An increasing number of Americans are suffering from diabetes type 2, cardiovascular diseases and obesity daily. As per scientists, there is a very high chance that by 2050, there will be 15 million people in the U.S. who will be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Mary T. Newport (M.D.) is one of the leading neonatal practitioners in the field who has been studying Alzheimer’s related scientific literature for over the past decade. She has discovered during her study that coconut oil has medium chain triglycerides (MCT) that could be a great remedy in the prevention and inhibition of Alzheimer’s disease development.
Dr. Newport’s husband Steve is 58 and has been a patient of progressive Dementia for more than 5 years. According to his MRI report, this disease has a very high chance of developing into Alzheimer’s disease.
Steve has been facing significant memory issues such as being unable to find get water from the refrigerator or finding a spoon. Besides, he has also been suffering from depression. Mary has discovered in her study of Alzheimer’s literature that depression usually comes before Alzheimer’s disease.
Importance of MCT
Whenever there is insufficient glucose, our body cells will use ketone bodies in the form of fuel. Our brain cells are highly selective cells, as they are limited as to the fuel they could use for remaining alive. Usually, they will be using glucose. However, sometimes they could use ketone bodies. The fact is that our body doesn’t have these ketone bodies to be made mislabel for our brain.
What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
The nerve cells in certain body parts are unable to use glucose in the form of fuel. This takes place because of insulin resistance and due to this the nerve cells begin to die gradually. This could continue for 10-20 years before the symptoms of this disease start showing.
But if these neurons can use ketone bodies in the form of fuel, they could survive and keep working normally. It is the same issue in the case of patients suffering from conditions like Parkinson’s disease, ALS, Huntington’s disease and multiple sclerosis. The difference between these diseases is that this same issue occurs in different areas in our brain and spinal cord.
MCT oil and various fat types are not metabolized in the same manner. In our liver, they get directly converted into ketone bodies before being used in the form of energy. When you apply MCT oil intravenously, it could cause hyperketonemia – increase in the number of ketone bodies in our blood. It will be used by our brain cells if there’s glucose deficiency.
According to Dr. Newport, hyperketonemia causes significant boost in our cerebral blood flow (39%). She says that it also seems to reduce cognitive dysfunction linked with systematic hypoglycemia in health humans.
During her study, the doctor found that coconut oil contains around 60% medium chain fatty acids. She also found that it has no cholesterols but lots of omega-6 fatty acids. Even human breast milk and palm kernel oil have MCT. Cow/goat milk also have it in smaller amounts, and also the butter made using these milks.
2 Tablespoon of Coconut Oil a Day – The Therapy
When her husband’s disease had reached advanced stage, Dr. Newport decided to use the coconut oil therapy. She used 100% virgin coconut oil. She began giving it to him daily – 36 g, which comes to a little more than 2 Tablespoon of Coconut Oil a Day. This dose was given for 30 days and she was amazed by the results of this therapy.
She says that she noticed a clear improvement even after 2 weeks and the next major improvement after 37 days. When he began taking this oil, he was asked to draw a clock, and she was left amazed by the improvement and results.
Mary’s husband has shown significant progress, and he has almost entirely recovered after taking 36 g of coconut oil daily for 1-1/2 month.
Via The Essential