Our Alzheimer's series continues with a report on how Dr. Mary Newport's husband Steve is doing today and how adding coconut oil to his daily diet greatly improved his symptoms...
Though Dr. Mary Newport has provided professional care to newborns since 1983, she's led a double life since 2000 when she became a caregiver at home. That's when her beloved husband, Steve, first showed signs of Alzheimer's disease.
After his deterioration accelerated in 2004, Dr. Newport began avidly researching ways to keep him functional for as long as possible. She put her medial knowledge and research skills to work and found new research showing that medium-chain fatty acids, which act like an alternative fuel in the insulin-deficient Alzheimer's brain, can sometimes reverse or at least stabilize the disease. When she gave Steve about 2 tablespoons of coconut oil (a source of these fats) at breakfast before a memory test that he had previously failed, Steve miraculously passed the test. Since then, Steve continued to maintain improvement while taking daily doses of coconut oil and MCT (medium-chain triglyceride) oil with meals.
Dr. Newport's story of Steve's reprieve from Alzheimer's provides hope for caregivers eager to learn about readily available fatty acids in foods that may reverse the ravages of this dreaded disease. Changes in loved ones may take many forms, including improved memory, return of personality, resumption of activities and social interaction, and relief from certain physical symptoms. Because ketone esters, a synthesized form of these powerful fatty acids, work faster and more comprehensively than fatty acids in foods, Dr. Newport has become an ardent advocate for ketone ester research, with FDA approval her final goal.
Caregivers for the more than 5 million people in the United States who suffer from Alzheimer's disease are searching desperately for hope, relief, and a cure. They will find all that in this book that summarizes Dr. Newport's research and Steve's reprieve, the importance of medium-chain fatty acids, and how Alzheimer's patients can make the transition to a healthy diet rich in these vital fats.
So how is Steve doing today? He had already outlived his diagnosis by several years. Dr. Newport updates us...
"It has now been almost six years since Steve improved dramatically with coconut oil in his diet. His improvement continued for a full year to the point where he was able to read and relay information he had read earlier in the day as well as recall events that occurred days and weeks earlier. Overall I feel that we went back in time two to three years. He has had some setbacks since then but he is still taking coconut and MCT oil. I feel that using coconut and MCT oil consistently in his diet has been well worth the extra, better quality time we have had. I have also heard now from nearly 400 people with Alzheimer's, other dementias, Parkinson's, ALS and a number of other disorders who have improved as well. Some of them have improved and stabilized for two or more years."
Alzheimer's Disease: What If There Was a Cure? continues to be a bestseller and is in its second edition. Dr. Mary Newport is hard at work on her next book. For more information and to buy the book, go to www.basichealthpub.com or www.amazon.com. This series concludes Sunday with a guide on how to implement coconut and MCT oil into your diet and the extended health benefits.
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