It also turns fibers into short -
chain fats like butyrate, propionate and acetate, which feed the gut wall and perform many metabolic functions (55, 56).
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
Yum Brands» Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
chains announced last year they removed artificial flavors and colors from their food, as well as additives
like trans
fats.
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.
One final health benefit I'd
like to share with you is that the type of
fat in coconut oil is a saturated medium
chain fatty acid, which is easy for your body to process.
I know about the acai berry and all of it's rockstar health benefits —
like its amazing antioxidant properties, how it's packed with fiber, and that it also contains healthy medium
chain fats (the kind that help reduce your risk for heart disease)...
You'll soon find out these tacos taste just
like the soft tacos you get from the world's largest Mexican food
chain, but with only one - quarter of the
fat.
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.
When the title of this post came up in my Bloglovin feed I thought it sounded
like a calorie laden
fat frenzy, the kind of thing kids are served at food
chain restaurant!
An article published in the «Ceylon Medical Journal» in 2006 stated that medium -
chain fatty acids, such as those found in coconuts, are used directly by the body as fuel, not broken down and absorbed
like other saturated
fats.
Using this technique, we can shave something
like forty - nine grams of
fat off the traditional recipe for fettuccine alfredo presented at the country's largest Italian restaurant
chain.
True saturated
fats (
like my favorite, BUTTER) keep you full longer and provide your body with crucial
fat - soluble vitamins, energy and immune boosting short and medium -
chain fatty acids, omega - 6 and omega - 3 fatty acids, conjugated linoleum acid (CLA), good cholesterol, trace minerals and more!
The good news is that little tweaks in your diet,
like adding foods that are high in long -
chain omega - 3
fats, can change the expression of your genes.
Toxins
like PCBs and dioxin travel through the food web in
fat and become more concentrated as they move up the food
chain.
Ameena Batada of the University of North Carolina wrote in a 2012 report in the journal Childhood Obesity, after reviewing menus at the 50 largest U.S. restaurant
chains, that at two - thirds of the
chains, 100 percent of children's meals failed to meet nutritional standards for things
like calories, salt, sugar and
fats.
«There were some healthier meals available, which suggests that restaurant
chains should be able to reformulate their existing menu items to reduce calories, saturated and trans
fat, and sodium and add more healthy options
like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains,» Batada wrote.
Fried foods: While most fast food
chains switched to oils that are not hydrogenated, some still use partially hydrogenated (and trans
fat producing) oils to fry foods
like hash browns, mozzarella sticks, and French fries.
This is because
like vitamins, omega - 3
fats have to come from our diets — and although humans can in theory make some EPA and DHA from shorter -
chain omega - 3 (found in some vegetable oils), research has shown this conversion is not reliable, particularly for DHA, say the researchers.
While the role of exercise in circulation of blood and hormone production,
like insulin, is widely acknowledged in the science community, scientists have only suspected physiological communication among our cells and organs — creating a
chain reaction of chatter, with
fat cells communicating with muscle cells, muscle cells with brains cells, and so forth.
Getting enough protein and
fats and plenty of veggies actually helps the pancreas function optimally, especially things
like the medium
chain fatty acids in coconut oil that don't even need bile or pancreatic enzymes to digest and go straight to the liver to be used for energy.
It has plenty of good
fats and medium -
chain fatty acids to support kids» brains, and they enjoy it because it tastes
like a milkshake!
MCTs don't need bile salts to be digested and can pass directly from the digestive system to the blood stream without being modified by digestion
like long
chain fats.
Medium
Chain Triglycerides are considered easily digestible and beneficial
fats, and instead of being metabolized through digestion
like most other foods, these
fats are processed in the liver.
But the healthy ethos survived in the
chains ingredients: organic greens, hormone - free chicken, trans
fat — free frying oil, and better - for - you beverages including Jones organic teas and made - to - order drinks
like all natural lemonades (think real fruit and juice).
Even though metabolically lauric acid acts more
like a long -
chain fat, it is still considered a close cousin to MCTs.
Unlike other oils
like canola and vegetable oil that are filled with polyunsaturated
fats, coconut oil contains medium
chained fatty acids that are more easily digested by your body.
While unrefined cold - pressed coconut oil is best, if you do not
like the flavor, refined coconut oil is virtually tasteless and is just as rich in medium -
chain saturated
fats.
«The medium
chain fatty acids
like those found in coconut oil are interesting to us because they behave very differently to the
fats normally found in our diets,» said study leader Turner.
But with just the slick in the stool, I would be concerned because you're not digesting your
fat which means vitamin A, D, E, K your
fat - soluble nutrients
like your long
chain fatty acids
like EPA or DHEA or you know, coconut, good
fats like that, you're not absorbing those which means you're gonna have blood sugar issues and you're gonna have malabsorption, for sure.
Coconut oil provides plant - based
fats in the form of medium -
chain triglycerides which impart health benefits
like faster utilization by organs as fuel and appetite control.
What's more, MCTs are not typically stored by the body as
fat like longer
chain fats are.
Also using
fats with shorter
chain fatty acids
like butter, MCT oil and coconut tend to be less problematic than longer
chain fats as they are absorbed directly by the liver rather than undergoing the
fat digestion process which requires bile from the gallbladder for
fat emulsification.
I've read (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18326600) that medium -
chain triglycerides, of which coconut oil contains plenty, actually help people burn
fat, especially when compared to the triglycerides found in more traditional oils
like olive oil.
Medium
Chain Triglycerides (MCTs),
like those found in coconut oil, aren't metabolized
like normal
fats.
They're something
like the biscuits served at a particular seafood restaurant
chain but without the questionable
fats and gluten.
The dough develops a focaccia -
like texture from a 24 - hour resting period in the refrigerator, and our version saves 5g saturated
fat and 300 mg sodium over popular pizza
chain supreme pizzas.
Like the short -
chain fatty acids, these
fats have antimicrobial properties; are absorbed directly for quick energy; and contribute to the health of the immune system.
Lauric acid is often considered a medium -
chain fatty acid, but it has twelve carbons and it behaves more
like a long -
chain fat than a medium -
chain fat when it comes to mitochondrial energy metabolism.
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.
: Despite popular belief, coconut oil is not a good ketogenic
fat as it contains 10 - 15 % true C8 and C10 MCTs, and 45 - 78 percent of lauric acid, which is metabolized
like longer
chain fatty acids.
Whereas so many diets force you restrict certain foods
like carbs or
fats, Eat Stop Eat breaks those
chains and unlocks the door to enjoying food again on your terms...
I
like to use coconut oil because it's high in helpful fatty acids including medium -
chain triglycerides (the structure of this type of saturated
fat means that it is metabolised efficiently by the body, boosting energy expenditure) and lauric acid (a type of fatty acid which has been shown to have beneficial effects against pathogens
like bacteria, fungi and viruses).
A fitness toy may not seem
like an obvious choice for the
chain known for its high -
fat menu options.
Imagine that the only photographs left of your ancestors were people in
chains with scars writhing across their backs
like fat serpents.
Coconut oil is rich in monounsaturated
fats and medium -
chain fatty acids
like lauric acid.