I take liquid MCT in my coffee each morning for the last 7 yrs. If I take as much as a tablespoon, I would be so sick to my stomach I would have to take a Tums to get to work. Aprox 2 tsp seems to work fine with no stomach upset. Less appetite and no constipation are great benefits. Good for the brain too! Start slow w/MCT and work up.
Nobody believes this works but this is my hack. I take 20 oz of water, 2 scoops of MCT powder, 2 scoops of electrolytes with salt, half a package of Celsius drink mix(I use half to limit my caffeine to 100mg in the drink) and 5 grams of creatine I take about 10 minutes to drink it on the way to the gym. I can workout for 90 minutes without getting exhausted. I do this on a fasted stomach in the morning before my workout. My last meal is always before 4 pm the day before. After my workout, I have no appetite other then maybe thirst for water. Days I skip this routine, I get exhausted 40 minutes in my workout and feel like skipping cardio. World of a difference with MCT oil, but I find the electrolytes help it. This routine for 3 months has allowed me to shed 1-2 pounds a week. Prior no weight loss with same routine. I think the drink boosts fat burning by priming you while also curbing your appetite.
Yes, i know. But its a small Amount i consume in a week. 2 packets the whole week split up. I eat grass feed and finished beef, I am mostly carnivore and never over 15 carbs a day. I eat extremely well. But cant be perfect but try my best. All the food we eat is wrapped in plastic. I live in NYC, the air i breath is what will do me in first if i dont get shot by a mugger
@@mattfisanoSucralose in food is like water in gas. Would you put gas with water into the tank of your car? No. It will mess up the engine eventually. You aren't being strategic. You aren't thinking long-term about your metabolic health. Your metabolic health is more important than anything because it's your engine. When the engine goes out, you go out. You're a natural creature. Natural creatures eat natural foods. Scales don't measure how much fat a person has in his liver. Avoid the unnatural. Peace. Thank you for reading.
I was having lower back pain due to inflammation. I saw your video at the time you were helping your son. I bought your MCT caps and got up to 9 a day without issues. My pain went away. I faithfully continued taking all 3 bottles until they ran out. 👍🤗🥳
Hi Dr Boz, it wad nice to meet you at the keto conference in early August in Florida. I am the lady with sleep apnea that was not responding to cpap therapy and even adding the oxygen didn't help living in Colorado at 6500 feet (I am a 5th generation native). What did help and made me feel alive again after having early onset dementia symptoms like my mom was: your Dr. Boz - Keto BHB Powder - Mexican Chocolate Spice, 20 Servings - Ketones Drink - Energy & Reduced Cravings - I drink this everymorning when I wake up and used Mary T Newport coconut oil & mct: 4 parts mct oil 4 oz 1/2 cup 3 part coconut oil 3 oz I take 1.5 tlbs of this mix at wake, lunch, dinner and bed. Glory to God I am off cpap, just sleeping with oxygen, mouth piece made by sleep dr and taping my mouth when I sleep. My energy & mood has greatly increased, I can laugh again. My pickelpall game has greatly improved and I am able to learn again without any signs of early onset dementia. Thank you for all you do❤
I take every morning in my coffee! Thank you for the updated video on MCT oil. I'm finding out to much MCT oil can have you gain weight!! Ugh!! I guess it's high in fat!?!!
❤ Taking those large capsules can be a bit much so when I make my fatte latte in the morning ( frothed butter in my coffee with salt crystals around the rim, like a margarita) I pop in a handful of MCT capsules. The oil mixes with the butter and salt, tastes delicious. Super extra energy in the morning. Then, throughout the day, I take a capsule of MCT with a salt crystal, and chew on it like an edible of brain balm. Savory salt and oil gummys.
Hello Dr. Boz, I’m a new subscriber and really love your very informative videos! I’ve been on the carnivore diet for 4 months now because i wanted to lose weight. My daughter had started this WOE 2 months prior and was losing so I decided to give it a try. My problem is I have no gallbladder and was diagnosed with IBS-D so my diarrhea only got worse. Two weeks in on this diet I decided to quit due to the diarrhea until i tested my blood sugar and it was 85 (been pre-diabetic for years). I cannot even remember when my BS levels were in the normal range. Currently, my BS levels have been ranging from 85-99 and I have lost 30 pounds on the carnivore diet. I eat 2 meals a day and IF 16:8. My meals consist of a variation of meat, salmon and eggs all cooked in tallow or butter.I want to switch to the ketogenic diet but afraid to mess up my BS levels. Would taking your MCT oil supplements help me bypass the fat malabsorption issue? Any other suggestions you have to help me switch to the ketogenic diet and maintain my normal BS levels would be greatly appreciated 😊
Qq_ I ordered the CGM, put it on 3pm yesterday. I started a fast on the 10th of September USA/10 of September Germany. Kinda cool the 9 hours difference. Today is day 3 fasting. It has me in the normal range. I’m thinking too fast, or when I get hungry to eat Sardined. But so far just water and a coffee with butter. Been Carnivore 21 months. Put on 30#’s do to most likely stress. Was unable to join your 21 day program. 😢 The weight sucks, and yet I continue on Carnivore because of how much better I feel daily. I’ve ordered your books and supplements. Great read on how you supported your mom. Thanks for all you do to support us all in health.
I take 1 ounce of MCT oil with my morning coffee & then around noon I eat an ounce of Coconut oil to get the Lauric acid & its antimicrobial effects... Then I have my Carnivore-OMAD in the evening. The rest of my fat comes from Butter or Tallow... So far, so good 😁 (Sometimes I have a little diarrhea, but after suffering from constipation for years, it's a welcome change!)
I take MCT oil daily. I have to take it in the evening only. I noticed that taking it in the morning gave me slight tremors. Not good for a practicing dentist. I take it for brain health only. I will try an increased dose the next time I have back pain. Thanks Dr. Boz.
