About Myristic Acid
Myristic acid (14:0) is a saturated fatty acid found in dairy fat, coconut and palm-kernel oil. It is among the most potent dietary raisers of LDL cholesterol per gram, so it is a nutrient to disclose, not an active to seek. Appears on labels only as a fatty-acid-profile line. Grades low (no supplement benefit; mildly unfavorable at high intakes).
What Myristic Acid supports
- A dietary saturated fat disclosed on fatty-acid profiles; no supplemental benefit and it can raise LDL at high intakes
How much Myristic Acid to take
The RDA prevents deficiency. The effective range is what clinical trials used to actually move the outcome.
Effective
0–0
mg
No therapeutic dose; a dietary saturated fat, not a supplement active. Nominal range for a fatty-acid-profile disclosure.
Clinical evidence
Limited clinical evidence. Dietary saturated fat; LDL-raising, no supplement benefit.