What You May Not Know About MCT Oil

Liquid coconut MCT oil

 

First off, MCT stands for medium-chain-triglyceride.  Triglycerides are fats whose chemical structure is either long-chain, short-chain, or medium-chain. MCT can be manufactured from a variety of different oils, however coconut and palm oil are most commonly used. While MCT oil may be effective in helping the body absorb CBD, it also has drawbacks.

MCT oil is made up almost entirely of saturated fats. It is still unclear whether or not the use of MCT oil may increase the risk of certain conditions such as cardiovascular disease and gastro intestinal upset. Some reports also suggest that long-term use may increase the amount of fat buildup up in the liver (1).

The processing that makes MCT oil easy to formulate into products is the same synthetic processing that strips out healthy phytonutrients and gives MCT oil its clear color. Beta-carotene, tocopherols (Vitamin E), and Vitamin A are all removed in the manufacturing of this oil (2).  This heavy processing occurs in all the MCT source oils – coconut, palm, rapeseed, sunflower, palm kernel, and soybean.

MCT oil is sourced mostly from coconut oil and palm oil. The harvesting and production of these oils are known for being environmentally unfriendly. Typically, using slash-and-burn methods, farmers clear jungle from land and replace the jungle with palm tree plantations. The demand for palm oil has been and continues to be one of the main drivers of deforestation, putting into jeopardy some of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world (3). As the jungles and forests disappear, so do the habitats of animals. Furthermore, slash-and-burn-style clearing makes the soil vulnerable to erosion and fills the air with polluting smoke.

Just like palm oil, research shows that coconut oil production also threatens the environment. More animal species are threatened in the growing of coconut palms and the production of coconut oil than in the production of palm oil. Studies show the number of species impacted as 18.3 per million tons of coconut oil produced versus 3.8 species impacted per million tons of palm oil produced (3). In other words, more than four times the number of animal species are negatively affected by coconut oil production as the number of species affected by palm oil production.

Some of the species currently endangered in part by the demand for coconut and palm production include the Bornean Pigmy Elephant, Orangutan, Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran Rhinoceros, and the Sumatran Tiger (4).

SOURCES:

  1. – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28116391/
  2. – https://blog.victoryhempfoods.com/mct-oil-alternative
  3. – https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/8-things-know-about-palm-oil
  4. – https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)31078-2
  5. – https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/endangered-species-threatened-by-unsustainable-palm-oil-production

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