Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Improve Cognitive Function in Intensively Treated Type 1 Diabetic Patients

[kokhongw]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671041/

Maintaining plasma glucose (PG) at near-normal levels in individuals with type 1 diabetes reduces the risk for developing long-term microvascular complications (1). However, intensive insulin therapy increases the risk of severe hypoglycemia, which can cause rapid deterioration of cognitive function and often occurs without warning symptoms (1,2). As a result, hypoglycemia limits the ability of patients to achieve target glycemic goals because the immediate fear of hypoglycemia exceeds the fear of long-term complications. Therefore, new strategies to protect the brain from hypoglycemia-induced injury are essential for optimizing the benefits of insulin therapy.

CONCLUSIONS
Medium-chain triglyceride ingestion improves cognition without adversely affecting adrenergic or symptomatic responses to hypoglycemia in intensively treated type 1 diabetic subjects. Medium-chain triglycerides offer the therapeutic advantage of preserving brain function under hypoglycemic conditions without causing deleterious hyperglycemia.

 

[BananaK]

Adding MCT oil to my LCHF diet seems like a no-brainer!! (pun intended)

 

[kokhongw]

Adding MCT oil to my LCHF diet seems like a no-brainer!! (pun intended)

But theoretically if you are able to maintain ketosis, there should be adequate ketones to keep the brain happy. You do not really need exogenous ketones.

The study simply shows that ketones are neuroprotective and MCT oil are not the snake oil that some believes them to be...