Coconut & MCT oil has been shown to increase energy and prevent mental fatigue, improves alertness, focus, and is anti-stress

Coconut oil is extracted from the white flesh of mature coconuts harvested from coconut palm trees (Coco nucifera) . Coconut Palm (Coco nucifera) Many neurohackers use coconut oil along with each nootropic stack dose to help the absorption of any fat-soluble supplements in their stack.

But coconut oil has some powerful nootropic properties of its own. In fact, so far we have nearly 3,000 clinical studies published on PubMed alone.

Up to 65% of coconut oil is comprised of medium chain fatty acids (MCTs) . These fatty acids are designated by the number of carbon molecules in a chain from 6 – 12.

At the upper end of the carbon chain, lauric acid (C-12) has 12 carbon molecules and behaves more like a long-chain fatty acid in your digestive system. But does quickly arrive in your liver for conversion to ketones . And is not stored in fat tissue like other dietary fats.

Caprylic acid (C-8) and capric acid (C-10) bypass your lymphatic system and travel directly to your liver to be converted to ketones . These ketone bodies then travel throughout your body as an alternative fuel source to synthesize ATP in mitochondria .

Fatty acids cannot cross the blood-brain barrier . But research has shown that caprylic acid (C-8) , if not converted to ketones in your liver, can cross into the brain. For use by glial cells to create ketones within cells in your brain. [i]

Both coconut oil and MCT oil provide nootropic benefits and contribute to brain health.

In this review we’ll dig into the science on how coconut and MCT oil help optimize your brain.Coconut oil helps: Brain Energy . The medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) in coconut oil bypass your normal digestive system and go straight to your liver where they are converted into ketones. Ketones are carried throughout your body including your brain for use in the citric acid cycle to produce Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) . ATP created in your mitochondria improves alertness, cognition , memory and […]

Coconut & MCT Oil