Not exact matches
To make this USDA Organic, coconut oil - derived MCT oil, Nutiva removes the fats that stay solid
at room temperature, leaving behind high concentrations of brain - bolstering medium
chain triglycerides, capric acid and caprylic acid.
Usually, professional bodybuilders will drop carbs down to 30 grams per day for four consecutive days, while
at the same time taking 20 - 25 grams per day of medium -
chain triglycerides and around 3 - 5 grams of carnitine.
The research: It is true that medium
chain triglycerides are digested differently than other fats, says Marie - Pierre St - Onge, PhD, assistant professor in the department of medicine
at Columbia University's Institute of Human Nutrition and a researcher of MCTs.
MCT oil is an oil made up of one or more of these medium
chain triglycerides and it is translucent and tasteless liquid
at room temperature.
Mary Newport, a neonatal pediatrician
at Spring Hill Regional Hospital in Florida, learned through research that the active ingredient in Axona is MCT, also known as Medium
Chain Triglycerides, a saturated fat used to treat epilepsy as well as in neonatal feeding programs.
In this study done
at Massachusetts General Hospital, the diet was modified to also be gluten - free and casein - free, using medium
chain triglycerides (MCTs) instead of butter and cream for the fat source.
Swap out highly processed oils, like corn and cottonseed oil, for medium -
chain triglyceride (MCT) oil, a very efficient type of oil derived from coconuts that gets rapidly converted into energy for your brain and body because it doesn't require a stop
at the liver for processing.
A couple of studies where men ate medium -
chain triglycerides, either ate less food
at the next meal or less food the next day.
Researchers from the University of Florida in 2008 found that when rats were fed a high - calorie, high - sugar diet (similar to food items found
at McDonald's and other fast - food
chains), they gained weight faster, had additional weight gain, were more likely to become diabetic, and had higher
triglyceride levels.
It is liquid
at room temperature and very stable due to the high content of medium
chain triglycerides, Caprylic (C8) and Capric (C10).
· Two female brain cancer patients were put on diets containing 60 % medium -
chain triglycerides for 8 weeks
at the University Hospital of Cleveland.
Since coconut oil is predominately a medium
chain triglyceride oil (63 %), «the biological effects of coconut oil are a consequence of the presence of these acids,» says Hans Kaunitz, MD, professor of pathology
at Columbia University Medical School and long time MCT researcher.35 Because coconut oil is composed predominately of MCTs, it influence on the body is characterized by theses fatty acids.
It's a source of energy, doesn't clog arteries, and the high medium
chain triglyceride oil does not go rancid, even
at room temperature storage for long periods.
Coconut oil consists of medium
chain triglycerides (MCTs), which have been shown to help increase the liver's efficiency
at metabolizing energy and can promote weight loss in overweight dogs.