Studies Continue to Show Coconut Oil Improves the Lives of People with Parkinson's disease

Parkinson’s Disease is a neurological disease that has increased in modern times, similar to Alzheimer’s Disease.

Studies have linked Parkinson’s Disease to an increase in the use of statin drugs, which artificially lower a person’s cholesterol levels.

Staying away from cholesterol-lowering drugs and limiting one’s exposure to the poison glyphosate in their diet could go a long way in preventing Parkinson’s Disease.

For those already suffering with Parkinson’s Disease, coconut oil is a natural remedy that can help people with this disease which has been known for over a decade-and-a-half now, and studies continue to be published on how effective coconut oil can be for people suffering with Parkinson’s Disease.

Here are a couple of recently published studies regarding Parkinson’s Disease and coconut oil:

Nutritional Perspectives on Parkinson’s Disease: The Potential Neuroprotective Role of Coconut Derived Supplements

Purpose of review: This review examines the potential role of coconut-derived nutritional supplements in influencing Parkinson’s disease risk and progression by modulating oxidative stress and mitochondrial function. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the death of dopaminergic neurons, mitochondrial damage, and increased oxidative stress. Nutritional approaches have garnered attention as adjunctive therapeutic strategies.

Recent findings: The natural products of coconut, including coconut oil, coconut milk, coconut water, and coconut kernel, are rich in fatty acids, antioxidants, vitamins, and other essential minerals, which can have neuroprotective effects. Additionally, evidence suggests an inverse correlation between coconut consumption and the PD prevalence. Consequently, nutrients obtained from coconut products represent promising natural neuroprotective agents for the prevention and management of PD. Further studies ought to focus more on clinical trials to confirm the effectiveness of coconut-based supplements and explain the underlying neuroprotective effects of these supplements in the management of PD.

Neuroprotective role of coconut oil for the prevention and treatment of Parkinson’s disease: potential mechanisms of action

Neurodegenerative disease (ND) is a clinical condition in which neurons degenerate with a consequent loss of functions in the affected brain region. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most progressive ND after Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which affects the motor system and is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons from the nigrostriatal pathway in the midbrain, leading to bradykinesia, rigidity, resting tremor, postural instability and non-motor symptoms such as cognitive declines, psychiatric disturbances, autonomic failures, sleep difficulties, and pain syndrome.

Coconut oil (CO) is an edible oil obtained from the meat of Cocos nucifera fruit that belongs to the palm family and contains 92% saturated fatty acids. CO has been shown to mediate oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptosis and excitotoxicity-induced effects in PD in various in vitro and in vivo models as a multi-target bioagent. CO intake through diet has also been linked to a decreased incidence of PD in people.

During digestion, CO is broken down into smaller molecules, like ketone bodies (KBs). The KBs then penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and are used as a source of energy its ability to cross BBB made this an important class of natural remedies for the treatment of ND.

The current review describes the probable neuroprotective potential pathways of CO in PD, either prophylactic or therapeutic. In addition, we briefly addressed the important pathogenic pathways that might be considered to investigate the possible use of CO in neurodegeneration such as AD and PD.

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