Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT):
The Formula-1 of Fat Digestion

Coconut Oil: The Ferrari of All Fats

Medium Chain Fatty Acids (MCFA)

There's a 98-100 percent chance that all the fats and oils you consume are composed entirely of Long Chain Triglycerides (LCT).

Soybean oil, corn oil, olive oil, beef fat, lard and many others are all 100 percent LCTs. "MCTs and LCTs digest and metabolize very differently!"

Others are Hard

LCTs are hard to digest. They require digestive enzymes and bile, and almost all of their digestion happens in your intestine.

As the links keeping the fatty acids together are broken (a triglyceride is three fatty acids held together by a glycerol molecule), the individual fatty acids are absorbed into your intestinal wall where they are bundled into lipoproteins.

These bundles of fat and protein are then carried into your bloodstream to circulate your entire body. During circulation, tiny particles of fat are unleashed and collects in your fat cells and artery walls.

MCTs are Easy

On the other hand, medium chain triglycerides don't require digestive enzymes and bile to break up into separate fatty acids. Plus, they bypass the entire lipoprotein stage that LCTs have to go through! That's less work for your body, much less!

They digest so effortlessly that by the time they exit your stomach, MCTs are already broken down into single fatty acids called Medium Chain Fatty Acids (MCFA).

Since MCTs readily break down into MCFAs, the result is a favorable coconut oil weight effect. MCFAs are immediately sent to your liver where they are used to generate energy, not body fat and not arterial plaque.

Most Potent Antimicrobial

Triglycerides don't show any antimicrobic effects, but free fatty acids do. Freed from each other early in the digestive process, MCFAs possess incredible antimicrobic properties capable of killing some of the deadliest pathogens known to man.

The three valuable MCFAs in coconut oil are lauric acid (C:12), capric acid (C:10) and caprylic acid (C:8). All of coconut oil's MCFAs, including their respective monoglycerides (one fatty acid attached to a glycerol), display antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic and antiprotozoal properties.

Research after research have demonstrated the remarkable ability of MCFA-loaded coconut oil to kill a long list of harmful microorganisms such as helicobacter pylori, HIV, staphylococcus aureus, SARS coronavirus, E. coli, and countless more. You won't find this awesome antimicrobial benefit of coconut oil in most all other fats.

Ultimate MCT Source

Coconut oil is "loaded" with MCTs (more than two-thirds)! It is nature's most generous source, by far, of these easy-to-digest fat molecules. Unlike other fats, MCFA-packed coconut oil is chiefly used as a source of fuel to produce energy.

There are extremely few sources of medium chain triglycerides. Almost all other dietary fats and oils are devoid of these quick-digesting, magnificent nutrients. Good thing God created MCT-rich coconut oil, "The Ferrari of Fats."

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