Re: Re: Concern with MCT oil

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Because it gives a natural MCT extract, complete with all the MCTs as it exists

in our planet (caproin, capryllin, caprin and laurin), in addition to being

uncontaminated with chemicals.

For me, commercial MCT oil is too chemically processed, in fact it is already a

chemically-synthesized product with coconut oil as raw material, involving

chemical splitting and recombination.  Its distinct advantage is that this

product can have very high content of capryllin and caprin, close to 100% of the

oil, which seems to reliably give a high surge of supply of ketones important in

disease cases.  But as food supplement for good health, I have reservations

about having a high surge of ketones in the blood on a regular basis.   We now

know very well how a high surge of glucose, a high surge of insulin, etc, in the

blood on a regular or frequent basis is eventually not good to the body. 

Commercial MCT oil is an

artificial food, I think the longterm implication of this product is

better figured out thru more relevant studies before pushing it as regular food,

IMO.

Given the report from Newport's case, that VCO gave a lower but longer increase

in supply of ketones, though still a limited information, I think a natural

extract of MCT is the safer route to higher level of ketones in non-treatment

cases.

Tony

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From: Duncan Crow <duncancrow@...>

Coconut Oil

Sent: Monday, September 5, 2011 12:04 AM

Subject: Re: MCT Source

 

OK, so your exercise Tony is NOT to try and get the 6:10 fatty acids you can out

of the coconut oil, to make your own marketplace MCT oil? Rather, it is to skim

off the 12 carbon lauric acid WITH the 6:10 acids? Why would you want to do

that?

all good,

Duncan

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> Duncan,

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> In organic chemistry, MCT refers to fats with 6 to 12 carbon-chain (caproin,

capryllin, caprin and laurin).  In the market-place MCT refers to the MCT oil

being sold composed primarily of capryllin and caprin, which is only a fraction

of total MCT. 

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> I was referring to the chemistry MCT in the suggested home-based MCT

extraction method by fractional freezing.

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> Tony

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