Ballistic Keto MCT Oil Powder Review

How does Ballistic Keto work?

The ketogenic diet, keto for short, is one of the best fat loss diets around. Not only that, it’s good for your health too and cutting carbs and sugar from your diet can have a significant impact on things like your risk of developing heart disease and diabetes, as well as boosting brain function and energy levels.

To produce all of these benefits, the keto diet limits carb intake to less than 50 grams per day, and usually closer to 20-30 grams. Without carbs to use for energy, your body has no choice but to use fat for fuel. Unfortunately, your body cannot use unadulterated dietary or body fat for energy. Instead, it has to convert fat into a more usable source of energy called ketones.

Making the switch from using carbs for energy to using ketones can take several days to two weeks, depending on how strictly you follow the ketogenic diet, how active you are, and how many carbohydrates you have stored in your body. Once your onboard carb stores are depleted, your body will make the transition from using carbs for fuel to using ketones. Once this happens, you are said to be in ketosis.

Until you make the switch from carbs to ketones, your body is in an awkward position. With depleted carb stores but not enough ketones, many dieters feel under the weather and suffer from something called the keto flu. While temporary, the keto flu often leaves many dieters feeling unwell, and the symptoms include nausea, headaches, insomnia, cramps, and brain fog. The good news is that, once you’ve made the transition into ketosis, these side effects will vanish.

A lot of ketogenic dieters beat the symptoms of keto flu by taking exogenous ketone supplements. Exogenous simply means from an external source. Artificially increasing ketones in your body can help ward off many of the symptoms of keto flu, and also speed up your descent into ketosis.

MCT oil products like Ballistic Keto increase ketone production through a different pathway.

Medium-chain triglycerides are digested differently to other types of fat – which are either short-chain triglycerides (SCT) or long-chain triglycerides (LCT). SCT and LCT fats have to go through a lengthy breakdown process before they can be used for energy. Your body would also prefer to store SCTs and LCTs for later use. That’s why eating too much fat can make you fat.

In contrast, MCTs are transported straight from your stomach to your liver, where they can be used for instant energy or converted into ketones. Excess MCTs are not usually converted to or stored as body fat, unlike SCTs and LCTs.

Ballistic Keto gives you a rapidly available source of energy that isn’t sugar or carbs and also increases ketone production. Both of these actions are very beneficial to keto dieters, both during keto transition or once you are keto-adapted.

Because Ballistic Keto is powdered, you can easily add it to almost any food or beverage whenever you need an energy boost or want to increase ketone production.

What are the ingredients of Ballistic Keto?

The main ingredient in Ballistic Keto is medium-chain triglycerides derived from coconuts. MCTs come in four different forms – C6, C8, C10, and C12. The number refers to the length of the carbon chain that forms the fat’s structure. While all four are beneficial, the best MCTs for energy and ketone production is C8 and C10.

According to the manufacturers, 95% of the MCTs in Ballistic Keto are C8 and C10, although the exact quantities are unclear.

Turning MCT oil into MCT powder requires several manufacturing processes and a few unavoidable added ingredients. Because of this Ballistic Keto powder is not pure MCTs. The listed ingredients are:

• Medium-chain triglycerides 
• Sodium caseinate 
• Natural flavors 
• Silicon dioxide 
• Sunflower lecithin 

MCT purists may be unhappy to see anything other than 100% MCTs, but these ingredients are unavoidable when turning MCT oil into a useable MCT powder. In addition, the additives are in such small amounts that their presence is really nothing to be concerned about.

The only added ingredient that is worth mentioning is sodium caseinate. This is a milk product that is a source of protein but could also trigger an allergic reaction in users with dairy sensitivities.

Unlike other MCT oil powders, such as Pruvit’s Keto Kreme, Ballistic Keto is unsweetened. That’s good news if you don’t like a sweet, cloying flavor. However, if you do prefer a sweetened taste, you can easily add any keto-friendly sugar substitute such as stevia, erythritol, or xylitol.

How to use Ballistic Keto

Using Ballistic Keto is very simple; just use the scoop that is provided and add one measure to your favorite foods and drinks-making sure your chosen flavor is compatible, of course! You can add Ballistic Keto to almost anything, and good options include:

• Coffee 
• Yogurt
• Unsweetened almond milk 
• Whipped heavy cream 

Each scoop contains about 6 grams of MCTs, which is roughly equal to a teaspoon of MCT oil. Because of this, you may need to use two scoops at a time and use it several times per day to consume adequate amounts of MCTs.

Some users have reported that Ballistic Keto can be clumpy and hard to mix. This is easily remedied by adding it to a small amount of warm water to make a paste and then adding it to whatever beverage or food you want to enrich. You will also have to whisk Ballistic Keto to make sure it is entirely incorporated and free from lumps.

