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didi wrote:I do not think it is a sales pitch. I have read submissions from lay people who have taken the time to do literature searches and swear by coconut oil. This woman must care about her husband and is doing what she believes to be the best treatment. If I had a loved one that was progressively getting worse on a starch or plant based diet I guess I would try the coconut oil. Any ship in a storm.
The doctor used the term diabetes of the brain where the brain is resistant to insulin and thus sugar cannot get into the cells so ketones are used as an alternate fuel.
I also do not think they were lying about the husband showing improvement.
However it is early on and there are lots of questions to be answered.
If the brain is resistant to insulin, why wouldn't a fat free diet which would allow insulin to unlock the cell's door so to speak, also cause improvement? Ketones are an alternate fuel during starvation so using ketones to feed the brain is not a new idea. Nature does it.
Why use coconut oil? If you are on a ketogenic diet why wouldn't that do the same thing as the coconut oil? A ketogenic diet helps some (not all) children whose epileptic seizures are resistant to drugs. It has side effects though and is used as a last resort, not the primary approach.
I have read often that anything that prevents or halts diabetes or heart disease is also good for the brain and would prevent
Alzheimers. I do not know if this is true. Evidently this is an illness more prevalent in our culture among those on the western diet.
What effect does coconut oil have on the development or progression of artery disease. Will using it improve the Alzheimers only to injure the arteries or will it also be beneficial to those using this treatment?
Are they eliminating all sugars and carbs from the man's diet?
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