Mary T. Newport, MD is a physician, caregiver, author, and international speaker. Her website is packed with useful information and can be viewed at (coconutketones.com). Dr. Newport delivers an insightful overview of nutrition for health. Dr. Newport became a ketone enthusiast and nutrition advocate after seeing the benefits in her husband. She provided ketones as alternative fuel for the brain to Steve Newport, her husband, to help with his early-onset Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed at the age of 54. Her books are considered to be invaluable for those who are seeking answers about health. Dr. Newport is the author of Alzheimer’s Disease: What If There Was a Cure? The Story of Ketones as well as The Coconut Oil and Low-Carb Solution for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Other Diseases: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Diet and a High-Energy Food to Protect and Nourish the Brain.

Ketones can be an alternative fuel to sugar for your brain and body. The ketogenic diet and ketone supplements can offer incredible benefits to almost everyone for their general health and may also provide specific help for those who suffer with diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, MS, cancer, and epilepsy. The nutrition expert talks about coconut oil, MCT oil, and ketone esters, and their many various benefits for the body. Dr. Newport recounts actual experiences with her husband that showed incredible improvements in his condition after initiating treatment, such as his ability to read again without the words, as he stated, “shaking on the page,” looking pixelated, moving about.

Dr. Newport talks about how she and her husband transitioned to a more Mediterranean style of diet with lower carbs and more unrefined whole grains. Additionally, she talks about the benefit of Omega 3 and other supplements that could produce real results. She refers to her husband’s recovery as a light that truly came back on in his brain. She discusses her book in detail and how her husband’s story, as recounted by him, made a significant impact in the Alzheimer’s community. She provides extensive details about the ways people can utilize nutrition to improve health, and she provides an overview of her world travels, speaking about disease and treatment via nutritional supplementation and diet. As she states, Alzheimer’s is on the rise all over the world, and even in countries where diets are traditionally very good. She points to sweets and carbs as possibly being the reason for the rise in disease. Additionally, she talks about the toxicity of trans fats that are used again and again for cooking. Ultimately, as she states, the trend is not a good one, as healthy nutrition is less than exemplary in many nations around the world.

Wrapping up her discussion, Dr. Newport discusses some simple things that all of us can do to improve memory and cognition, such as eliminating sugary drinks, reducing starchy foots, and lowering carbs.

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