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Trying to drop some fat from your body? If so, you may want to try adding more fat into your diet. If you're scratching your head right now, that's to be expected. Fat makes you fat, doesn't it? Not always, especially when we're talking about medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) -- a type of saturated fat found in many natural oils (such as coconut and palm oils).

In a study published in a 2007 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism, researchers followed 40 patients with type 2 diabetes to determine if MCTs had similar effects on weight and overall health as long-chain triglycerides (LCTs) -- which can commonly be found in such foods as corn oil. After receiving 18mg daily for 90 days, the MCT group exhibited a statistically significant reduction in waist size and body weight, in addition to shaving points off their "bad" cholesterol and lessening resistance to insulin. The LCT group, by contrast, did not show any signs of change.


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