Dietary medium-chain triacylglycerols suppress accumulation of body fat in a double-blind, controlled trial in healthy men and women.

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Dietary medium-chain triacylglycerols suppress accumulation of body fat in a

double-blind, controlled trial in healthy

men and women.

Tsuji H, Kasai M, Takeuchi H, Nakamura M, Okazaki M, Kondo K.

 

Division of Healthcare Science Research Laboratory, Nisshin Oil Mills, Ltd.,

Kanagawa 239-0832, Japan. Kagawa Nutrition

University, Saitama 350-0288, Japan. Institute of Environmental Science for

Human Life, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo

112-8610, Japan.

 

We investigated the effect of long-term ingestion of dietary medium-chain

triacylglycerols (MCT) on body weight and fat

in humans.

 

Using a double-blind, controlled protocol, we assessed the potential health

benefits of MCT compared with long-chain

triacylglycerols (LCT) in 78 healthy men and women [body mass index (BMI) >/= 23

kg/m(2): n = 26 (MCT), n = 30 (LCT);

BMI < 23 kg/m(2): n = 15 (MCT), n = 7 (LCT)].

 

Changes in anthropometric variables, body weight and body fat during the 12-wk

MCT treatment period were compared with

those in subjects consuming the LCT diet.

 

The subjects were asked to consume 9218 kJ/d and 60 g/d of total fat.

 

The energy, fat, protein and carbohydrate intakes did not differ significantly

between the groups.

 

Body weight and body fat in both groups had decreased by wk 4, 8 and 12 of the

study.

 

In subjects with BMI >/= 23 kg/m(2), the loss of body fat in the MCT group

(-3.86 +/- 0.3 kg) was significantly greater

than that in the LCT group (-2.75 +/- 0.2 kg) at 8 wk.

 

In addition, in subjects with BMI >/= 23 kg/m(2), the decrease in the area of

subcutaneous fat in the MCT group was

significantly greater than that in the LCT group at wk 4, 8 and 12.

 

These results suggest that the MCT diet may reduce body weight and fat in

individuals (BMI >/= 23 kg/m(2)) more than the

LCT diet.

 

PMID: 11694608 [PubMed - in process]

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