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Memory problems forget me knot.

The first thing to do is remember the story about coconut fat. Here is a link to the Daily Mail
(opens in new tab) coconut fat and Alzhimers.
This article raises some points other than that coconut fat might help with memeory, that need addressing. First it mentions drugs that may provide the benefits of coconut fat without the triglycerides. Well this article I am about to cite goes some way to suggest that triglycerides are not necessarily down to the fat one eats but the glucose with it! This backs up what I said and that is that it is carbs, sugars and processed foods that are the real problem. Because these three sources of starches that of potato, rice and wheat that do a lot of the damage, which ultimately raise blood pressure, triglycerides, promote diabetes and aid the onset of Alzhimers.
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Similarly on this point there seems to be a conflict on the type of tryglycerides that are measured at any typical doctors' surgery. When blood work comes back it often comes back with one grand total for teh count of tryglycerides, when infact there are larger bushy less dangerous tryglycerides and much smaller more dangerous tryglycerides. In a further study Dr Abbram Hoffer and ???? have made some headway in discovering that since our artieries are made from
(opens in new tab) endothelial cells,
which are elastic, they will therefore benefit from extra
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vitamin c with perhaps some proline and glycine to tighten the cell walls of the arteries thus making them less vunrable to these small tryglyceride attacks, that go on to require cholestrol for their repair. He also goes on to say that vitamin B3 (niacin flush) somehow also manages to reduce these smaller more dangerous tryglycerides too. B3 it seems can also lower blood pressure this way and increase red blood cell count. This combined effect along with its anti clumping effect has the benefit of getting blood vessels therefore oxygen to further reaches of our circatory hence vasculotory system. Not to mention that if you eat coconut fat without carbs then the tryglyceride content will remain of the large fluffy kind. The next thing the article mentions is that ketones might be more important than the coconut fat itself. Again I disagree, I've produced as many as 4.0 mmols of ketones a day with an average of 2.0 over a period of a week and found that my brain function was not as good as when I was eating the fat from coconut. So although ketones are a really healthy long term option, what needs to happen right now is full fat coconut fat. Next the article mentions MCT oil, which is liquid coconut fat, distilled slightly to produce more medium chain triglycerides (MCT), but in my experience it is a skin irritant, which if it affects the skin on the outside it will definitely affect the skin on the inside as it goes through your intestine. I know that evolution has given us a trap door in the intestine allowing pure MCTs to pass straight into the bloodstream thus accelerating absorption, and avoiding digestion in the stomach, but this is for only a small amount mcts so a teaspoon at a time is enough, and the energy rush does not last long, although blended in coffee it certainly can be noticed. When they recommend no more than 2 teaspoons I agree no more than two teaspoons a day. The next thing the article mentions is if coconut fat is hydrogenated or not. Well coconut fat does not need to be hydrogenated. It can be bought partially hydrogenated, but this is to extend shelf life only, and we do not want that. It turns out that any hydrogenated fats, this is ones that have a fat content now containing trans fats is now just one molecule away from plastic! And has a half life of one year! Which is not good for us. Although this is a poor argument, because there are lots of chemicals that are changed completely by changing one molecule. For example according to Jennifer Donovan,Water H2O and hydrogen peroxide (bleach) H2O2 (just one atom difference) and Nitrogen gas N2 the main constituent of air and ammonia NH3 (also one atom different) courtesy of
(opens in new tab) www.quora.com.
So I would recommend one chooses extra virgin and cold pressed coconut fat, which for sure means no hydrogenation and therefore not trans fats. I hear there is no thing as real organic coconut fat, but if it says it on the container, then I would go for that rather than not. So doing all this will reduce hunger because the hormone for hunger is leptin which is satiated with fat, so all that fat will allow you to not eat. This will simultaneously reduce your carb intake, all good so far.

