It's not just the daily mail. After the OP's video I did some googling.
Try the alzheimers forum...
http://forum.alzheimers.org.uk/showt...s-please-read&
or NY Times - "ask an expert"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/bo...anted=all&_r=0
or Alzheimer's reading room
http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com...ioxidants.html
Give the OP a break.
So you haven't watched it!
No, and I'm not going to. This is very similar to the claimed effects of shark cartilage on cancer, or...dare I say... snake oil on anything. There's a ton of "maybe," "perhaps," "might" and "possibly" surrounding this, and very few conclusive studies. Many of these neurological disorders that can supposedly be improved or cured from the ingestion of coconut oil are very serious, terrible, and tragic diseases and I always would rather be the voice of caution when the scientific community still seems to be hemming and hawing on the subject. If someone wishes to try it and their condition improves, then that's great. But for most people, go in, eyes open, and don't put your eggs in one basket.
Well, if taking 2 tablespoons of coconut oil per day along with your regular food and medication is "putting all of your eggs in one basket", then I don't know what kind of change you approve of!
Let me be clear:
I don't disapprove of users trying it. I disapprove of this being advertised as a magic bullet, which hasn't been proven. This is where I draw a likeness to snake oil. I feel this has the potential to be painfully misleading, if the research doesn't support the current supposition.
I can say that if you do some research and if you bother to look into it, many people think this is a very promising avenue for many very "serious" neurological diseases. It's too easy to just dismiss everything that comes along without even bother to looking further into it.
Agreed - but it would be helpful to do double blind trials and try to confirm the benefits scientifically, don't you agree?
My grand father died of parkinson and my grandmother died of alzheimer. As much as I find this very interesting and hope to see more infos in the short to long term, I am still skeptical.
Such horrible diseases so easily ease and/or cured with so little? Somehow, that would leave a bad taste in my mouth along with anger and frustrations.
that is being done, I think I mentioned that with the allusion to the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute...
And if you watch the video, the scientist from Oxford will explain it as well.
Ok, then all I'm saying is that we should save the ticker-tape parade until they actually prove its a cure, or even beneficial.
well, if you look at Alzheimer's in the news in the last 6 months, you will see that people are now thinking of alzheimer's as diabetes of the brain, and this use of coconut oil fits right in with that thinking. It is all explained in the rather short and engaging video that I linked to in my first post.
they are also thinking that Parkinson's, ALS, epilepsy, etc are affected by how the brain gets and uses its energy (glucose) and what happens when it doesn't get enough energy - so coconut oil gives another energy pathway different from your regular blood sugar.
it's all very interesting and fits in with the current scientific research on these diseases.
they have already done that. many people have benefited, as has already been recounted here.
But in this same vein, if someone has diabetes, which would be on the whole body, we could then assume it would affect the brain with the same results as it does with Alzheimer and Parkinson's, no?
good question. People who have diabetes (both types) have a propensity for Alzheimer's, but not being a cell biologist, I don't know the difference between neural cells versuss other cells in the body in terms of insulin receptors and pathways.
I should add that the human body has a special way of treating brain energy as it is vital for survival, and there is a difference between the brain and the rest of the body in this regard.
When? You just keep saying "Watch the video" over and over.
So, you know what you should do? Watch the video.
Thank you, mishimishi.
My aunt has severe Alzheimer’s, and I forwarded the video and news links to my uncle. He found the stories interesting and said it's a bit too late but still, no harm in giving it a go.
You're welcome.
There is anecdotal evidence of people with severe Alzheimer's benefiting to the point where they were much more autonomous. Read the Daily Mail story for one such person.
I would encourage him to give it a try. It can't hurt.