medium chain FAs/goat milk

[Guest guest]

I had never heard of the MCT/goat connection before! Pretty neat

factoid!

@@@ http://ag.udel.edu/extension/information/goatmgt/gm-12.htm

Goat milk fat normally has 35 percent of medium chain fatty acids (C6-

C14) compared to cow milk fat 17 percent, and three are named after

goats: Caproic (C6), caprylic (C8), capric (C10), totaling 15 percent

in goat milk fat vs. only 5 percent in cow milk fat (Table 1).

Besides their unique flavor, which has serious consequences in

improper handling of goat milk, these medium chain fatty acids (MCT)

have become of considerable interest to the medical profession,

because of their unique benefits in many metabolic diseases of humans

(Babayan, 1981). @@@@@

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

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