@@cdub1210 Not at all. The worst enamel erosion I have seen, not including acid reflux, is from excessive exposure to lemons, pickles and grapefruit. If one likes consuming these things are like consuming apple cider vinegar should rinse with water right away.
You sound like a great mother. When I was your son's age, and wrestling, my mother visited sporadically once every other year. I don't know if she knew I was wrestling. Bad moms really do exist. I should know. I had one.
I'm vegetarian, and have been considering doing a vegetarian keto challenge for a month. I'm gonna add mct oil into my tool kit to help me enter ketosis faster, thanks Dr. Boz.
I bought a bottle of Dr. Boz MCT oil and decided to try taking 55 capsules a day for a week straight. I tested my ketones at the end of every day. They were higher than usual but not as high as I was expecting. The last day was really low... like 0.3. The highest was a 1.9 on day 2.
@@15MileMedia You need to buy a device to measure them, I use a Keto Mojo GK+. It will measure blood sugar and ketones with a finger prick. Keto Mojo will also calculate your GKI ( Glucose Ketone Index { blood sugar in mg/dl divided by 18, then take that number and divide by ketones). So, ideally, you would want a low blood sugar and high ketones, which is a GKI under 9. If you can get it under 1, you would be in the highest therapeutic level of ketosis, but that's more for cancer patients, I think. Under 9 means your metabolizing fat more than sugar. Usually, you need ketones of at least 0.5 mmol/L to have a shot of being in ketosis.
The upset stomach probably comes from the gelatin in the capsules.. I take two tablespoons of MCT oil from a bottle in one litre of coffee with butter, cream, cocoa and cinnamon - my variant on Bullet Proof Coffee and have no digestion problems.
I take about an ounce of MCT oil in each cup of coffee I drink in the morning. I drink between two and 3 cups every morning. I take it for my possible early onset dementia and my wife says she can tell the difference. I can't. In fact, I don't really notice most of the benefits you are mentioning here. But I will continue to take it just in case it works.
@@blackfootdaisy coffee is the problem. Lion diet will fix the gut, then start adding things in slowly (one at a time for several days) to see what you tolerate.
some people have issues even slowly building a tolerance to MCT. Standard MCT oil consists of C8,C10 and C12. you can buy an isolated version MCT with only of C8 (Caprylic acid) some people tolerate that better. (don't get me wrong you still need to slowly increase the amount)
If you ever need to interrupt a water fast you can use MCT (taken in small amounts at a time) to get you through a period when you need energy for a task.
I began watching this video doubting that I would learn anything, but I was wrong. I'm also having suppressed ketones and also a sore knee. I walk about ten miles per day. They stopped stocking MCT oil at Costco but I'm going to order more on their website and see how it works for me. I appreciate you.
For your “sore knee” perhaps you should try taking (1) Boron 3mg pill daily. I had awful pain in my left knee and right hip for a couple of weeks. The pain never got better and then I tried just (1) Boron 3mg daily and then another dose the next day and 100 percent of the pains went away completely! Most of us are deficient in Boron because of US soils are depleted of various nutrients like Boron. Knock on wood, those pains are still gone after nearly three years.
Thank you for the info, I know I am still quite Insulin Resistant, but have been doing Keto for almost 2 years, and recently got the Stelo, it cofirmed where I am, and while I am not checking Ketones, I have a pretty good idea and feeling of when I am in Ketosis and I know I haven't been for a while. So I did the butter experiment and I was only able to make it through about a stick and half of butter though out my 24 hours. I was just too full and sasiated to eat any more. I look forward to catching your Lives sometime and maybe ask some questions. (I hate fish/seafood, so while I can probably stress my metabolism with something else in 72 hours, I don't know about the sardines)
@@sherireuther3047 I like my coffee with cream, and MCT oil by itself doesn't seem to make it creamy. I add the MCT oil to heavy cream, shake well before using. Then just add as much as I want.
@@kaakrepwhateverI also use the A2 half and half, then add the MCT to the cup. You have a great idea to add it to the cream. Do you add it to the carton or just the cup. If it was already in the carton then in the morning before work I could just shake and pour. One less thing to have to think about. Great idea, thanks 🙋♀️🙏
Kathleen you have a great point. I also have some issue with my swallowing. Went to ENT for evaluation/treatment of some kind of throat issue. He said I have silent gerd. I have lost over 10 pounds just due to not wanting to eat, related to swallowing. Also it seems I can eat anything I want, nothing adds weight, as in ice cream, etc. I’m also moving so have a high cortisol level I’m sure. Put our mom into a senior community after not able to handle her behaviors getting worse from dementia. So I would never be onboard for swallowing a bunch of pills. I do take a few in AM but only 2 at a time and after holding in my mouth to soften the capsules first. Thanks 🙋♀️🙏
Isn't MCT oil a specific section of standard coconut oil ... ? the part with carbon chains of between 9-12 C atoms ? Surely just using coconut oil for cooking, salad dressing, etc gets the same result, taking a bit longer perhaps but less likely to cause upheavals in the digestive system.
Love adding MCT oil into a cup of bone broth soup or mixed other fatty foods like tuna with mayo. Totally disguises the oiliness. Cannot stand it in coffee the oil feel on my lips with coffee just feels wrong.
I purchased some MCT capsules. I had blookwork done recently and my triglycerides were a bit high. So should i wait a while to get that under control before i add the MCT capsules?
Please discuss electrolyte dumping. I think mct messed me up. A couple days of diahrea then got extremely dizzy and more diahrea. Was told I'm not eating enough protein could be an issue. Would love to hear your view..
You aren’t supposed to cook with it. It was likely cleaning out the garbage in your liver! I went through this too when I put it in my coffee and am glad I hung in there. It got rid of the toxins.
I thought wound healing requires inflammation as a stimulant to growth factors and granulation. Was "healthy" inflammation preserved... not adversely affected by generalized deleterious inflammatory processes?
See PubMed article: “Caprylic acid (C8:0) promotes bone metastasis of prostate cancer by dysregulated adipo-osteogenic balance in bone marrow” Dr. Boz, can you speak to this?
