MCT Oil: Miracle Brain Fuel or Just a Fad?

In this video, Dr. Ayesha delves into the topic of MCT Oil and its impact on brain health, exploring whether it has beneficial or detrimental effects.
Medium Chain Triglyceride (MCT) oil has been gaining popularity in recent years, especially in the health and wellness community. MCT oil is a type of oil that is derived from coconut oil and contains medium-chain fatty acids, which are easily digested and metabolized by the body.

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[hankslegers]

A bit of an oversight for a neurologist to forget to mention that MCT has been prescribed for managing epilepsy for 100 years... for cases where drugs aren't working well. The recent evidence and reviews strongly support the notion that MCT gets into the brain and works as fuel; in elderly people, glucose nutrition in neurons becomes weaker.

[henryfate]

"More studies needed" means that there is probably no profit in this supplement.

[barbararodgers]

What about Dr Newport who treated her Alzheimer’s husband with coconutmet oil dose for coconut oil was 2 tblsp daily .His brain function improved dramatically within a month .She advised to increase coconut oil slowly eg 1/4 tsp to start with . Hope it works for me . I am going to try it now, Praise the Lord

[pacmanfl]

I believe most people take MCT oil for a quick boost while on a ketogenic diet. From what I understand, MCT oil is converted into ketones in the liver and can enter the mitochondria directly increasing ATP. Since ketones can cross the blood brain barrier, it seems to clear any “brain fog”. If anyone here fasts for longer than 16-18hrs, build up to 1Tbsp of C8 MCT and take it near the end of your fast. Please report back and tell me how you feel.

[michaelxlt]

My opinion I didn’t know that MCT oil help” with memory but I have 3 days using it and my brain is flying to the sky . I feel new again. Now in this video I found out it help with memory. Well it does for me. So just my opinion

[royjones]

Thats the sort of answer you would get from a drugs company - we can't make any money out of it, nothing to see here !!!

[joshuaa]

Suspicious when they don’t quote the name of the studies or provide links to read ourselves.

[prabhatkb]

Some people doesn't absorb fat properly because of lack of HCl and bile.in these case MCT works like miracles, it will help you to absorb fat soluble vitamin without need of bile.

[kb]

MCT works. No debate no doctors needed

[jordannas.]

You probably prescribe medications that’s why you are putting doubts on peoples heads, I know tons of people that had amazing results taking the MCT oil, just have to find the real organic one

[rocioharris]

I believe it's good, you are the first person that says the opposite 😮

[johnkirenga]

Evidence is obtained from people living in coastal areas in East Africa, when they get older they don't forget their children like people living in the hinterland high in the mountains where there's no coconuts. People living in coastal areas have their food prepared with coconut milk.

[steveb]

It doesn't need a prescription or an office visit, so some people try to downplay its benefits. I only started using it to get back into ketosis quicker. I did not know of the other benefits when I started using it. I add a tablespoon to my coffee 2 times per day. (I use the organic with C8/C10 only) I have more energy and focus throughout the day and I am deeper into ketosis than ever before. My memory is considerably better.

[Brazconj]

Hey I’ve been putting MCT Oil in my coffee every morning ☕️, and all of a sudden I’m remembering things that happened in MIDDLE SCHOOL that I totally forgot about so I don’t know but MCT oil is the only thing I added recently and it’s happening !! I’m definitely going to continue.

[jamez]

So pertaining to " brain fuel ", there needs to be " more data/ more studies". However, it's surprising she didn't mention the many known benefits. One in particular would be weight loss and digestion.

[ThomasNorthener]

Mitochondria decoupling. Thats what is the most important benefit of consuming MCT oil. In other words MCTs gives your Mitochondria a break and tells it that it's ok to waste fuel as heat, and repair and relax instrad. That is what Ketones does. According to doc Steven Gundry.

[mballer]

I don't understand your logic.
Studies don't change the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a substance.
The best study is a study of one, if someone starts eating some coconut oil in their diet and sees an improvement what then would be your recommendation?
If they start eating it and see no improvement what would be your recommendation?
I seem to recall reading studies years ago saying that when someone was functioning on ketones their brains had a longer time before damage occurred when having a stroke and the penumbra was possibly less, there was a longer time available to restore blood flow or oxygenation.
Is my memory faulty?
What about people who are already using coconut oil in their normal daily cooking?
Is not recommending it the same as recommending the stopping of use?
Or are you being neutral here?
Do you have any thoughts on ketones?
A ketone diet is known to be beneficial for people who have epilepsy, did you think about these studies?
In the studies you referred to, did they test for blood ketone levels or not? Did they restrict carbohydrates?
Did they keep track of their diet? Did they categorize people with high insulin levels?
Many questions.

[sogagirl]

I am 64 years old and I was my own study (Guinea pig) for four months and can
definitely confirm that mct oil does not help for me. All it did was raise my total blood cholesterol count through the roof.

[Saiyato]

Since I started my body and mind has been working together my words and thought processing started going hand in hand its like... now that I've found it I cannot stop it cause if I do within a week and a half I feel the effects where my speech becomes a bit more messy I feel more depleted but when I do consume mct in my morning cup of tea sometimes coffee it just.... lights me up makes me feel like a new person I do not recommend it to anyone because once you start you cannot stop because if you do you will feel the after effect but overall it makes me feel amazing its like a new found dopamine like a new found cocaine....

[DariusOutdoors]

You'd think they do the studies first to then sell a healthy product. But instead they just come up with something to sell and then others have to do the studies to see if it actually helps. There should be a law where all money has to be given back to the customer if something turns out useless afterwards.