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About MCT Oil

MCT oils occur naturally, and the most abundant source is coconut oil. Most MCT oil is refined from coconut oil.

MCT oil is interesting because, when it is metabolized in the body, it behaves rather more like a carbohydrate than a fat. The fuel of preference for the body is carbohydrate, and the body will use up its store of carbohydrate before using other fuels. The body normally tries to store the fats we eat, but will use them as fuel if there is not enough available from carbohydrates; first it will use the fats in the food, and if these are insufficient it will start to deplete the fat storage in our body tissue.

Unlike other fats, MCT oil does not go into the lymphatic system, instead it is transported directly to the liver where it is metabolized, thus releasing energy quickly, just like a carbohydrate, and creating lots of ketones in the process.

MCT oil offers a number of advantages.

One such advantage is that because it is fast acting, it can be used as a pick me up, for example by giving additional MCT oil in the morning to boost ketones quickly.

We use MCT oil to increase the overall ketone level, and as a booster when ketones are low.

Coconut oil is not the same thing as MCT oil, nor can coconut oil be used as a substitute.

Coconut oil has a combination of both medium chain triglycerides (MCT) and long chain triglycerides (LCT). The body metabolizes MCT much differently than LCT. Your body is required to use pancreatic digestive enzymes and bile to digest, absorb, and transport LCT. In contrast, MCT oil does not need pancreatic digestive enzymes and bile at all. MCTs are readily digested and absorbed, and go straight to your liver to be used as a source of energy. Because we drastically reduce the amount of fat (short and long chain triglycerides) on the SlimXpress hCG weight loss program, it would be inappropriate to use coconut oil.