Isn't a blood sugar of 39 like you had considered dangerous? As a type 1 Diabetic I have had seizures and passed out going below 45. I went into a coma once when it went below 40. I actually have an alarm set on my continuous glucose monitor to go off in case it gets below 55 during the night so I can wake up and take a glucose pill to keep it from falling any further.
@drboz after a couple days of diahrea(pretty sure from mct) and dizzyness that almost sent me to er, i am no longer making ketones and glucose is over 100! My dbr was 50 and under for several weeks! Still eating 80/20 like i was before this happened! Any advice greatly appreciated. Still off balance with electrolytes but improving
Becuz she sells MCT pills lol She actually has them made special so they are certain of the mcts that she feels are best So MCT oil is an isolate of coconut oil and her MCT pills are an isolate of MCT oil. Prob would work with MCT oil tho. I may try it with the MCT oil. It’s tasteless unlike coconut oil and I can eat a couple tbsp of that daily if I nibble at them (it’s usually hard or gelled in my cupboard in my climate) Best to start slow. Her son was used to high fat! You can also break up the oil-1 tsp then hrs later another then hrs later another. Hit ur GI tract slowly. But maybe just start out 1-2 tsp daily. U know how high fat you have been eating- or not lol
@foxslayer321 hat she's doing is focusing on the best parts, the C8 and c10 like Dave Asprey(the Bulletproof Coffee guy) does in his Brain Oictane Oil,
Why not just put (organic) coconut oil and pastured unsalted butter in your coffee? Adds flavor along with my raw cream direct from the farm. I've been doing that for years. I try to eat only whole foods.
You can do the same thing, only better, by Grounding, it halts the inflammation immediately. You should thrive to stay grounded as much as possible....Grounding is the most important health measure, and this Dr. Should be talking about it regularly. Everything else she recommends will have even more profound effects
Question: given MCT is not digested, does it break the morning fast if you take it in the morning? ie -does it interrupt intermittent fasting to take it first thing?
@@MrChiangching Insanity. Hypoglycemia is dangerous. Red blood cells and the liver require glucose for energy. Trying to deliberately make it anything below 80 is straight out idiotic.
@@MrChiangching I know exactly what I'm talking about and very experienced with diabetes, and know nuclear chemistry, biochemistry and enzymatic catalyzation quite well. What she is promoting is lunacy and quackery. I've seen serious situations with hypoglycemia. That is not something to play with or take lightly. The average person especially seniors are not gonna play around with glucose and ketone monitors. Most diet oriented videos on here by MDs or other [that have something to sell] are loaded with misinformation or things completely out of context or straight out lies.
Dr. Boz, do you think your ketones are low at times not because your liver is not making them but because your body is utilizing them so fast? Is there a way to gauge ketone metabolism instead of the number of free ketones in the blood or excreted? Just curious.
Interesting. I started adding MCT to my carnivore diet a while back to try and get my ketones up to a better level. I was at 1 or lower for a while there even while eating lots of fat. So I increased my fat intake more and also squirt MCT in with it. I think I'll add more and see if it helps further. I've managed to get up into the mid-twos, but would like to see them a bit higher than that. I have been reading about how it boosts ketones more immediately, so that can be a way to get through stretches of the day when your ketones are lower than you would like.
❓❓😊Is MCT safe for me?? I've wanted to use MCT. But with PBC, Stage 3CKD, Nephrolithiasis leading to one kidney dysplasia. Post menopausal (Hashimoto's), severe constipation, and undiagnosed gut problems...my Dr.'s still have me on scads of pillls. HELP PLEASE❗❗
Is it really genetic? Or just a similar diet? And what is "high"? You realize that that measure was lowered , sometime back to benefit pharma selling killer stating drugs.
The genetic or “familial” diseases has been debunked except for extremely rare diseases. It’s the same food and lifestyle that creates the same issues. Carbohydrates store excess insulin as fat. So the bread rice, pasta, flours, sugars sodas etc cause all the problems. Cut them out of your diet for 3 months and only eat animal products and drink filtered water, tea coffee etc, no alcohol. It’s a big lifestyle change but you’ll feel a million dollars. All your bloodwork will show you.
CAN YOU USE C8 MCT OIL TOPICALLY ON A SWOLLEN KNEE (FOR EXAMPLE) ? (i.e. Rub the oil, on the knee) ? If so could you put DMSO on The Swollen Knee first, then....... etc ???
I had to stop taking mct. I stored fat on my hips and tommy. First years doing keto, i always took a tablespoon in my coffee. Its great for the brain! But i had to stop taking it after 3 years in keto.
Fat doesn’t store fat, it burns fat, it’s sugar that coverts excess insulin into fat stores. Do you eat all the “keto sweet treats” , if anything tastes sweet, it’s not your friend unfortunately.
It’s clearing out your liver or you have pancreatitis. Eating fat shouldn’t be painful more than a day or 2 if it’s your liver. If it’s pancreatitis you will end up needing a doctor.
