With its product range, the Kanso brand specialises in products containing medium-chain fatty acids fats (MCT fats). As an alternative to conventional fats with long-chain fatty acids (LCT fats), MCT fats offer numerous advantages in certain clinical pictures.
Ketogenic diet
The ketogenic diet is an imitation of fasting, in which the body obtains its energy mainly from the metabolism of fat, the so-called ketone bodies. The aim of the diet is to reach the state of ketosis.
This state is achieved by eating a very high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet with sufficient protein and energy content.
The ketogenic diet offers patients with a form of epilepsy that cannot be treated with medication, the opportunity to reduce their seizures and improve their quality of life.
Fat utilisation disorders and malassimilation syndrome
Those affected by fat utilisation disorders or malassimilation syndrome cannot digest or use conventional LCT fats. These include diseases of the bile ducts, liver, pancreas and cystic fibrosis.
The composition of MCT fats leads to a much more uncomplicated digestion compared to LCT fats.
Oxidation disorders in the breakdown of long-chain fatty acids
What the disorders of fatty acid oxidation have in common is that the fatty acids from food or from endogenous lipolysis cannot be used, or cannot be fully used for energy production due to an enzyme defect. Instead, they accumulate in the body and have potentially harmful effects.
