Medium Chain Triglyceride Oil

Why MCT oil can be beneficial

There is proven value in weight control, migraine and cluster headache, Minimal Cognitive Impairment [MCI], and in achieving muscle gain in frailty management.

Although there are many internet claims of sleep improvement there are no human studies of value to prove this.

Musculoskeletal Problems

Summary

Musculoskeletal deterioration is a major cause of loss of function as we age. From 50 onwards loss of muscle, bone mass and collagen lead to reduced strength, susceptibility to fracture, and problems with joints. When somebody is 70 and these problems have been going on for 20 years, they frequently are frail. Frailty is a specific term for a tragic inability to perform daily acts of living and consequently reduced independence. When we say ‘so and so is looking old …’ what we mean is they are looking frail.

Blow me down with a feather- where did all that muscle go?

You know the story: “Mum’s got a bit frail… Dad has difficulty getting up the stairs, now … my folks don’t seem to be able to do much for themselves these days, it’s very sad to see”

This is frailty – a combination of loss of muscle [sarcopaenia] and loss of strength [dynopaenia] that causes adverse outcomes, eg difficulties in all activities of daily living, likelihood of osteoporosis and falls, also meaning higher risk of hospitalisation, a longer hospital length of stay and risk of re-admission if there is an illness. The final consequences are loss of independence and death sooner than might be expected. The good news is you can prevent it or recover from it.

What is Ageing?

What is Ageing? This is a key question: if we want to slow ageing we need to know what we are aiming to influence.

Ageing is a combination of several processes: first loss of power in muscles and joints, leading to frailty. Frailty means being vulnerable to injury or accident because of muscular weakness, loss of physical coordination, which leads to falls etc. The difficulty with the process is that one should become frail, it becomes progressive - because you’re frail you are unable to exercise and retain your strength and therefore your capacity to do things diminishes making you even more vulnerable in a downward spiral. You will have seen this progression in people you have known.