How To Use MCT Oil To Improve Your Sleep – Dr.Berg On MCT Oil Benefits

I explain how MCT oil could help improve your sleep

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0:00 MCT oil can help you sleep better
0:32 Ketones give you oxygen
1:10 Take a small amount of MCT oil right before bed
2:25 Until recently, we didn't know your brain could run on ketones

I had an idea to try MCT oil before my bedtime to see if it helped me sleep better. Now, normally you’d take MCT oil (medium-chain triglycerides) in the morning to get more energy, or even before you work out, to run your body on ketones.

But I thought about a condition called sleep apnea, in which you experience a lack of oxygen and have poor sleep. Apparently, it’s important to get oxygen while you sleep!

Ketones give you oxygen. They give you more than glucose. You’ll also get less carbon dioxide (CO2).

Your brain prefers ketones if there are enough of them in your blood. If you’re just starting out in ketosis, or you’re not intermittent fasting, or simply want to get more ketones to your brain, you can take MCT oil. It converts easily to ketones without needing to use bile or digestive enzymes from your pancreas. It just gets absorbed.

Start with a small amount before bed; just half a teaspoon. Too much at first can cause digestive issues. Over time, work your way up to one teaspoon. Take it just before bed. After a week; I can say that it certainly improved the quality of my sleep.

Something else about ketones. There are parts of your brain that run on ketones, and parts that don’t. The pineal gland runs on ketones and is where the melatonin that helps you sleep is located. As well, your hypothalamus and pituitary love ketones. The hypothalamus contains nuclei of regulatory cells that combine the autonomic nervous system with your endocrine system. One of the nuclei is involved with the circadian waves of sleep; in other words, your internal clock. If you support it with the right fuel, you potentially can enhance your sleep.

Until recently, we didn’t know your brain could run on ketones. We believed it could run only on glucose. Sometimes, like when you talk with your doctor, for example, they might not have this information about your brain being able to run on ketones. Your brain can’t run on fatty acids, because it’s composed of a lot of them and it would be dangerous to run on its own tissue.

Give MCT oil a try and see if it helps improve your sleep.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 55, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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