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be advised that it hasn’t really been tested yet. (And don’t
forget to add salt, which I mentioned on page.)
While you may be thinking that MCT oil would be the
perfect topping for a serving of pasta or added to your
morning bowl of cereal (who wouldn’t want to have their
cake and eat it too?), forcing an elevation of ketones in the
context of a high-carbohydrate diet ignores many of the
underlying problems driving neurodegeneration and brain
aging to begin with—that is, excessive insulin. Equally
important, the transient ketones from a supplement will
never reach the concentrations achieved during a ketogenic
diet or period of fasting. Supplementing with coconut oil or
even with commercially available pure MCT oil in the non-
fasted state is the equivalent of pouring water into an
already-full cup. Fasting or eating a low-carb diet, thereby
allowing your body to generate its own ketones, is akin to
drinking from that cup instead.
Remember: “biochemical liposuction”—when your body
is able to tap into its own fat stores and use those fats for
energy—occurs when you drop your insulin sufficiently, not
because you’ve added more fat into your diet. In healthy
adults, ketones are simply a marker of all the other
wonderful processes that go along with fasting that we’ve
already mentioned. When you’re burning your own fat,
adding oil contributes calories—which is fine, but keep in
mind that a dramatic surplus of calories, whether from carbs,
protein, or fat, can eventually cause you to gain weight. In
modern times, many of us have gone most of our lives
without our brains adapting to using our own fat as fuel,
because we are always eating. Give your body and brain a