For Mrs Puddleduck

We were just discussing carb and fat consumption on another thread, and I didn't want to derail that one.

The conversation went something along the lines of Mrs P can't eat much fat, so struggles to lower carbs and up the fat intake (or eat fat at all), and therefore struggles to maintain weight.

It reminded me of Medium Chain Fatty Acids, aka Medium Chain Triglycerides, and MCT.

Now, i don't want to promote any of the hysterical hype that coconut and MCT oil have been getting on the web (cos i think some of the claims are OTT and rather silly), but the key reason i have brought the subject up, is because MCTs are much easier to digest than most fats, and are sent directly to the liver for processing. This means that ppl with gall bladder issues can often tolerate MCTs better than other fats.

Don't worry about them banging on about weight loss, in the links below. It is just a question of adding in MCTs and seeing if you can tolerate them...

No idea if this will help you @mrspuddleduck , but i thought it was worth mentioning...
(I would have sent a PM, but it wouldn't send)

A few links (some more hysterical than others)

http://paleoleap.com/mct-oil-need-know/

http://www.epilepsy.com/article/2007/8/mct-diet

http://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/medium-chain-triglycerides

https://www.pinterest.com/dashizmom/mct-oil-recipes/

Hope this helps.

It is only since having a freestyle libre, that i have started to fully appreciate what an impact the fat content of a meal has on the speed and height of the spike, so i hope it helps!

Someone, somewhere once told me that it was possible to take enzymes to help fat digestion too... But i don't even know enough on that to even start googling it.