: Episode 656 – Dr. Mary Newport joins Vinnie to discuss coconut oil and Alzheimer’s disease. Can medium-chain triglycerides (MCT’s) play a role in the treatment of dementia? Listen to her personal story of her husband’s early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and the results she had with coconut oil…
DR. MARY NEWPORT
- Started her career caring for premies (neonatalogy)
- Now works in hospice care
- Her husband is the reason for her transition
- He was diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimers at age 51
- Passed away this past January after suffering for 15 years
- She saw how great hospice care was for those in need and so she decided to take this up
- Passed away this past January after suffering for 15 years
- He was diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimers at age 51
- Her husband is the reason for her transition
KETOGENIC DIET
- Many different conditions and diseases are being treated adjunctly with a ketogenic diet
- Cancer cells feed off of sugar
- Low-carb diets are being found to slow symptoms and help patients
- Dom D’Agostino is doing research through the Navy on benefits of ketogenic diet
COCONUT OIL AND ALZHEIMER’S
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Check out her website on this topic here
- Coconut oil has ketones which can help improve brain function
- In combo with MCT oil, it appears it can actually reverse symptoms of Alzheimer’s
- Brains essentially use this fat for energy
- Suggests the brain is starving when Alzheimer’s hit, needs to be fed with fat
DR. NEWPORT’S BOOK
Also in the Mental Health section of our NSNG Book Club