The next thing I mentioned was to push the advantage afforded to you while sleeping, you already started cutting carbs and eating fat during the day and this advantage is to extend the forced fast of sleep. When you wake, try and extend your non-eating window by putting off breakfast for as long as possible. This is the most important bit, because it is with extending the forced fast of sleep that real healing of the brain can take place. In the seminal research done by
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on autophagy he explains that not eating will lead to an auto cleansing of the bodies systems including the brain. It turns out when humans don’t eat for a while a mechanism that evolution has given us kicks in to help us survive. We get smarter! That’s right our brains grow new connections in the brain, and even the rate of new brain stem cell production goes up too. We already knew that our brains produced some 400 neurons a day in the hippocampus under normal circumstances, but for this to increase during a period of fasting is a bonus. It seems that when hungry our brains sharpen and our eyes get better and our senses improve, this of course is so that we may succeed at detecting and catching our next meal. The other way of looking at this is simply to reduce the eating window. So if you decide to only eat from 2 to 8pm then that is an eating window of 6 hours. Not bad. Similarly if you start to eat at 4pm and finish at 7pm that is an eating window of 3 hours. Getting this eating window down to 1 hour is your choice, but a six hour eating window is enough to begin benefitting from all the possitive effects of these dainly intermitent fasts over time. The smaller the eating window the faster the results. And with your fasting day filled with the occassional teaspoon of coconut fat and olive oil, this might end up being perfectly doable.

The next thing I mentioned was to take some supplements and get some exercise. The reason for this is that the
third most likely type of dementia is vascular,
and
according to the NHS this means lack of oxygen getting to the brain.
Carbohydrates can play a role in this,
and we should not forget what Dr Boz said in her brilliant book
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that two years of producing ketones in your bloodstream will arrest heart disease. Thus reducing the furring up of arteries. So to find a fast way to help reduce vascular dementia we need to get some exercise in the first hour of every morning. Along with these supplements Syberian Ginseng, Ginkgo Biloba and Omega 3 oil we are onto a winner. The exercise I do is advocated by Wim Hoff (the iceman) 20 world records. He proposes hyperventilating for 35 breaths or more, (until you begin to feel light headed), and then breathe out all your air and start doing press ups, (or something of your choosing), either full press ups or on your knees press ups. Then take one long breath and continue with the press ups. This will reach a total being both amounts of press ups being added together. Wim Hoff said he can do 100. I hit 100 once. It’s really hard. However repeat the process 3 times. This is good exercise and will reduce any risk of vascular dementia and COPD which is now the number 1 reason for early death in developed countries. There is another advantage of doing the Wim Hoff method and that is that it activates our
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This has some real advantages. And can keep you in tip top viral shape. We are yet to see the benefits through this pandemic.

The other thing I mentioned was to use a memory palace. This is not new, but is becoming more popular. I’m only on my second book, so I’m new to this. However you may remember the example I gave. Whenever you meet someone, place them somewhere in the house. The thing I didn’t have time to mention was to have a premade route in your head of your house. The way this works is imagine walking though your house and list a whole bunch of things that you see along the way on your route. Do this many times until the route is always the same. So if you manage to find 20 items in your mind's eye, then it will always be the same 20 items next time you review your route. Next make the person you meet stand at the first item along your route. To start with it maybe the front door, which if I remember correctly is me! And then take their first name and think of a sound that reminds you of the name and conjure up an image of something like an animal or non real thing that reminds you of the sound of the name. Do the same with the surname and place them next to the person in some way or make the person you are trying to remember do something with these objects in your mind's eye. With practice you’ll get really fast. For more help on getting it fast enough to be of any use get the excellent book or audio book of
(opens in new tab) Joshua Foer Walking with Einstein,
here you’ll learn a whole bunch and not just on speed.

Mark C. Barry BSc. and his materials are not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease. All materials written by Mark C. Barry BSc. is provided for educational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider for any questions you have regarding a medical condition, and before undertaking any diet, exercise or other health related program.

This artical is copyrighted material of Mark Barry BSc. 2024. I was in full time education doing an Access course to science and I am very much looking forward to studying nutrition and dietetics, which will give me the opportunity to help people by diagnosing and prescribing a treatment program that might be the fastest path towards a natural remedy. If this article has been of any value or interest to you and you feel it may also be of interest to someone else please feel free to pass it on. I would be grateful for any hints or tips you feel may help also.

Kind regards Mark C. Barry B.Sc. (hons)
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