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Ep. #472: Why MCT Oil Is Basically a Scam (According to Science)

Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews

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The Effects of Dietary Fat on Body Fat

Dietary fat is more fattening than protein or carbohydrate if we look at it in terms of an individual meal and not as energy intake on the whole. MCTs behave similarly in the body to carbs in that under normal circumstances they are preferentially burned for immediate energy instead of being stored as body fat. Research has shown that very active people especially people with above average levels of muscle mass and very high levels of physical activity can eat a lot of carbs before they start gaining fat. About 10 to 15% of the calories contained in MCTs are burned during digestion then they have slightly fewer calories per gram than LCTs.

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