Coconut oil and alzhiemers

That's pretty cool. The one caveat, though, is that as the article said, the diet mimics a starvation diet and can't be continued for too long at a time. Presumably there's some competition for nutrient absorption.

The effect on Parkinson's is interesting. It's thought that oxygen-free radicals may have an important role in killing the dopamine neurons; the ketones may help delay that by allowing intracellular metabolism to funcion just a bit longer.

Good find, Desh!
 
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