Sentences with phrase «long chain fats»

The medium - chain triglycerides (MCTs) in coconut oil can increase energy expenditure compared to the same amount of calories from longer chain fats (5, 6).

Coconut oil is a Medium Chain Triglyceride (fat) that is rapidly absorbed by the body and is quickly metabolized (burned) as fuel unlike long chain fats.

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.

In another study, recreational cyclists who consumed foods containing 6 g MCT for two weeks had longer time to exhaustion at 80 % peak VO2 compared to those consuming equivalent amount of longer chain fats [36].

Think of MCTs as the smoothie and long chain fats as the fruit.

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.

I've also seen some claims that I'm still researching in terms of your body's increased ability to burn long chain fats, when these MCT's are taken in.

When MCTs are absorbed into the bloodstream, they bypass the regular digestion process longer chain fats go through.

Saturated fats made up of long chain fatty acids take a longer pathway in the body to digest and metabolize, which, in short, is why long chain fats are stored as fat rather than burned as fuel (3).

This process separates medium chain from long chain fats, while preserving the full profile of capric, caprylic, and lauric acids.

Coconut oil is a Medium Chain Triglyceride (fat) that is rapidly absorbed by the body and is quickly metabolized (burned) as fuel unlike long chain fats.

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.

Most of the fats in coconut oil are saturated but they are in the form of MCTs (Medium Chain Triglycerides, also called MCFAs), which affect the body differently than short and long chain fats.

They are metabolized differently than longer chain fats, going straight from the digestive system to the liver.

They are metabolized differently than longer chain fats, going straight from the digestive system to the liver.

Most of the fats in coconut oil are saturated but they are in the form of MCTs (Medium Chain Triglycerides, also called MCFAs), which affect the body differently than short and long chain fats.

Medium chain fatty acids (MCTs) are metabolized differently than the longer chain fats.

Replacing some of the long chain fat provided from food and supplement sources in the diet with MCT supplements will also increase ketone levels.

What's more, the longer chain fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, actually encourage weight gain, not weight loss (4).

Coconut oil has a mix of MCTs, 12 - carbon fats which can go both ways (to the liver with MCTs and to chylomicrons with longer fats), and long chain fats.

The thing with these medium chain fatty acids, is that they are metabolized differently than the longer chain fats.

Olive oil is a monounsaturated fat which is a longer chain fat that resembles our own body fat stores.

Coconut oil is is made up of almost entirely medium - chain fatty acids, which are metabolized different differently than the longer chain fats.

The medium - chain triglycerides (MCTs) in coconut oil can increase how many calories you burn compared to the same amount of calories from longer chain fats (4).