Is MCT Oil Good for Health?

It’s popular among keto diet adherents, but is MCT oil worth the hype?

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
4 min readMay 30, 2019

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AAnyone who has explored the science of ketogenic diets has probably run into MCT oil. It’s one of the highlighted ingredients in many popular keto products, including Bulletproof Coffee. And a lot of keto dieters add MCT oil to food in order to boost their meals’ fat-to-carb ratios.

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.