(NaturalNews) It's amazing how coconut oil has recently been
acknowledged for the healthy oil that it is after having been vilified for
decades as a heart attack oil. Now it's been discovered to boost even brain
health.
Defaming coconut oil saturated fat was part of the 1950s
creation of low and no fat foods, margarine, and hydrogenated trans-fatty
cooking and salad oils, which have recently been proven as actually detrimental
to overall health.
The different types of triglycerides in fats
High triglyceride blood readings are red flags for obesity,
diabetes, and heart health issues. Most dietary fats contain long chain
triglycerides (LCT), which are not easily metabolized and can be stored as
fatty deposits in one's body.
Long chain triglycerides contain chains with 14 to 18 carbon
atoms. But coconut oil contains medium chain triglycerides (MCT) with shorter
chains of 5 to 12 carbon atoms, which are easily metabolized by the liver to
produce ketone bodies that can replace glucose as metabolic fuel.
As we age, the brain's ability to metabolize glucose for
energy wanes, especially for those who have a metabolic disorder or insulin
resistance. But MCT-created ketones can be used as cellular fuel in the brain
when glucose is not available.
Study: Coconut oil improves cognitive ability
As far back as 2004, a study published in the journal
Neurobiology of Aging determined that coconut oil MCTs improved cognitive
function among older folks with memory problems and even Alzheimer's disease.
They took 20 subjects and randomly fed them coconut oil or
placebos on different days. Some of the Alzheimer's group demonstrated improved
scoring on a special Alzheimer's cognitive rating scale, andall of them
demonstrated better paragraph recall shortly after taking each dose of coconut
oil.
This wasn't a long term study. They got immediate positive
cognitive and memory results from single doses of coconut oil compared to
placebos.
So why wasn't this publicized by the mainstream media (MSM)
and reported to medical practitioners everywhere? Maybe because Big Pharma was
trying to synthesize and patent a ketone body producing pharmaceutical for the
increasing Alzheimer's disease market.
A dramatic true story confirming coconut oil's efficacy
Around 2009-10, MD Mary Newport's husband had deteriorated
from Alzheimer's so badly he couldn't draw a simple illustration of a clock or
perform daily functions without being micromanaged.
Since the Alzheimer's drug developed in 2004 was not
effective, Dr. Newport tried to get him into a trial for a new Alzheimer's
drug. But he was so bad off he didn't qualify.
After discovering that this new drug was a synthetic version
of MCTs for creating ketone bodies and improving brain function, she researched
and realized that palm and coconut oils also contained MCTs.
After feeding her husband coconut oil, he started making a
remarkable comeback from almost totaldementia to being able to start and finish
tasks and remember people and events.
Dr. Newport observed that only two doses spaced eight hours
apart were sufficient, while the pharmaceutical version required doses every
three hours
(http://www.naturalnews.com/030373_coconut_oil_Alzheimers_disease.html)
If Mary would have enrolled her husband into that 2009-10
Alzheimer's drug trial, she could have lost him completely.
The drug trial at that time was halted early because of nine
deaths among those taking higher
doses(http://www.naturalnews.com/028753_Alzheimers_drug_trials.html).
Newport's success without side effects places coconut oil as
the dementia food medicine of choice over expensive and harmful
pharmaceuticals. Because they went viral on the internet with their experience,
several others experiencing Alzheimer's or memory problems have benefited from
coconut oil.
Here's a video interview of Dr. Newport
(http://tv.greenmedinfo.com).
Sources for this article include:
http://www.greenmedinfo.com
http://www.naturalnews.com/030373_coconut_oil_Alzheimers_disease.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/028753_Alzheimers_drug_trials.html
Learn more:
http://www.naturalnews.com/039811_coconut_Alzheimers_dementia.html#ixzz2PtVxWVik
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