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Ketones are a natural, alternative fuel to sugar for your brain and body and are anti-inflammatory.
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This website was created in 2008 to spread the message about ketones as alternative fuel for the brain with special affection for people and their families who are dealing with Alzheimer’s and other neuro disorders.
Alzheimer’s does not have to be your fate!
This website was created in 2008 to spread the message about ketones as alternative fuel for the brain with special affection for people and their families who are dealing with Alzheimer’s and other neuro disorders.
Video: Welcome to My Website from Mary Newport MD
Keep scrolling down for an overview of Steve’s story and the latest in ketone research.
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NEW! Alzheimer’s Disease: What If There Was a Cure? The Story of Ketones (3rd Edition)
by Mary T. Newport, MD
The story of ketones is the story of my husband Steve Newport, who had early onset Alzheimer’s disease and his dramatic response to ketogenic oils (coconut and MCT oil) and later in a pilot study of a ketone ester from the NIH, now on the market. This 3rd edition finishes Steve’s story, includes stories of others with Alzheimer’s, Lewy body dementia, and Parkinson’s who have benefited. The book also fills in ten years of research and new information since the second edition was published in 2013 on ketone supplements, the ketogenic diet, and other ketogenic strategies that could help people with many different neurological, psychiatric disorders, and with diabetes.
Release Date: September 19, 2023 ORDER NOW
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Clearly Keto for Healthy Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention
by Mary T Newport MD (Nov 2022)
Think better, age better, feel better with a whole-food Mediterranean-style ketogenic diet!
Did you know that at least 30% of dementia cases may be preventable by eating a healthy whole food diet and making better lifestyle choices? Learn about the evidence and find step-by-step instructions for making important changes in your lifestyle to enjoy healthy aging.
Video: Why I Wrote Clearly Keto
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Ketones in evolution, ketone research, keto diet how-to’s.
What are Ketones? Read all about it!
Dr. Mary Newport’s 2019 book:
The history, research evidence, and step-by-step instructions for a healthy whole food low-carb or keto diet and ketogenic strategies like coconut oil, MCT oil, ketone salts, ketone esters, overnight fasting, exercise, and caffeine.
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What coconut oil and ketones did for my husband Steve Newport
First days: More alert, more talkative, finished sentences, sense of humor and animation in his face returned, was less distracted, recognized relatives. Hand and facial tremor resolved. Steve said it was like the “light switch came on” in his head the day he started coconut oil.
Original Article by Dr. Newport (2008) –
What If There Was a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease? (English) (Spanish)
After weeks to months: SEE CLOCK DRAWINGS BELOW. Steve could “do things” again, like cutting the lawn and helping with housework, finishing projects, and became a hospital volunteer. His stiff slow gait resolved after two months. His visual disturbance resolved and he could read after three months. He could recall what he read hours earlier after nine months. Coconut oil and MCT oil changed our lives for the better.
Letter from Dr. Mary Newport
August 2023
It has been more than 15 years since Steve improved in May 2008 with coconut oil, the richest natural source of medium-chain triglycerides, which convert to ketones, an alternative fuel for the brain. Steve was the first person with Alzheimer’s to take an NIH ketone ester in a pilot study in 2010. The ester has now been out on the market since 2018 and has helped many. Steve improved very significantly and steadily the first year and remained stable for nearly four years. He began having seizures in summer 2013 starting with a head injury from a fall and did not fully recover. Despite this serious setback, it was well worth the extra quality years that we had together as a family. He remained in our home with the help of our wonderful caregivers. Although he lost his battle with Alzheimer’s on January 2, 2016 at age 65, there is still hope for others who are at risk or in earlier stages of this horrible disease, and their families might actually win their fight.
Studies using Ketone and Glucose Uptake PET scans show that ketones are taken up normally in the areas of the brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease even when glucose is not, and consuming medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil can fill in the gap between how much energy the brain needs and how much it receives. This strategy could help prevent or delay the onset of this dreadful disease. Many small to medium-size studies have been completed and larger studies are in progress, showing good results. The Alzheimer’s Association and National Institutes of Health, and other organizations are funding clinical trials of ketogenic diet, low-carb diet, Mediterranean diet, MCT oil, ketone salts and esters for mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. The ketogenic diet is also in clinical trials as an adjunct to standard cancer treatments.
I want to thank the more than 500 people who have sent me testimonials for your loved ones who have tried coconut oil and/or MCT oil and/or ketone supplements for Alzheimer’s, other dementias, memory impairment, Parkinson’s and other disorders. While some people have no response, the vast majority have reported improvements in cognitive functions and overall quality of life. Such testimonials (kept anonymous) have helped obtain funding for research.
Steve’s brain was donated to the Florida Brain Bank, a research study for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. We learned that he suffered from both Alzheimer’s and Lewy body dementia. This gave us great closure and others might consider making a brain donation to further dementia research and discovery of causes and cures.
Ketone therapies are under study at University of South Florida (USF) department of Navy Research under the direction of Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D. for the treatment of cancer, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), wound healing, oxygen toxicity, epilepsy, status epilepticus, and rare enzyme deficiencies. The cancer studies look at combinations of ketogenic diets with hyperbaric oxygen, ketone esters and glucose-lowering substances to further enhance the effect on killing cancer cells, which thrive on glucose but normally cannot use ketones, while preserving normal cells by providing ketones as fuel. Several studies are published, and many human clinical trials are underway.
More recently, Christpher Palmer MD and others have found that the ketogenic diet can help people with psychiatric conditions like bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and even schizophrenia. A new study of ketogenic strategies for Parkinson’s disease will soon be underway and there are currently more than 50 clinical trials underway for use of the ketone ester in a variety of disorders, including diabetes, metabolic syndrome (prediabetes), Alzheimer’s, other dementias, mild cognitive impairment, congestive heart failure, recovery from heart attack, and many others.
You can provide ketones to the brain and other organs as an alternative fuel through adopting a “keto” (ketogenic) diet and by consuming coconut and MCT oil and other foods that contain medium chain triglycerides to produce ketones. Ketone salts and esters provide “instant ketosis,” and many people report benefits. Exercise and overnight fasting can also increase ketone levels.
This should not be taken as medical advice. I strongly urge you to consult with your physician before undertaking a ketogenic diet or using ketone supplements. If you or your loved one is suffering from a chronic or progressive condition, this may be worth considering.
All the Best to You and Your Loved Ones,