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MCT Oil (powder)

rab5

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Type 2
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I have been reading about this stuff on the tinternet!

Anyone used/use it... or any info on the product

cheers

Rab
 
Ah, yer medium chain triglycerides oil. I have had a look at it but, having seen the price of most of the oils, especially on trendy blogs trying to flog the stuff, I decided that I'll stick to coconut oil which is not as powerful as MCT oil (contains about 60%?) but a heck of a lot cheaper. It's apparently popular in bulletproof coffee recipes so you might get more info on it if you google those, @rab5
 
from net doctor Diabetes: MCTs can cause certain chemicals called ketones to build up in the body. This can be a problem for people with diabetes. Avoid using MCTs if you have diabetes.
if your trying to use it to burn fat it may be ok it may not. ive learnt over donkeys years wonder treatments tend to be at best useless. im not saying dont use it but a man made fat we have seen some iffy ones in the past. just use the basic oils even palm oil has some. as does goat and sheeps milk.
 
rab5 said:
I have been reading about this stuff on the tinternet!

Anyone used/use it... or any info on the product

cheers

Rab
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What are thinking of using it for?
To get into ketosis quickly? Probably makes expensive pee
For adding to drinks to bulk them out/up the fat content.? Should work but prob cheaper to use butter or coconut oil
Personally I have never used it but remain in ketosis most of the time by not having too many carbs.
 
The MCT oils seem very popular across certain groups on the internet.
I don't mean that in a disparaging way.
It is just that I am not in one of those groups.

I don't think any of us need high ketones, and I certainly don't need to measure them (since I am not on insulin or taking any other meds that make ketoacidosis a possibility). And I don't think that 'higher ketones are better'
For me, it is enough to be in nutritional ketosis. I don't see a benefit to being in DEEP ketosis over mild ketosis, other than pretty colours on a widdle stick, or higher numbers on a test device.

I'm also moving further and further away from processed foods for reasons too numerous to mention.
Doesn't stop me eating them, just less of them, less often.
So a processed oil, that has then been processed into powder form has no appeal whatsoever.

Of course, everyone else's mileage will vary.
 
rab5 said:
I have been reading about this stuff on the tinternet!

Anyone used/use it... or any info on the product

cheers

Rab
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I currently have an MCT & collagen powder mix that is chocolate flavoured and pretty tasty. I’m not a massive fan of bone broth, so the collagen from this is good. (for hair, skin etc.)

From my reading, the MCT component for people on a Keto diet seems to be mostly about the fat content and keeping the fat ratio higher, as well as the specific effect of the medium chain proteins and how they’re absorbed.

As said above, butter, coconut oil and other fats are definitely cheaper. I personally use the powder to get collagen and reduce my dairy intake, but still get the satiating fat effect in my morning coffee - basically my breakfast. It also dissolves much better than trying to make bulletproof coffee.
 
Ooo and don't forget about the possibility of "disaster pants" if you have too much of it!
 
so on top of metformin it turbo charges the effect. thats really me out.
 
I just use coconut oil instead as one of my fat sources, and that's never actually given me farty pants , but it never got me into ketosis either - a basic very low carb diet worked just fine istead. Too much fat/oil of any sort can cause issues anyway but sometimes a little extra is helpful if you are a bit bunged up.

And I agree with @Brunneria. Dietary/low evels of ketones are NOT normally harmful to diabetics, it's the combination of high levels of ketones, high glucose levels together with lack of insulin that can be a serious issue, mainly for T1s. But under normal circumstances if people see higher levels when testing it simply means that they're eliminating them as waste rather than actually utilizing them for fuel, so there's absolutely no use in aiming for them - unless it's for some sort of street cred (or whatever it's currently called nowadays...) . In other words probably best not to waste your time and money...

Robbity
 
Thanks for that... I have probably got this wrong, however if you test for ketones and they show up is this not a decent way to show your fatburning as opposed to glucose burning

thanks in advance

Rab
 
yes but trying to push it is not of any benefit. if your keeping to low carb food then you will be using fat.
 
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