NaturalNews April 23 2013
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative brain condition that comes with a multibillion-dollar per year cost to the American public, and its takeover doesn’t seem to be slowing down. It is estimated that in 2013 alone, Alzheimer’s disease will cost Americans more than $200 billion. With its prevalence appearing to be at an all time high, it appears that the medical world and the public should be looking for better alternatives in regard to preventing its takeover. The Westernized approach to treating such a condition has some upsides, but many crucial factors seem to be left out of the overall equation – food (like coconuts) being one of these major areas to assess.
The effects of coconut oil on the brain
Coconut oil is an amazing food, and luckily, science has shown that it is among one of the most healing in nature. In regard to helping Alzheimer’s patients, the ketone bodies, which are given off when coconut oil’s fatty acids are metabolized by the liver, can be a perfect fuel source for the brain – a trait that can surely help Alzheimer’s patients.
A brain that has been impacted by Alzheimer’s disease cannot efficiently use glucose for fuel as it once did. Ketones help to solve this problem by providing a different fuel source that the brain can use instead.
Think of this “fuel swapping” arrangement much like how a hybrid car switches between gas an electricity – carbohydrates being the gas, and ketone bodies acting as the much cleaner, more efficient electricity.