: Episode 656 - Dr. Mary Newport joins Vinnie to discuss coconut oil and Alzheimer's disease. Can medium-chain triglycerides (MCT's) play a role in the treatment of dementia? Listen to her personal story of her husband's early-onset Alzheimer's disease and the results she had with coconut oil... PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty DR. MARY NEWPORT Started her career caring for premies (neonatalogy) Now works in hospice care Her husband is the reason for her transition He was diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimers at age 51 Passed away this past January after suffering for 15 years She saw how great hospice care was for those in need and so she decided to take this up KETOGENIC DIET Many different conditions and diseases are being treated adjunctly with a ketogenic diet Cancer cells feed off of sugar Low-carb diets are being found to slow symptoms and help patients Dom D'Agostino is doing research through the Navy on benefits of ketogenic diet COCONUT OIL AND ALZHEIMER'S Check out her website on this topic here Coconut oil has ketones which can help improve brain function In combo with MCT oil, it appears it can actually reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's Brains essentially use this fat for energy Suggests the brain is starving when Alzheimer's hit, needs to be fed with fat DR. NEWPORT'S BOOK Also in the Mental Health section of our NSNG Book Club