For decades, the medical profession has known about the many healthful benefits of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). Due to the ease with which the body can assimilate MCTs and their healing properties, MCTs are commonly given intravenously to nurture the sick and injured back to health in hospitals.[1]

Here’s the skinny on MCTs: fatty acids are the molecules that provide the building blocks of all fats and oils. We classify fatty acids using two different methods: saturation …