Background

• Age is no barrier to getting Alzheimers and dementia (related neuro-degenerative conditions)
• Doctors haven’t much of a clue about what causes it or how to treat it
• Brain cells starve cos they can’t metabolise their key food , glucose
• Cells start to die off – you get forgetful etc

What causes it?

• Inability to metabolise glucose as key brain energy source

What can be done to by-pass this?

• In absence of glucose, ketones manufactured in the liver can replace it
• But ketones only produced when carb consumption is low and hence
  • Need to get all calories and nutrients required from fat
  • Replace carbs with fat* (say from 60% of intake to 2%)

Where can we get ketones?

• From Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT’s) and in turn
• From coconut oil as a complete and ready source of MCT’s

What’s a therapeutic dose of coconut oil?

• 3-4 dsps per day which can be
  • Drunk with warm water or
  • Made up with the likes of cocoa drinks
  • Used in baking with low carb, no starch Zenian coconut flour
  • In cooking veggies, stir frys
  • Eaten in combo with the likes of nuts*, peanut butter

Anything else?

• We’ll have some major updates shortly also on the role of hypothyroidism type 2 in neurodegenerative health conditions
• Coconut oil as a booster of metabolism through the thyroid and modifier of inflammation is key in this too

* Those hung up still on the whole saturated fat issue should go here to view the real science

http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/new-look-at-coconut-oil

http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/latest-studies-on-coconut-oil

** Providing those nuts have been soaked for 24 hours previously and dehydrated to remove phytic acid

http://www.westonaprice.org/search/search?q=phytic+acid+nuts&w1=before&d1=&w2=before&d2=

(Note abridged Bruce Fife article with some additions by Ian Haldane on therapeutic doses of coconut oil and how to use coconut oil, references to hypothyroidism – plus reference to relevant Weston A Price material)