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MCT oil, insulin sensitivity and weight loss

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) are metabolized differently than long chain fatty acids. They resist being stored as body fat and easily produce ketones. Subjects receiving 18 grams of MCT oil a day (about 4 teaspoons... a whopping dose) ate less and had improved insulin sensitivy and weight loss over those receiving ...

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High protein diet does not improve weight loss results in overweight children

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Overweight children may not achieve better weight loss results by consuming more protein. In this study, the low protein dieters had similar results as the moderate protein dieters. What the researchers called ''high protein'' was actually only marginally higher than the low protein group (22% vs. 15%). High protein is generally ...

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