Re: Information on MCT oil

[Guest guest]

Hi Ann, my daughter Kristan has MCT oil added into her bottles/meals

and we have been on it since January 2004. She was put on it to help

raise her ketones, but it hasn't done that, it does however help with

her bowel movements so we are sticking with it for that reason. I

don't know of any pros and cons. Kristan still has seizures and it

varies from 1-2 a day for the last month and a half and the past few

weeks have been bad, 20 a day. It's all so hard to figure out. Good

luck with the MCT oil if you try it.

Satnam, mom to Kristan, 19 months

Keto kid since August 2003

> My son, , has been on the diet since 1/27/04. He is finally

off

> Topamax (as of 6/29/04), but still having 6-8 myoclonic seizures

per

> day. Can anyone give me some information on the pros and cons of

MCT

> oil? From what I have read, it is supposed to raise ketones. His

> ketones are high at night but lower in the morning. He has

seizures

> throughout the day, however. I would appreciate any information

> anybody can give me. Thank you!

>

> Ann

[Guest guest]

My son Mike has been on the MCT/cream version of the diet for 3 years. He gets

58gms of MCT oil per day (just upped it to 61gms today). Mike too had high

ketones at night and they were very low by morning. I did some research on

diabetics and came up with something called " Dawn Phenomenon " (sp?) Anyway, I

did a bunch of different things - adding extra oil at bedtime (didnt work)

adding oil during the nite (didnt work) added a snack at bedtime - this seemed

to work for a while, but now we dont do anything and Mike's ketones are lower in

the am than they are when he goes to sleep, but they arent really low like they

used to be - guess his metabolism compensated for the ketone drop and worked

itself out.

I know that in the 'classical' diet, MCT is used to boost ketones, and I do know

that it burns 'hotter and faster' than other oils. Mike is allowed to have bread

and pasta at each meal being on the MCT/cream diet, and his ketones remain high.

He gets MCT with each meal, and also three times a day between meals.

Not sure I have been of any help, if you have any specific questions I will try

my best to answer them.

Jenn

Information on MCT oil

My son, , has been on the diet since 1/27/04. He is finally off

Topamax (as of 6/29/04), but still having 6-8 myoclonic seizures per

day. Can anyone give me some information on the pros and cons of MCT

oil? From what I have read, it is supposed to raise ketones. His

ketones are high at night but lower in the morning. He has seizures

throughout the day, however. I would appreciate any information

anybody can give me. Thank you!

Ann