acids because they are converted into energy by your liver rather than being stored as
chain fatty acids because they are converted into energy by your liver rather than being
stored as
fat.
The medium -
chain triglycerides in MCT Oil produce ketone bodies that fuel your brain and burn more
fat, unlike
long -
chain triglycerides that are more difficult for the body to access and use, and are more likely to be
stored as body
fat.
2) Starch and sugar gets
stored as
fat (remember starch is just glucose molecules hooked together in a
long chain; the digestive track breaks it down into glucose... so a sugary and a starch diet are the same thing!).
When blood sugar lowers due to a low carbohydrate diet or fasting periods, the liver begins to produce BHB from medium and
long chain fatty acids that come in from our diet or from our
stored fat tissue (1).
This means that instead of our bodies
storing them as
fat (like
Long Chain Fatty acids (LCTs)-RRB-, the calories in MCTs are used immediately by our organs and muscles, making it one of the fastest, cleanest sources of fuel for the body.