Sentences with phrase «alternative fuel for your brain»

Dr. Mary Newport writes about ketone bodies, an alternative fuel for your brain which your body makes when digesting coconut oil, and how coconut oil may offer profound benefits in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

A case study documented by Dr. Mary Newport discusses ketone bodies, an alternative fuel for your brain, which can be produced when your body converts fat (as opposed to glucose) for energy.

Segment from # 70 The antidote to Alzheimer's • why Alzheimer's has been called «Type 3 Diabetes» or Diabetes of the Brain • why there is a type of «energy crisis» in the brains of those who suffer with Alzheimer's • an explanation of the condition of «hypo - metabolism» • the benefits of introducing ketones into the diet while reducing carbohydrates • the definition of Ketones, an alternative fuel for the brain • helps for alleviating brain fog and Alzheimer's patients

Ketone bodies, created when your body breaks down fat for energy, are an alternative fuel for your brain.

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An observational study has suggested the ketones produced when coconut oil is digested could provide an alternative fuel source for the nourishing brain.

The end result for an AD patient is that the brain is not metabolizing glucose effectively and no alternative fuels are available.

This provides an alternative energy source for the brain, which ordinarily uses glucose for fuel.

Coconut oil is a medium chain triglyceride that is converted to ketones in the liver and then sent via the blood directly to the brain for an alternative fuel source.

Ketones have been shown to be an effective alternative fuel source for the brain in times of low glucose availability.

Ketone bodies flow from the liver to extra-hepatic tissues (e.g., brain) for use as a fuel; this spares glucose metabolism via a mechanism similar to the sparing of glucose by oxidation of fatty acids as an alternative fuel.

Therefore, ketone bodies flow from the liver to extra-hepatic tissues (e.g., brain) for use as a fuel; this spares glucose metabolism via a mechanism similar to the sparing of glucose by oxidation of fatty acids as an alternative fuel.

(source) When deprived of the glucose your body and brain require for energy, the body begins to burn stored fat, and the liver produces an alternative fuel called ketones.