Medium Chain Triglycerides:
Why Coconut Oil is the
Healthiest Fat on Earth

A triglyceride is simply three fatty acids joined together by a single glycerol molecule. Now you have a good idea why MCT and MCFA (medium chain fatty acids) are used interchangeably.

Almost all other fats on the planet are mostly, if not entirely, long chain triglycerides (LCT). MCTs and LCTs are very different from each other. Their uses are completely dissimilar!

MCTs are transformed into MCFAs and monoglycerides inside your body, both of which possessing impressive antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, etc. properties.

Triglycerides and diglycerides have no antimicrobial effects. Coconut oil consists entirely of triglycerides so it does not show antimicrobial activity.

But once the triglycerides are converted into monoglycerides and free fatty acids in the digestive tract, it’s pretty much game over for a long list of disease-causing bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites.