Results showed that increased tau was directly associated
with hypometabolism (reflecting neuronal dysfunction) in the brain.
This shows us that adding coconut oil or other oils with MCTs to someone who suffers from a
neuronal hypometabolism, could be positively beneficial for him, as It would improve his brain functioning, at least when it comes to performance on cognitive tasks.
In persons with AD there is about 25 % less uptake of glucose [24]; and in healthy elderly, there is about 15 % less uptake of glucose [25], in what is termed glucose
cerebral hypometabolism [26] or Type III diabetes.
Abnormal Krebs cycle and / or oxidative phosphorylation cause (s) not only
glucose hypometabolism but also the increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), oxidative damage, and programmed cell death such as apoptosis.
And as you might have guessed,
hypometabolism is connected to a decline in cognitive functioning, since the brain spends less energy which, in return, reduces its processing ability.
Active MR (kcal) = 1.5 X MR (kcal) *** An adjustment factor for growth, trauma and disease as expressed as multiple of MR. 1 Condition Adjustment starvation 0.5 - 0.7
hypometabolism 0.5 - 0.9 elective...