Coconut Oil: Can It Stop Alzheimer's?

When he was 53, Steve Newport began to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and kept getting worse ― until five years later, when his wife and caregiver, Dr. Mary Newport, discovered coconut oil. Within hours of taking a couple of tablespoons, he started to improve.

Steve’s memory improved, he was able to process information better, and he just seemed all-around more mentally sharp.

What If There Was a Cure?

Although it didn’t cure Steve of the disease, the benefits of coconut oil were so striking that Dr. Newport became an advocate, and found that it helped many other people in similar situations. She wrote a book, What If There Was a Cure? and helped to instigate a clinical trial at the University of South Florida.

The study, which will begin enrolling participants in early summer, is being led by David Morgan, a researcher who has studied Alzheimer’s for 25 years. Dr. Morgan is the CEO of the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute in Tampa, the largest center in the United States that both treats dementia patients and carries on clinical trials.

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