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==Available Research==
The table below summarizes the studies on the impact of MCT on exercise.
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! Study
! Subjects
==Sources of MCT==
The composition of common sources of MCTs is shown below:
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!
! colspan="2"|colspan="2"|
Coconut Oil<ref name="O'Brien2010"/>
! colspan="2"|colspan="2"|
Palm Kernel Oil<ref name="O'Brien2010"/>
! Butter<ref name="usda"/>
* 0.000172 mmol/L is 172 nmoml/L.
Plugging this conversion into the above equations, we get:
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! ug/100 ml
! mg/dL:
* There seem to be changes in mental functioning, especially with larger doses. MCT can alleviate some feelings of tiredness and improve mental acuity, but it can also result in an unpleasant feeling that is hard to describe. The sensation is a little like how I feel when a migraine is imminent.
* I've found that MCT taken during exercise seems to impair my running. I performed a simplistic experiment with MCT during a run to try to evaluate the effect.
** At the time of the experiment I was adapted to the [[Ketogenic Diet]], having blood ketones above 1.0 for the previous 10 days.
** I started the run fasted, with my last dose of MCT at 2 PM the previous day.
** For the first 8 miles, I felt really good, with my heart rate and breathing where I'd expect them to be.
<ref name="RegerHenderson2004">Mark A. Reger, Samuel T. Henderson, Cathy Hale, Brenna Cholerton, Laura D. Baker, G.S. Watson, Karen Hyde, Darla Chapman, Suzanne Craft, Effects of β-hydroxybutyrate on cognition in memory-impaired adults, Neurobiology of Aging, volume 25, issue 3, 2004, pages 311–314, ISSN [http://www.worldcat.org/issn/01974580 01974580], doi [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00087-3 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00087-3]</ref>
<ref name="PanLarson2010">Yuanlong Pan, Brian Larson, Joseph A. Araujo, Winnie Lau, Christina de Rivera, Ruben Santana, Asa Gore, Norton W. Milgram, Dietary supplementation with medium-chain TAG has long-lasting cognition-enhancing effects in aged dogs, British Journal of Nutrition, volume 103, issue 12, 2010, pages 1746–1754, ISSN [http://www.worldcat.org/issn/0007-1145 0007-1145], doi [http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114510000097 10.1017/S0007114510000097]</ref>
<ref name="WolinskyDriskell2004">First Author Ira Wolinsky !!author1!!, Second Author Judy A. Driskell !!author2!!, Nutritional Ergogenic Aids, date 25 June 2004, publisher Taylor & Francis, isbn 978-0-203-50770-4, pages 196–</ref><ref name="O'Brien2010">author Richard D. O'Brien, Fats and Oils: Formulating and Processing for Applications, Third Edition, date 12 December 2010, publisher Taylor & Francis, isbn 978-1-4200-6167-3, pages 49–</ref>
<ref name="usda">NDL/FNIC Food Composition Database Home Page, http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/, Accessed on 18 November 2013</ref>
<ref name="Geliebter-1983"> A. Geliebter, N. Torbay, EF. Bracco, SA. Hashim, TB. Van Itallie, Overfeeding with medium-chain triglyceride diet results in diminished deposition of fat., Am J Clin Nutr, volume 37, issue 1, pages 1-4, Jan 1983, PMID [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6849272 6849272]</ref>