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Medium Chain Triglycerides induce mild ketosis and may improve cognition in Alzheimer's disease. A systematic review and meta-analysis of human studies

KI Avgerinos, JM Egan, MP Mattson, D Kapogiannis. Ageing Research Reviews. 2020.

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MCT raised BHB and gave a small improvement on a combined cognition measure in MCI and AD.

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Risk of bias in included trials.

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doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2019.101001 · PubMed 31870908

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