Hello Dr. Boz, my name is Stewart. I'm using my wife's RUclips channel. I live in Naples, wonderful Florida. However, I heard something on this video. Did you say that your blood sugar went to 39? I hope this is not true as I recall that's very much in what we would call. Strokeville, in other words, that's really bad. Unless you know something that I'm missing here which is great since you're an MD and I'm not. I hope I heard that wrong but I had a friend who was a type 2 diabetic. He woke up with a 39 blood sugar and really bad he didn't have a stroke but he was shaking and very very dizzy and light-headed and stuff and had to take some. Had to get some fruit really quick in his system and sugar. Okay. Just curious. No disrespect intended to you. Are you in South Dakota? Thank you 😮
She's teaching quackery that goes against the most basic principles of science. Hypoglycemia is dangerous, she thinks the ketones make up for it, it's pure madness. If she wants to do that to herself that's one thing but to influence the public to think like that is wrong. She talks keto this and keto that, yet glucose makes alpha-ketones pyruvate by CoA (coenzyme A) then to ATP (adenosine triphosphate) cellular energy through glycolysis regularly. Fructolysis does the same. All diets are "ketogenic" as ketones are carb/sugar metabolites on the way to ATP. And fats are nothing more than concentrated long and short chain carbs. The secret is carbs trigger IGF-1 growth hormone, so low/no carb diets lose weight by raising BMR (body metabolic rate) to process fats/proteins which are larger compounds at the same rate carbs/glucose does. Glucose molecule produces more ATP per molecules, so fats/proteins have double duty and more ATP is required looping to maintain that high BMR sped up state for lipolysis/beta-oxidation [for beta-ketones] of fats and gluconeogenesis of proteins and that takes weight off because of the harder work. People "feel great" not because of ketones [which are constantly made with any diet] but because in that high BMR sped up state more cortisol, adrenaline and dopamine are released literally the exact same physiology of doing coke or meth and losing weight. Snake oil is ketogenic too. 🐍
I’m now up to 1/4 cup of MCT oil a day. I take a measured TB four times a day, never on an empty stomach. How long can I keep this up if I’m looking to reverse arthritis?
Dr Boz, could it be that ketones are low in the morning because the energy needs are null at that time. Maybe we need to revisit this expectation and concentrate more on the daytime readings while eliminating the stress of not having those higher morning ketone levels
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I like this Dr, she doesn’t mess about, she just gets straight to the point 👍🏿.
I like it also. She doesn't play games with her main point - she spits it out "bottom line up front" .
That's appreciated amidst the others
same!
Makes no sense ! Many Alderney can’t swallow one pill! Why not use the mct oil?
@@seascape185 because shes pushing her product
I take liquid MCT in my coffee each morning for the last 7 yrs. If I take as much as a tablespoon, I would be so sick to my stomach I would have to take a Tums to get to work. Aprox 2 tsp seems to work fine with no stomach upset. Less appetite and no constipation are great benefits. Good for the brain too! Start slow w/MCT and work up.
Me too
I like adding it to the nutri bullet with coffee and blending
Nobody believes this works but this is my hack. I take 20 oz of water, 2 scoops of MCT powder, 2 scoops of electrolytes with salt, half a package of Celsius drink mix(I use half to limit my caffeine to 100mg in the drink) and 5 grams of creatine I take about 10 minutes to drink it on the way to the gym. I can workout for 90 minutes without getting exhausted. I do this on a fasted stomach in the morning before my workout. My last meal is always before 4 pm the day before. After my workout, I have no appetite other then maybe thirst for water. Days I skip this routine, I get exhausted 40 minutes in my workout and feel like skipping cardio. World of a difference with MCT oil, but I find the electrolytes help it. This routine for 3 months has allowed me to shed 1-2 pounds a week. Prior no weight loss with same routine. I think the drink boosts fat burning by priming you while also curbing your appetite.
Celsius is sweetened with SUCRALOSE.😮
What type of MCT Powder you use?
Yes, i know. But its a small
Amount i consume in a week. 2 packets the whole week split up. I eat grass feed and finished beef, I am mostly carnivore and never over 15 carbs a day. I eat extremely well. But cant be perfect but try my best. All the food we eat is wrapped in plastic. I live in NYC, the air i breath is what will do me in first if i dont get shot by a mugger
I use Dr Colbert MCT oil. The unflavored one. I also have liquid but use that for coffee on days off or on a salad with vinegar.
@@mattfisanoSucralose in food is like water in gas. Would you put gas with water into the tank of your car? No. It will mess up the engine eventually. You aren't being strategic. You aren't thinking long-term about your metabolic health. Your metabolic health is more important than anything because it's your engine. When the engine goes out, you go out. You're a natural creature. Natural creatures eat natural foods. Scales don't measure how much fat a person has in his liver. Avoid the unnatural. Peace. Thank you for reading.
I just watched one video and I have subscribed! Dr Boz gets to the point and explains it really well. Thank you Doc!
I was having lower back pain due to inflammation. I saw your video at the time you were helping your son. I bought your MCT caps and got up to 9 a day without issues. My pain went away. I faithfully continued taking all 3 bottles until they ran out. 👍🤗🥳
Do you swallow the caps or do you open them up and drink the oil?
@@wealthychickens swallow
@@wealthychickensI put them in my coffee and blend.
@@michellewelch6013 you can buy MCT liquid. I put it in my scrambled eggs every morning 😊
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You are such a blessing to all of us who are on a mission to improve our health.
Hi Dr Boz, it wad nice to meet you at the keto conference in early August in Florida. I am the lady with sleep apnea that was not responding to cpap therapy and even adding the oxygen didn't help living in Colorado at 6500 feet (I am a 5th generation native). What did help and made me feel alive again after having early onset dementia symptoms like my mom was: your
Dr. Boz - Keto BHB Powder - Mexican Chocolate Spice, 20 Servings - Ketones Drink - Energy & Reduced Cravings -
I drink this everymorning when I wake up and used Mary T Newport coconut oil & mct:
4 parts mct oil 4 oz 1/2 cup
3 part coconut oil 3 oz
I take 1.5 tlbs of this mix at wake, lunch, dinner and bed.
Glory to God I am off cpap, just sleeping with oxygen, mouth piece made by sleep dr and taping my mouth when I sleep. My energy & mood has greatly increased, I can laugh again. My pickelpall game has greatly improved and I am able to learn again without any signs of early onset dementia.
Thank you for all you do❤
20 servings a day?
@@sherylmcguire1790Size of container LOL
I take every morning in my coffee! Thank you for the updated video on MCT oil.
I'm finding out to much MCT oil can have you gain weight!! Ugh!! I guess it's high in fat!?!!
❤ Taking those large capsules can be a bit much so when I make my fatte latte in the morning ( frothed butter in my coffee with salt crystals around the rim, like a margarita) I pop in a handful of MCT capsules. The oil mixes with the butter and salt, tastes delicious. Super extra energy in the morning. Then, throughout the day, I take a capsule of MCT with a salt crystal, and chew on it like an edible of brain balm. Savory salt and oil gummys.
