The Coconut Oil and Low-Carb Solution for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Other Di

The Coconut Oil and Low-Carb Solution for Alzheimers, Parkinsons, and Other Diseases: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Diet and High-Energy Foods to Protect and Nourish the Brain. From the author of the best-seller Alzheimers Disease; What if There Was a Cure?, Mary T. Newport, M.D., now presents this guide of how to integrate diet in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. A quick-start guide showing how to integrate life-restoring fatty acids medium chain triglycerides (MCT) and its natural source, coconut oil into the diet. In addition to Alzheimers disease, this dietary treatment can be used to counter such other neurodegenerative diseases as non-Alzheimers dementias, Parkinsons, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis. Dr Newport was not the first to call Alzheimers "a type of diabetes of the brain", but she firmly believes it is. Areas in the brain that test positive for Alzheimers show insulin deficiency and insulin resistance, which cause decreased glucose uptake in the cells, leading to cell malfunction and cell death. Because diet is the most important way to counter diabetes, Dr Newport advocates a dietary intervention base...