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A simple supplement can improve survival in patients with a novel heart disease
Medical Xpress / Osaka University / Nature Cardiovascular Research ^ | Feb. 13, 2025 | Ken-ichi Hirano et al

Posted on 02/16/2025 9:12:30 PM PST by ConservativeMind

Heart transplant is a scary and serious surgery with a high cost, but for patients with heart failure it can be the only option for cure. Now, however, a multi-institutional research team has found that simply taking a supplement might be all that is needed for certain patients with heart failure to recover—no surgery needed.

The research team found that tricaprin, a natural supplement, can improve long-term survival and recovery from heart failure in patients with triglyceride deposit cardiomyovasculopathy (TGCV).

TGCV is a new type of heart disease; it results from an impaired ability of the heart and smooth muscle cells to break down triglycerides, which are a type of fat. Triglyceride accumulation in cells causes structural and functional damage in the heart and blood vessels. These changes result in clogged arteries and weakened heart muscles, which may cause debilitating symptoms and eventually heart failure, necessitating heart transplantation.

The researchers enrolled patients diagnosed with the condition from Japanese registries and compared the survival rates between those who had received tricaprin and those who did not. The study involved 22 patients from 12 different hospitals who had received tricaprin and 190 controls.

The researchers studied the effect of tricaprin on triglyceride breakdown.

"Not only did the positive effects on patient symptoms continue, but the function of the heart muscle improved and the structural changes that had developed were reversed as well," says Hirano.

All the enrolled patients initially had heart failure; nevertheless, the three- and five-year survival rates were significantly higher in the tricaprin group (100% and 100%, respectively) compared with the control group (78.6% and 68.1%, respectively). Another favorable result was that several patients who had positive effects with tricaprin were on hemodialysis. These patients have a very poor prognosis without tricaprin.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: goatmilk; heartdisease; heartproblems; mct; mctoil; tgcv; tricaprin; triglycerides
Capric acid (C10:0), the fatty-acid component of tricaprin, is part of MCT oil.

Interestingly, 20% of the fat in goat milk is this tricaprin.

1 posted on 02/16/2025 9:12:30 PM PST by ConservativeMind
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To: ConservativeMind

Tricaprin:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricaprin

Discover Tricaprin in Foods: A Guide to Healthy Choices:

https://cancercenterforhealing.com/tricaprin-in-foods/


2 posted on 02/16/2025 9:13:48 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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3 posted on 02/16/2025 9:14:22 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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4 posted on 02/16/2025 9:25:12 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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Wow, it’s available only in a few foods...and the coconut oil and palm kernel oil are not particularly healthy.

Food Sources Tricaprin Content
Goat’s milk Up to 20% of total fat
Coconut oil Approximately 8-10% of total oil
Palm kernel oil Approximately 7% of total oil


5 posted on 02/16/2025 9:29:14 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole.)
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Wow, it’s available only in a few foods...and the coconut oil and palm kernel oil are not particularly healthy.

The campaign to reduce fat consumption reminds me of the campaign to reduce sun exposure due to skin cancer risk. Resulted in widespread Vitamin D deficiency, with all of the poor health conditions due to lack of Vitamin D.

6 posted on 02/17/2025 5:06:55 AM PST by NautiNurse (Beulah is the name Hillary! gave to her roly-poly belly blubber. TMI. )
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You mean like:

Coffee is good for you.
No, coffee is bad for you.
Coffee good.
No, coffee bad.
Good.
Bad.
Good.
Bad.


7 posted on 02/17/2025 5:15:41 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole.)
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Coconut oil is presented as unhealthy by the medical establishment. What’s REALLY bad is linoleic acid in seed oils. Of course that’s besides hydrogenated oils which are awful. So that means no canola, chips, safflower oil, etc. Even olive and avocado oil are marginal.

What matters is the size of fat particles in the blood. Small particles are bad. The triglyceride/HDL ratio is a rough indicator. Since I’ve dropped seed oils and gone to butter, pasture beef, pasture or organic eggs, coconut oil, fewer nuts, and less chicken & pork (fed with corn and other seed oils) my ratio dropped to an exceptional 1.0 down from 3.5.

8 posted on 02/17/2025 12:55:12 PM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free ( )
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free

Wow, that sounds like fantastic results. My triglyceride/HDL is 2.5. I rarely eat chips or anything made with seed oil. I use avocado oil for frying with its high smoke point, often combined with butter.


9 posted on 02/17/2025 1:02:23 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole.)
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10 posted on 02/17/2025 1:59:19 PM PST by Faith65 (Isaiah 40:31 )
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