Hello Dr. Boz, I’m a new subscriber and really love your very informative videos! I’ve been on the carnivore diet for 4 months now because i wanted to lose weight. My daughter had started this WOE 2 months prior and was losing so I decided to give it a try. My problem is I have no gallbladder and was diagnosed with IBS-D so my diarrhea only got worse. Two weeks in on this diet I decided to quit due to the diarrhea until i tested my blood sugar and it was 85 (been pre-diabetic for years). I cannot even remember when my BS levels were in the normal range. Currently, my BS levels have been ranging from 85-99 and I have lost 30 pounds on the carnivore diet. I eat 2 meals a day and IF 16:8. My meals consist of a variation of meat, salmon and eggs all cooked in tallow or butter.I want to switch to the ketogenic diet but afraid to mess up my BS levels. Would taking your MCT oil supplements help me bypass the fat malabsorption issue? Any other suggestions you have to help me switch to the ketogenic diet and maintain my normal BS levels would be greatly appreciated 😊
Qq_ I ordered the CGM, put it on 3pm yesterday. I started a fast on the 10th of September USA/10 of September Germany. Kinda cool the 9 hours difference. Today is day 3 fasting. It has me in the normal range. I’m thinking too fast, or when I get hungry to eat Sardined. But so far just water and a coffee with butter. Been Carnivore 21 months. Put on 30#’s do to most likely stress. Was unable to join your 21 day program. 😢
The weight sucks, and yet I continue on Carnivore because of how much better I feel daily. I’ve ordered your books and supplements. Great read on how you supported your mom.
Thanks for all you do to support us all in health.
Ashwagandha blocks cortisol release.
I take 1 ounce of MCT oil with my morning coffee & then around noon I eat an ounce of Coconut oil to get the Lauric acid & its antimicrobial effects... Then I have my Carnivore-OMAD in the evening. The rest of my fat comes from Butter or Tallow... So far, so good 😁
(Sometimes I have a little diarrhea, but after suffering from constipation for years, it's a welcome change!)
I take MCT oil daily. I have to take it in the evening only. I noticed that taking it in the morning gave me slight tremors. Not good for a practicing dentist. I take it for brain health only. I will try an increased dose the next time I have back pain. Thanks Dr. Boz.
I’ve been wondering if MCT is harmful to tooth 🦷 enamel
@@cdub1210 Not at all. The worst enamel erosion I have seen, not including acid reflux, is from excessive exposure to lemons, pickles and grapefruit. If one likes consuming these things are like consuming apple cider vinegar should rinse with water right away.
@@Lam-he6mj thank you 🙏
Love you Annette for your care for your family and natural approach to help health. MCT, salt Yes! Keto/Carnivore 4-ever.
You sound like a great mother. When I was your son's age, and wrestling, my mother visited sporadically once every other year. I don't know if she knew I was wrestling. Bad moms really do exist. I should know. I had one.
That’s sad 😢
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Great video, thanks. And I love these short format❤
I'm vegetarian, and have been considering doing a vegetarian keto challenge for a month. I'm gonna add mct oil into my tool kit to help me enter ketosis faster, thanks Dr. Boz.
You r an idiot. Lamb meat is a belss from god.
My Super Veggie Shake!!
Cucumber
Celery
Cilantro
Italian Parsely
Red Pepper
Tumeric
MCT
Super... but doesn't it taste horrible?
Upset stomach happens a lot with MCT oil. It is due to the satiation mimicking nausea. It passes in about 10-20 minutes.
You are looking better every time I see you in a new video. You moved to Florida and found three fountain of youth!
I bought a bottle of Dr. Boz MCT oil and decided to try taking 55 capsules a day for a week straight. I tested my ketones at the end of every day. They were higher than usual but not as high as I was expecting. The last day was really low... like 0.3. The highest was a 1.9 on day 2.
How do we measure ketones and what do the ranges mean?
@@15MileMedia You need to buy a device to measure them, I use a Keto Mojo GK+. It will measure blood sugar and ketones with a finger prick. Keto Mojo will also calculate your GKI ( Glucose Ketone Index { blood sugar in mg/dl divided by 18, then take that number and divide by ketones). So, ideally, you would want a low blood sugar and high ketones, which is a GKI under 9. If you can get it under 1, you would be in the highest therapeutic level of ketosis, but that's more for cancer patients, I think. Under 9 means your metabolizing fat more than sugar. Usually, you need ketones of at least 0.5 mmol/L to have a shot of being in ketosis.
The upset stomach probably comes from the gelatin in the capsules.. I take two tablespoons of MCT oil from a bottle in one litre of coffee with butter, cream, cocoa and cinnamon - my variant on Bullet Proof Coffee and have no digestion problems.
How is your blood sugar?
You drink a Litre of coffee a day?
Does MCT in black coffee break a fast?
@@elizabethverne7650yes. Anything other than black coffee or tea will technically break a fast. Adding fat is definitely breaking a fast, it’s food. ❤
@@elizabethverne7650 yes it breaks the fast, but does not raise insulin
1/4 cup is a lot. I am Carnivore and use no more than 2 tablespoons of liquid and only on gym days.
awesome video! Thank you as always for sharing!
Dr. Boz, could you please share your thoughts on keto cycling? Thank you.
Wonderful info.! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Dr. Bass. I take yours, but I was only taking three at a time.
What would be the impact of this protocol on a lipid blood panel and should it be of concern? Thank you Dr Boz.
I use it in coffee every morning for my brain as I’m under stress as a teacher.
Yea that’s gotta be tough Biden allowing all the illegals in and the teachers have to figure out how to teach kids who don’t speak English.
Try adrenal glands
I don’t even bother adding mct to anything, I just take a swig or two daily right out of the bottle.
@@doghairdontcarelindaniel7531 coo
I take about an ounce of MCT oil in each cup of coffee I drink in the morning.
