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)