The lumpiness is not unique to Ballistic Keto; it’s a problem that is common to most MCT oil powders.

The advantages and benefits of Ballistic Keto

The main advantage of Ballistic Keto over other MCT oil powders and products is the taste. With a variety of flavors available, you should have no problem finding one that you actually enjoy using and that you don’t have to try and chug down like a foul-tasting medicine. The flavors are described by users as natural and pleasant, and not overpowering or artificial. Good news! Some users say that they would have preferred a sweeter taste, but that is easily remedied by adding erythritol, xylitol, to any other keto-approved sweetener.

MCT oil powders are also easier to transport and use than MCT oils. For example, you cannot take MCT oils on planes, but MCT powders present no such problem. MCT powders like Ballistic Keto are also easier to split into single portions for taking to work or the gym.

The main benefits of Ballistic Keto are:

✅ Fast and long-lasting energy – MCTs are quickly transported from your stomach to your liver to provide a rapid but sustainable energy boost. This makes Ballistic Keto ideal as a pre-workout but, unlike most sports drinks, it contains no glucose or sugar to kick you out of ketosis.

✅ Better mental function – your brain works best on ketones! Glucose tends to cause mood and energy highs and lows, whereas ketones provide a more stable supply of energy. MCTs are often called “rocket fuel for the brain” and can enhance all aspects of mental function, including mood and focus.

✅ Quicker descent into ketosis – by providing your body with the raw materials it needs to make ketones, Ballistic Keto MCT powder can help you get into ketosis faster. This can alleviate many of the symptoms of keto flu.

✅ Deeper ketogenic state – more ketones means a deeper level of ketosis for even faster weight loss and fat burning. Ballistic Keto can supercharge your ketogenic diet.

✅ Reduced hunger and cravings – MCTs can help you feel fuller for longer. Less hunger makes sticking to your diet easier. In addition, the flavors of Ballistic Keto may help satisfy your cravings for foods that are otherwise off the menu during a ketogenic diet. For example, high-carb tiramisu and cookies and cream are definitely not normally allowed on the keto diet but, with Ballistic Keto, you can still enjoy these tastes.

❗️ Disadvantages and drawbacks of Ballistic Keto

The reviews of Ballistic Keto are mainly positive, with most users reporting that they experienced good results from this product. They like the flavor and say that it worked like any good MCT product should by boosting energy and ketone production.

However, there are also a few drawbacks and side effects that may bother some users. They include:

❗️ Taste – for some, the flavors of Ballistic Keto weren’t intense or rich enough. Maybe they expected salted caramel Ballistic Keto powder to taste exactly the same as salted caramel ice cream? This would be impossible without adding a whole lot of other ingredients such as sweeteners and thickeners. Regardless of the flavor you buy, it’s a good idea to temper your expectations somewhat. Ballistic Keto DOES taste much better than unflavored MCT powder, but it will never compare to the foods you’ve had to quit on keto.

❗️ Stomach upsets – MCTs are generally good for digestive health, but some users still report stomach upsets. This is more common with MCT oils, but powders can cause this problem too. If you experience any form of stomach issue including but not limited to bloating, gas, abdominal pain, or diarrhea, just reduce your dose and increase gradually over a couple of weeks.

❗️ Weight gain – while MCTs are generally good for weight loss, they could cause weight gain too. One serving of Ballistic Keto contains 70 calories, so if you consume four servings, you’ll increase your calorie intake by 280 calories per day. If you already have a calorie surplus, this could cause weight gain rather than fat loss. Avoid this problem by reducing your intake of non-MCT fats to avoid consuming too many calories.

❗️ Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – although this is rare, consuming MCTs could increase your risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In a healthy liver, MCTs are used for energy or converted to ketones. If you have pre-existing liver disease, some MCTs may remain as fat. Speak to your doctor before using Ballistic Keto if you have a history of liver disease.

Conclusion

MCT oils are a popular ketogenic diet supplement. They offer a wide range of benefits including faster fat loss, a deeper state of ketosis, less hunger and fewer cravings, and more energy. MCTs are available as oils or powders.

Ballistic Keto is an MCT powder. MCT powder is often easier to use, store, and transport than regular MCT oil. However, to make an oil that is liquid at room temperature into a stable, dissolvable powder, the oil needs to be processed, and some additives are required. This means that even high-quality MCT oil powders are not 100% pure.

Unlike most MCT oil powders, Ballistic Keto is available in several different flavors, as well as unflavored. The flavors are tiramisu, cookies and cream, Mexican mocha, and salted caramel. 
Ballistic Keto is an easy way to increase your consumption of MCTs and get more from the ketogenic diet.