I drink between two and 3 cups every morning.
I take it for my possible early onset dementia and my wife says she can tell the difference. I can't.
In fact, I don't really notice most of the benefits you are mentioning here. But I will continue to take it just in case it works.
Thanks for the tip.
would a very low carb diet do the same? does MCT make THAT big of a difference? thanks for the info!
DR boz iam doing a 72 HR sardines fast and feeling amazing like always
If you’re eating, it’s not a fast lol
I put just a spoonful of MCT oil in one cup of coffee in the morning. Any more and it's like too much laxative.
You and me both. I don't know how people take so much.
@@blackfootdaisy coffee is the problem. Lion diet will fix the gut, then start adding things in slowly (one at a time for several days) to see what you tolerate.
Like she had shared you have to build up to it
some people have issues even slowly building a tolerance to MCT. Standard MCT oil consists of C8,C10 and C12. you can buy an isolated version MCT with only of C8 (Caprylic acid) some people tolerate that better. (don't get me wrong you still need to slowly increase the amount)
Cold-pressed coconut oil fantastic too - lots of natural MCT esp caprylic acid
Is this safe if you have no appendix or gall bladder?
Good question, I don't have gall bladder either
If you ever need to interrupt a water fast you can use MCT (taken in small amounts at a time) to get you through a period when you need energy for a task.
I began watching this video doubting that I would learn anything, but I was wrong.
I'm also having suppressed ketones and also a sore knee. I walk about ten miles per day. They stopped stocking MCT oil at Costco but I'm going to order more on their website and see how it works for me.
I appreciate you.
Now I'm wondering if the MCT might help to resolve my perpetually sore muscles (I'm 70).
For your “sore knee” perhaps you should try taking (1) Boron 3mg pill daily. I had awful pain in my left knee and right hip for a couple of weeks. The pain never got better and then I tried just (1) Boron 3mg daily and then another dose the next day and 100 percent of the pains went away completely!
Most of us are deficient in Boron because of US soils are depleted of various nutrients like Boron.
Knock on wood, those pains are still gone after nearly three years.
@@tillygirl7450 Thanks for the report! I'll check into it.
Thank you for the info, I know I am still quite Insulin Resistant, but have been doing Keto for almost 2 years, and recently got the Stelo, it cofirmed where I am, and while I am not checking Ketones, I have a pretty good idea and feeling of when I am in Ketosis and I know I haven't been for a while. So I did the butter experiment and I was only able to make it through about a stick and half of butter though out my 24 hours. I was just too full and sasiated to eat any more. I look forward to catching your Lives sometime and maybe ask some questions. (I hate fish/seafood, so while I can probably stress my metabolism with something else in 72 hours, I don't know about the sardines)
What was the butter experiment?
Why put MCT oil in capsules? Just use the oil in a beverage and then you aren’t eating all those capsule coatings
It is utterly flavorless and leaves no aftertaste if you just take it by the spoonful.
That’s what I do, added to my coffee.
@@sherireuther3047 I like my coffee with cream, and MCT oil by itself doesn't seem to make it creamy. I add the MCT oil to heavy cream, shake well before using. Then just add as much as I want.
@@kaakrepwhateverI also use the A2 half and half, then add the MCT to the cup. You have a great idea to add it to the cream. Do you add it to the carton or just the cup. If it was already in the carton then in the morning before work I could just shake and pour. One less thing to have to think about. Great idea, thanks 🙋♀️🙏
Kathleen you have a great point. I also have some issue with my swallowing. Went to ENT for evaluation/treatment of some kind of throat issue. He said I have silent gerd. I have lost over 10 pounds just due to not wanting to eat, related to swallowing. Also it seems I can eat anything I want, nothing adds weight, as in ice cream, etc. I’m also moving so have a high cortisol level I’m sure. Put our mom into a senior community after not able to handle her behaviors getting worse from dementia. So I would never be onboard for swallowing a bunch of pills. I do take a few in AM but only 2 at a time and after holding in my mouth to soften the capsules first. Thanks 🙋♀️🙏
Isn't MCT oil a specific section of standard coconut oil ... ? the part with carbon chains of between 9-12 C atoms ? Surely just using coconut oil for cooking, salad dressing, etc gets the same result, taking a bit longer perhaps but less likely to cause upheavals in the digestive system.
Which liquid, MCT OIL, works best, Palm or COCONUT?
She's right. I found some MCT oil in a cupboard. Used it on my bike chain. It healed my bike. The squeaking disappeared.
Love adding MCT oil into a cup of bone broth soup or mixed other fatty foods like tuna with mayo. Totally disguises the oiliness. Cannot stand it in coffee the oil feel on my lips with coffee just feels wrong.
I hear you! I like my coffee to taste JUST like coffee & nothing else. The kind I love to buy is to expensive to ruin! 😊
incredible. great info.
I purchased some MCT capsules. I had blookwork done recently and my triglycerides were a bit high. So should i wait a while to get that under control before i add the MCT capsules?
Please discuss electrolyte dumping. I think mct messed me up. A couple days of diahrea then got extremely dizzy and more diahrea. Was told I'm not eating enough protein could be an issue. Would love to hear your view..
You were eating too much fat 😊
@@DebbieTDP was doing 80/20.
@@tinamartin4381 it's a lot.
That's why one needs to adjust according to pooping "consistency" 😄🙏🏻
add more plant proteins, and start at lower doses.
I buy 40 oz bottles of mct oil at Costco C 8 and C 10. Very good price too. I drink 2oz first thing in the morning.
Will you be restocking your ketones?
MCT oil hurt my stomach so bad I thought I would have to go to the hospital. It was the MCT cooking oil. Never again
You need to start with a small amount and build up.
Do not heat MCT oil!
You aren’t supposed to cook with it. It was likely cleaning out the garbage in your liver! I went through this too when I put it in my coffee and am glad I hung in there. It got rid of the toxins.
