Dr. Mary Newport, MD, was able to reverse her husband’s Alzheimer’s symptoms by adding coconut oil to his diet. And it only took two weeks. Their story was shared across the globe, but sadly, it didn’t last long.
However, the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease published the study, Coconut Oil Attenuates the Effects of Amyloid-β on Cortical Neurons In Vitro, which shows that coconut oil may reduce and/or revert cognitive deficits that neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, and aging.
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada, medical researchers studied the effects of coconut oil on cortical neurons that were treated with amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide in vitro. Amyloid-β peptide is the main element of certain deposits in the brain that are thought to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
It was reported by the researchers that a remarkable improvement was found in Alzheimer’s patients that were treated with medium chain triglycerides from coconut oil in a clinical trial.
The researchers tested the hypothesis of coconut oil being beneficial to neurodegenerative conditions by using cell model. They exposed live rat neurons to numerous combinations of coconut oil and Aβ peptide. It was found that Aβ peptide was able to reduce the survival of neurons and the coconut oil was able to protect against this reduction in survival time.
It was noted that coconut oil ‘rescued’ Aβ-treated neurons from the mitochondrial damage that is caused by their toxicity. The oil was able to prevent the Aβ-induced differences in mitochondrial circularity and size. Patients with Alzheimer’s disease have a compromised mitochondria function, meaning these finding are of great importance.
“The rationale for using coconut oil as a potential AD [Alzheimer’s Disease] therapy is related to the possibility that it could be metabolized to ketone bodies that would provide an alternative energy source for neurons, and thus compensate for mitochondrial dysfunction,” the researchers said.
They have suggested that ketone bodies, a coconut oil metabolism byproduct, may counterbalance the Aβ-induced hindrance of mitochondrial function and therefore energy metabolism. If you consider that caprylic acid, a medium chain triglyceride in coconut, is able to cross the blood-brain barrier, coconut oil most likely has a neuroprotective effect.
“The results of this pilot study provide a basis for further investigation of the effects of coconut oil, or its constituents, on neuronal survival focusing on mechanisms that may be involved,” the researchers concluded.
Coconut oil is able to ‘rescue’ the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients by targeting Type 3 diabetes, the metabolic derangement of the brain that is related to the condition. The brain becomes more resistant to insulin, as it ages, which leads to the failure of using glucose to meet its energy needs.
Ketone bodies is an alternative fuel source that is free of the insulin signaling system and glucose utilization. Coconut oil is able to provide ingredients for production of ketone bodies, which allows for the production of increased quantities within minutes of ingestion. Incredible recoveries in memory and cognitive function may be explained by this metabolic restoration of function.
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