Find many more presentations on Dr. Newport’s YouTube Presentations Playlist.
Steve & Mary Newport on The 700 Club, 2012
Steve Newport’s Alzheimer’s symptoms improved with coconut oil
This 5+ minutes TV spot with reporter Lorie Johnson went viral when it aired on The 700 Club in 2012. Watch video.
TEDX Talk at University of South Florida, 2014
Dr. Mary T. Newport at TEDxUSF: Unconventional but Effective Therapy for Alzheimer’s Treatment
18-minute presentation at TEDx event at the University of South Florida in 2013. This video has had more than 2 million views on YouTube! Watch video.
Short Case Report: Steve Newport & Coconut Oil
Read Steve’s peer-reviewed case report published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia in 2015 here.
Steve’s response to coconut oil presented by his wife Dr. Mary Newport
The 8-minute video case report of how Dr. Newport came upon the idea of using coconut oil to help her husband Steve, who had early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Steve improved so much that he was able to work as a hospital volunteer. Watch video here.
Coconut Oil and Cholesterol
Read the complete peer-reviewed article published in Nutrients in 2025.
Does coconut oil really increase serum cholesterol? The answer might surprise you!
This decade’s long myth has led doctor’s and dietitian’s away from suggesting coconut oil for people with memory impairment. This 5-minute video explains that most of the saturated fats in coconut oil are the medium-chain triglycerides that have shown benefit for brain health in clinical trials. Drs. Mary Newport & Fabian Dayrit analyzed 984 lipid profile results of people consuming coconut oil in 26 clinical trials conducted between 1985 and 2024. Watch video here.
Ketogenic Strategies for Alzheimer's & the Aging Brain
Read Dr. Newport’s comprehensive article on ketones, the brain, and 288 reports published in Medical Research Archives in 2024 here.
Ketogenic Strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Memory Impairments: History, rationale, and 288 caregiver case reports
This 45-minute presentation was given by Dr. Mary Newport for the Aging and Gerontology Conference in October 2024 and discusses what goes wrong in the aging and Alzheimer’s brain, and how ketogenic strategies and other good lifestyle choices could help. The talk includes Dr. Newport’s published study of the responses of 288 people with Alzheimer’s and other memory impairments to coconut oil and MCT oil. Watch video here.
Global Virtual Keto Summit, 2022
Ketones Coconut Oil and MCT oil for Brain Health
This 40-minute presentation for the Global Virtual Keto Summit in February 2022 focuses on how ketogenic oils (MCT and coconut oils) and a healthy whole food ketogenic Mediterranean diet could promote healthy brain aging and possibly delay or prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Watch video here.
Webinar for American Oil Chemists Society, 2019
Ketones: Harmful Byproducts or Drivers of Metabolism?
The 1 hr 40 minute- webinar presentation by Dr. Mary Newport was the most watched webinar of 2019 for the American Oil Chemists Society and answers many questions about ketones and how ketogenic strategies could help slow cognitive decline. Watch video here.