Hi Dr Bosworth - I’m currently on hormone blockers (Megestrol & Tamoxifen) for endometrial cancer. Is it safe to take MCT oil?
Dr. Towanda Bosworth!
I thought wound healing requires inflammation as a stimulant to growth factors and granulation. Was "healthy" inflammation preserved... not adversely affected by generalized deleterious inflammatory processes?
How do you not preserve inflammation in a healthy way?
I’ve been doing coconut milk powder in my brewed cacao. Coconut milk is about 40% mct
Not the denatured table salt but pink Himalayan or other natural salts that contain what the body needs.
Will MCT oil raise triglycerides?
Would it be dangerous for some people? You never seem to talk about that.
caprylic acid (C8:0) promotes bone metastasis of PCa by dysregulated adipo-osteogenic balance of bone marrow.
See PubMed article: “Caprylic acid (C8:0) promotes bone metastasis of prostate cancer by dysregulated adipo-osteogenic balance in bone marrow”
Dr. Boz, can you speak to this?
Thanks for the note.
Dr. Boz. I have multiple myeloma. I can't find any natural methods to deal with it. Are there any?
Isn't a blood sugar of 39 like you had considered dangerous? As a type 1 Diabetic I have had seizures and passed out going below 45. I went into a coma once when it went below 40. I actually have an alarm set on my continuous glucose monitor to go off in case it gets below 55 during the night so I can wake up and take a glucose pill to keep it from falling any further.
@drboz after a couple days of diahrea(pretty sure from mct) and dizzyness that almost sent me to er, i am no longer making ketones and glucose is over 100! My dbr was 50 and under for several weeks! Still eating 80/20 like i was before this happened! Any advice greatly appreciated. Still off balance with electrolytes but improving
Why don't you just buy the mct coconut oil?
Becuz she sells MCT pills lol
She actually has them made special so they are certain of the mcts that she feels are best
So MCT oil is an isolate of coconut oil and her MCT pills are an isolate of MCT oil.
Prob would work with MCT oil tho.
I may try it with the MCT oil. It’s tasteless unlike coconut oil and I can eat a couple tbsp of that daily if I nibble at them (it’s usually hard or gelled in my cupboard in my climate)
Best to start slow. Her son was used to high fat! You can also break up the oil-1 tsp then hrs later another then hrs later another. Hit ur GI tract slowly. But maybe just start out 1-2 tsp daily. U know how high fat you have been eating- or not lol
I take MCT c8-c10 oil. Easy to buy in the Netherlands . I'm not taking it to often. Only now to boost my ketones
@foxslayer321 hat she's doing is focusing on the best parts, the C8 and c10 like Dave Asprey(the Bulletproof Coffee guy) does in his Brain Oictane Oil,
Why not just put (organic) coconut oil and pastured unsalted butter in your coffee? Adds flavor along with my raw cream direct from the farm. I've been doing that for years. I try to eat only whole foods.
07 Oct. 2024. I agree with you. I have experienced many physical benefits by supplementing with mct daily and I intend to continue.
For MCT Oil would substituting Coconut Oil be alright?
Will Tudca, Digestive Enzymes, Colostrum, and/or Dessicated Liver Supplements help deal with the Gut Issues on MCT?
Which MCT oil do you utilise coconut or the palm kernel oil?
You can do the same thing, only better, by Grounding, it halts the inflammation immediately.
You should thrive to stay grounded as much as possible....Grounding is the most important health measure, and this Dr. Should be talking about it regularly. Everything else she recommends will have even more profound effects
Question: given MCT is not digested, does it break the morning fast if you take it in the morning? ie -does it interrupt intermittent fasting to take it first thing?
Geez, I'd love to see my BG down in the 50s-70s.
You DON'T want your sugar in the 50s.. 70s.. Yes..
@@jorgecarrejoDoesn't matter as long as you don't feel any symptoms of low blood sugar.
@@MrChiangching Insanity. Hypoglycemia is dangerous. Red blood cells and the liver require glucose for energy. Trying to deliberately make it anything below 80 is straight out idiotic.
@asherasator Nope,you don't what you're talking about.
@@MrChiangching I know exactly what I'm talking about and very experienced with diabetes, and know nuclear chemistry, biochemistry and enzymatic catalyzation quite well. What she is promoting is lunacy and quackery. I've seen serious situations with hypoglycemia. That is not something to play with or take lightly. The average person especially seniors are not gonna play around with glucose and ketone monitors. Most diet oriented videos on here by MDs or other [that have something to sell] are loaded with misinformation or things completely out of context or straight out lies.
Sounds great but what happened to your muscle mass? A dexascan would have been useful before and after.
Dr. Boz, do you think your ketones are low at times not because your liver is not making them but because your body is utilizing them so fast? Is there a way to gauge ketone metabolism instead of the number of free ketones in the blood or excreted? Just curious.
Is MCT oil better than Coconut oil?
🥥 I eat coconut and use coconut cream 😉👌
Combined with therapeutic doses of D3, K2, Zinc and Magnesium, the healing of ligaments muscles and nerves should be rather impressive.
Do you have to be doing keto to take MCT oil?
Is it dangerous if you're running on glucose?
I’ve heard MCT oil can cause fatty liver??
Interesting. I started adding MCT to my carnivore diet a while back to try and get my ketones up to a better level. I was at 1 or lower for a while there even while eating lots of fat. So I increased my fat intake more and also squirt MCT in with it. I think I'll add more and see if it helps further. I've managed to get up into the mid-twos, but would like to see them a bit higher than that. I have been reading about how it boosts ketones more immediately, so that can be a way to get through stretches of the day when your ketones are lower than you would like.
❓❓😊Is MCT safe for me?? I've wanted to use MCT. But with PBC, Stage 3CKD, Nephrolithiasis leading to one kidney dysplasia. Post menopausal (Hashimoto's), severe constipation, and undiagnosed gut problems...my Dr.'s still have me on scads of pillls. HELP PLEASE❗❗
Castor oil helps with constipation, do your research on it,it's amazing stuff
What does this do to your cholesterol? Asking for those of us with familial high cholesterol
Is it really genetic?
