The Best Saturated Fats

By David Mendosa, Health Guide Thursday, March 15, 2012

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The best saturated fats are those that our bodies can burn most easily to fuel our energy. These are the fats that are highest in medium-chain triglycerides.This term is such a mouthful that we usually call them just MCTs. Triglycerides are the big part of vegetable oils and animal fats. Medium-chain...

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frankenduf

3/22/12 4:02pm

also, MCT oil is absorbed directly in the GI tract, so may be optimal for anyone with malabsorption or chronic inflammatory bowel conditions

frankenduf

3/22/12 4:02pm

also, MCT oil is absorbed directly in the GI tract, so may be optimal for anyone with malabsorption or chronic inflammatory bowel conditions

Ian Heavy

4/ 1/12 8:00pm

Hi David, very interesting set of articles. I hadn't known about how the mitochondria couldn't use longer carbon chain fats until I read about it here.

You second para under the heading MCT though doesn't make sense to me. You say that protein doesn't give us the energy we need, yet if we eat to much it spikes our blood sugar. Surely protein does give us energy via a process in the liver called gluconeogenesis.

Regards

Ian

David Mendosa, Health Guide

4/ 1/12 9:21pm

Dear Ian, Yes, some protein can indeed be converted to energy, but slowly and inefficiently. In fact this is a major point of my most recent article here. David

Ian Heavy

4/ 2/12 4:21pm

Many thanks David, I've just read your other article, however the more I read the more questions I get. I appreciate your research.

Regards

Ian

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