The $80 MCT Wellness Powder Works for Weight Loss and More — You Can Achieve the Same Thing for $27

Why expensive MCT supplement powders work — and how the same metabolic benefits can come from simple grocery store foods.

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My friend Linda called last month.

“What do you think about this Gundry MCT Wellness powder? The ads make it sound amazing.”

I asked her how much it cost.

“Eighty bucks for a month’s supply.”

I spent three hours researching MCT supplements after that call.

Not because I love reading ingredient labels — though after forty years practicing medicine, I’ve learned to be skeptical — but because something didn’t add up.

What I found: the supplement industry has mastered turning $26 worth of products you can find at your favorite grocery store into an $80 premium product.

Here’s what actually works, what’s highway robbery, and how to get the benefits of these magic pills without funding someone’s marketing budget.

The Markup Machine

Gundry MD MCT Wellness costs $1.50 per serving. That’s 30 to 50 cents per gram of actual MCT — and I’m being generous because their “proprietary blend” makes exact calculations deliberately difficult. First red flag right there.

What are you buying? Flavored powder with C8 MCT, some grape and currant extracts, and acacia gum fiber. Tastes fine. Mixes easily. The marketing promises energy, mental clarity, and fat burning.

Maybe it delivers. But here’s what they don’t tell you: pure C8 MCT oil — the identical compound doing the actual work — costs 9 cents per gram from Bulletproof Brain Octane. NOW Sports sells it for 5 cents per gram.

You’re paying three to ten times more for convenience and flavoring. That’s not supplementation. That’s markup.