7NEWS - Couple inspire study of coconut oil, Alzheimer's disease - Staying Healthy Story: Taking coconut oil is a scientifically untested and unproven treatment for Alzheimer's, dismissed by much of the scientific community. But Dr. Newport's collection of positive anecdotes about nearly 275 patients who used coconut oil intrigued researchers at the University of South Florida's Byrd Alzheimer's Institute.
Byrd researchers recently received a $250,000 grant from a private foundation to conduct what is thought to be the first clinical trial of the effects of coconut oil on mild to moderate cases of Alzheimer's disease.
"There are people who, when I tell them we're running a coconut-oil study, they chuckle," said David Morgan, the chief executive officer of Byrd. "But there's a rational basis for it."
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