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Episode 2669 - BEST OF: Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Dr. Mary Newport back to the show, and they discuss brain health and coconut oil, ketones, and her upcoming book.

https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/07/brain-health-coconut-oil-dr-mary-newport-episode-2669

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• Vinnie welcomes Dr. Mary Newport back to the show, and they start the show by discussing Mary's husband's early-onset dementia. (1:20)
  • At age 56, her husband was experiencing a rapid decline in brain health.
  • After some challenges, he became eligible for a clinical trial for Alzheimer's treatment. (9:00)
  • She had heard about the benefits of ketones and coconut oil and started experimenting. (12:15)
  • It's amazing the improvements they saw in a short amount of time!
• Vinnie mentions his battle with leukemia and how staying in ketosis has kept him in remission. (16:40)
  • Mary mentions that people with epilepsy who have been on a ketogenic diet will have recurrence of seizures after having just a piece of cake; consequently, this is called "Birthday Syndrome". (20:40)
• Vinnie asks Mary her opinion on exogenous ketone esters and salts. (25:00)
• They discuss further the benefits of coconut oil, and Mary also started using it and feels like her mental endurance has improved. (28:40)
• Mary mentions that coconut oil got a bad rap because companies that created hydrogenated oils were competing with it and creating a negative campaign against it. (38:30)
• They also discuss how the dietary guidelines still used today are based on incorrect information from the 1950s. (41:00)
  • Saturated fats are not the problem.
  • They chat about cholesterol, plaque, and inflammation.

• They turn the conversation to Mary's upcoming book: "Clearly Keto: For Healthy Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Prevention".
  • Mary lists some of the topics covered in her book, from the problem of too much sugar, ketones, fasting, your brain on coconut oil, and much more.
• Vinnie and Mary discuss various medications, how some do (and don't) function, and how some only "keep you perfectly sick". (55:00)
  • Vinnie talks about how he knows of cases where people were on 3 medications for one issue, but that issue could be resolved just by proper eating.
  • Mary talks about how even she, at one time, was unaware of how the current low-fat dietary guidelines were bad; consequently, she has changed her eating habits and has seen many benefits.
• It is possible to overcome insulin resistance, which can also include virgin coconut oil. (1:04:20)
  • Insulin resistance affects brain functions and other functions in the body.
• She talks about some things she has learned about brain plaque and how it behaves. (1:17:00)
• Mary mentions other topics addressed in the book and lets us know an update about her husband.
• They talk a little more about coconut oil, and how it's difficult to get people to accept that it