THE CONCENTRATED LIQUID DIET OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IS A CONCENTRATED LIQUID DIET HAVING A TOTAL AMOUNT OF A MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACID HAVING 8 CARBON ATOMS AND A MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACID HAVING 10 CARBON ATOMS INCLUDED AS CONSTITUTIVE FATTY ACIDS OF A TRIGLYCERIDE BEING 2.5 TO 8.0 G PER 100 KCAL OF THE ENERGY OF THE CONCENTRATED LIQUID DIET, THE CONCENTRATED LIQUID DIET HAVING IN THE TOTAL MASS OF THE MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACID HAVING 8 CARBON ATOMS AND THE MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACID HAVING 10 CARBON ATOMS THE RATE OF THE MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACID HAVING 10 CARBON ATOMS BEING NO LESS THAN 60% BY MASS, AND THE RATE OF THE MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACID HAVING 8 CARBON ATOMS BEING NO GREATER THAN 40% BY MASS.