Or just a similar diet?
And what is "high"? You realize that that measure was lowered , sometime back to benefit pharma selling killer stating drugs.
The correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease has been debunked. Cholesterol is necessary for your body to repair itself.
You gotta go 0 carb, reduce inflammation then I doesn’t matter what your I’m assuming your mean LDL, you want high HDL > 70, tris
Good question
The genetic or “familial” diseases has been debunked except for extremely rare diseases. It’s the same food and lifestyle that creates the same issues. Carbohydrates store excess insulin as fat. So the bread rice, pasta, flours, sugars sodas etc cause all the problems. Cut them out of your diet for 3 months and only eat animal products and drink filtered water, tea coffee etc, no alcohol. It’s a big lifestyle change but you’ll feel a million dollars. All your bloodwork will show you.
Does this work with powdered MCT oil also?
CAN YOU USE C8 MCT OIL TOPICALLY ON A SWOLLEN KNEE (FOR EXAMPLE) ? (i.e. Rub the oil, on the knee) ?
If so could you put DMSO on The Swollen Knee first, then....... etc ???
I dont think MCT oil is tolerated by everyone
Doesn’t a good coconut oil have the same benefits?
What time of day did you take 1/4 c MCT? I take a slug in the morning and will try 1/4 cup to boost ketones, does it matter when?
I had to stop taking mct. I stored fat on my hips and tommy. First years doing keto, i always took a tablespoon in my coffee. Its great for the brain! But i had to stop taking it after 3 years in keto.
It's not fat making you fat 😅
Fat doesn’t store fat, it burns fat, it’s sugar that coverts excess insulin into fat stores. Do you eat all the “keto sweet treats” , if anything tastes sweet, it’s not your friend unfortunately.
@@DebbieTDP Fat can get stored as fat, what is wrong with you?
Just a teaspoon of MCT gives me sharp stabbing pains but no diarrhea.
It’s clearing out your liver or you have pancreatitis. Eating fat shouldn’t be painful more than a day or 2 if it’s your liver. If it’s pancreatitis you will end up needing a doctor.
OMG, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A COFFIN BEHIND THE DOCTOR! UNTIL I LOOKED AGAIN! IT WAS A FLAMING VASE LOL
What did it do to your trig levels and ox ldl and particular size?
What if I already have a bottle of liquid MCT oil. Same result? I’m not buying yet another supplement that may not do anything. 🤦🏻♀️
I think so. I’m in the same boat-and MCT is NOT cheap. I forget to take it but I intend to give this a go.
go for it, go to her site to see how many mg and then do the math, but i would say that a quarter cup mentioned in the title is a big clue
@@KJB0001 yeah that’s what I was thinking initially but then she’s only talking about it in a capsule form so I wasn’t sure.
@@mycrochetobsession I’m gonna give it a go too!
Anything in capsules form is just that ingredient in a capsule. It’s just easier for some people to tolerate instead of tasting the product. ❤
Why don't you just use the oil instead of all those pills. I was taking a tbsp of oil daily for dementia sure helped.
Product sales. When you have an echo chamber selling things to them comes naturally. Snake oil is ketogenic too.🐍
Hello Dr. Boz, my name is Stewart. I'm using my wife's RUclips channel. I live in Naples, wonderful Florida. However, I heard something on this video. Did you say that your blood sugar went to 39? I hope this is not true as I recall that's very much in what we would call. Strokeville, in other words, that's really bad. Unless you know something that I'm missing here which is great since you're an MD and I'm not. I hope I heard that wrong but I had a friend who was a type 2 diabetic. He woke up with a 39 blood sugar and really bad he didn't have a stroke but he was shaking and very very dizzy and light-headed and stuff and had to take some. Had to get some fruit really quick in his system and sugar. Okay. Just curious. No disrespect intended to you. Are you in South Dakota? Thank you 😮
She's teaching quackery that goes against the most basic principles of science. Hypoglycemia is dangerous, she thinks the ketones make up for it, it's pure madness. If she wants to do that to herself that's one thing but to influence the public to think like that is wrong. She talks keto this and keto that, yet glucose makes alpha-ketones pyruvate by CoA (coenzyme A) then to ATP (adenosine triphosphate) cellular energy through glycolysis regularly. Fructolysis does the same. All diets are "ketogenic" as ketones are carb/sugar metabolites on the way to ATP. And fats are nothing more than concentrated long and short chain carbs. The secret is carbs trigger IGF-1 growth hormone, so low/no carb diets lose weight by raising BMR (body metabolic rate) to process fats/proteins which are larger compounds at the same rate carbs/glucose does. Glucose molecule produces more ATP per molecules, so fats/proteins have double duty and more ATP is required looping to maintain that high BMR sped up state for lipolysis/beta-oxidation [for beta-ketones] of fats and gluconeogenesis of proteins and that takes weight off because of the harder work. People "feel great" not because of ketones [which are constantly made with any diet] but because in that high BMR sped up state more cortisol, adrenaline and dopamine are released literally the exact same physiology of doing coke or meth and losing weight. Snake oil is ketogenic too. 🐍
Liquid coconut oil is what percentage MCT? I add it to my morning coffee.
Would this oil help with Crohn’s?
I’m now up to 1/4 cup of MCT oil a day. I take a measured TB four times a day, never on an empty stomach. How long can I keep this up if I’m looking to reverse arthritis?
Please be safe with Milton coming.
So you're saying MCT oil will benefit muscle recovery after an intense workout ?
What pills are you taking
Where's the follow up video? I've been searching, and don't see it!
Is it healthy to take coconut products if your apo 4 genetic marker
Dr Boz, could it be that ketones are low in the morning because the energy needs are null at that time. Maybe we need to revisit this expectation and concentrate more on the daytime readings while eliminating the stress of not having those higher morning ketone levels