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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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MCT Oil vs Coconut Oil: Which Is Better?

MCT oil is a fairly slow burning fuel compared to other foods ironically it's the opposite of what the charlatans say. Most MCT oil is extracted from coconut oil or palm kernel oil both of which are high in MCTs so then many people wonder okay if these foods are naturally high in M CTs maybe I should just save some money and eat the coconut oil or the palm oil instead of buying the expensive MCT oil. The predominant fatty acid in coconut oil is lauric acid at 48% which has 12 carbon atoms per fatty acid molecule barely qualifying it as an MCT. This is just yet another example of unscrupulous marketers taking a relatively unexciting physiological fact

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