SB4
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I have recently had great success in using both oral and transdermal MCT oil to get around my issues with handling glucose. Basically I have CFS/POTS and like many with these conditions, carbs of any kind make my symptoms worse with a linear relationship between carbs eaten and symptom severity.
I hypothesis that MCTs have helped by providing excess acetyl CoA, even in the presence of glucose, regular fats don't do this so much, allowing glucose to avoid PDH, which has been shown to be potentially problematic in ME/CFS.
The problem is, though, when I apply like 4-5 tbsps to my torso, back, arms, and face in the morning, I am still oily come bed time. This dose isn't enough on it's own so I have to ingest orally about 1tbsp x2/day C8 mct oil also. This still isn't quite enough but reduces my symptoms very significantly.
I am already experiencing some gastrointestinal symptoms from this oral dose and do not want to get mct induced allergies from oral consumption either. Any way to increase the transdermal absorption of MCT oil?
@haidut I know you are busy but I would be interested if you came across a way to increase transdermal MCT oil absorption in your reading. Thanks.
I hypothesis that MCTs have helped by providing excess acetyl CoA, even in the presence of glucose, regular fats don't do this so much, allowing glucose to avoid PDH, which has been shown to be potentially problematic in ME/CFS.
The problem is, though, when I apply like 4-5 tbsps to my torso, back, arms, and face in the morning, I am still oily come bed time. This dose isn't enough on it's own so I have to ingest orally about 1tbsp x2/day C8 mct oil also. This still isn't quite enough but reduces my symptoms very significantly.
I am already experiencing some gastrointestinal symptoms from this oral dose and do not want to get mct induced allergies from oral consumption either. Any way to increase the transdermal absorption of MCT oil?
@haidut I know you are busy but I would be interested if you came across a way to increase transdermal MCT oil absorption in your reading. Thanks.