My paternal grandmother had 'dementia' and my mother died of Alzheimers. Now one of my best friends was taken to a 'home' quite a ways from here. Not sure when I will see her next. But at coffee, I mused as to whether she could have coconut oil added to her diet and friends at the table said, only with a doctor's prescription. ??????? Should this thread be under conspiracies? I had heard recently of medium chain triglycerides being helpful and also knew of coconut oil containing them. But coconut oil can't be patented. There is now a 'medicine' containing them. Not often heard of. Probably doesn't make much money. But:
If you check out Dr. Bruce Fife, he has written several books about the benefits of MCT’s (medium chain triglycerides )and their many benefits, one of which being that it has helped people with Alzheimer’s. Coconut oil has MCT plus other beneficial fatty acids, and people have been using it both internally and externally for many years. Medium chain triglycerides can pass through the blood/brain barrier, and they can fuel the brain when it is no longer able to be fueled with sugar, the normal fuel. Alzheimers has been called the “diabetes of the brain” , since it works very similar to how type 2 diabetes works, in that the body cells can no longer accept sugar as fuel. It is often then stored as fat, and the person has to take extra insulin in order to use as much of the fuel as possible with T2 diabetes. This is why diabetics are often more susceptible to Alzheimer's. When no fuel can get to the brain, then dementia can develop; and this is where coconut oil can help, if it is done before the brain is too damaged. Since the MCT oil from the coconut oil can pass through the blood/brain barrier and fuel the brain, the person can think better again. I do not see why a person would need a prescription and I doubt that most doctors would even give a prescription for coconut oil. Many people add it to their morning oatmeal, or even in coffee, and it does give your brain a kind of a jumpstart.
Personally, especially as a senior, I would never get shot with the poisonous vaccinations. What to do if already injected? Detox might be helpful, depending on location and severity. Vaccine nanoparticles and alzheimers <-- Aluminum in vaccines linked to alzheimers <-- Dementia patient deaths from forced vaccinations <--
My mother died of dementia complications. Coincidentally, I was waiting at CVS yesterday to pick up a prescription and read part of a magazine (Mayo Clinic's?) on Alzheimer's. I did not read the entire thing, but I have never encountered the benefits of coconut oil before. I wonder if it offers preventative benefits. Regarding getting a prescription, I have nothing beneficial to add other than uninformed references to people being sheep, but I don't really know what the woman was thinking. (baa)
I am in the process of reading a book about probiotics, and fermented foods like yogurt, kefir, kimchi, and kombucha. One of the things that it talks about is the gut/brain connection, and how much of the important things like serotonin are actually made mostly in our gut, and then sent to our brain, where they influence our mood. So, if a person has the wrong bacteria in our gut, it can cause things like depression and even open the door to Alzheimer's and other dementia and memory issues. I feel like God has been leading me to open this door in my life, because of a change in my heart medications. Here is why I think that: Amyloid plaques in the brain are one of the causes of dementia. There is something that our body makes that helps to stop these plaques from forming , and the new heart medication that my cardiologist put me on (Entresto) blocks the thing that stops the plaques. I was really concerned, because it is important for my heart to take the medication, but it also could make it easier for me to develop those amyloid plaques, and lead to dementia. When I bought the kombucha from the grocery store and tried a bottle of it, my whole body just seemed to suddenly be overwhelmed with the desire for more kombucha. I just craved it ! I knew it has all of those good B-vitamins and thought that was probably why I craved it so bad. However, now that I am reading this ebook , and it is explains how the kombucha can help stop the amyloid plaques, I think that this is something that I was meant to learn to help my health. Here is a page that talks about the help of probiotic bacteria with dementia, and a screenshot of the ebook I am reading.
Sounds very interesting but now I'm just eating a cup of sauerkraut I got at grocery in a jar, so called organic, but who knows. We have some drain traps from sink we have to tackle ,garden, floors vacuum, mop wash clothe, dishes cook care for animals. it is really alot plus my walk,exercise for diabetes. Yvonne I do want to try it though.
I am forever surprised (and sometimes shocked) at how I am led down the right path at the right time, as it seems you have been, @Yvonne Smith. My mother died with dementia, and was on statins and heart meds for quite a while. I'm on statins and have been concerned with this in my own life. I have been eating more yogurt (just finished some, as a matter of fact), am taking a probiotic that has 30 billion CFU of 12 different strains, and taking 4 different types of prebiotics (FOS, GOS, XOS and a proprietary blend.) I, too, have been reading about new discoveries as to the impact that our gut biome has on so much of our bodies and health. Bacteria create the enzymes required to break down specific foods and make specific nutrients available to our bodies. Doctors are now routinely recommending probiotics when their patients take antibiotics. The International Probiotics Association website makes for some interesting reading. I recently read of them doing DNA analysis on a dozen different strains of gut bacteria and realizing that there were over 200 different "clades." A clade is a group of organisms that can be traced back to a common ancestor. There was no statement at the impact this discovery may have, but I find it interesting that among these 12 commonly accepted strains, they now know that there are over 200 genetically distinct groups.
If you have Bookbub.com and bookgorilla.com (both are free) and ask for medical type of books, they will send out an email and it shows which ones that Kindle has for free, or on sale that day, and this is how I have built up my ebook collection without spending very much money on the books. You do have to check that they are still free because sometimes, it shows they are on sale, but when you go to kindle, the sale promotion is already over and they are back to full price.
I just read an article claiming that MIT scientists may have discovered a "breakthrough" in treating Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. Apparently there is an enzyme (CDK5) that is hyperactive in the brains of patients with such diseases. Scientist designed a peptide (short chain amino acid) to block CDK5, and the results in experiments using mice are "remarkable," showing significant reductions in neurodegeneration and reduced DNA damage, as well as improvement in performing tasks. Link to MIT press release
I always wondered if the test for mouse alzheimers was that they could not remember where they put their little purses?
Have you seen @Shirley Martin's thread about her mouse Mia? Mia may have been involved in clinical trials. You can read about Mia here. It may answer some of your questions. (I guess it's good I can remember these important things.)
I got an update on my brother today, with his Alzheimer's. He has a fascination with nickles and dimes and counts his large collection everyday. Plus he thinks someone is stealing them, so he cut the toes out of his socks, puts the money in them( ties the ends I guess) and puts them under the bed. Sigh, so heartbreaking to hear, and I fear worse is to come. Then the niece we are renting from, her step dad has it and also has Parkinson disease. No matter what you do something or someone is "gonna get cha" in the end. My brother's doctor told his wife a few years back that He -my brother belonged on the cover of GQ he was so healthy. Big deal. What is point of being physically fit your mind is a maze of nothingness ? So sorry am venting I suppose. I can suffer incredible amounts of physical pain, but pray not to live thru the night should I develop that.