Re: Butter, ketones, the Brain, epilepsy, Alzheimer's, etc.

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Butter contains more than twice the caproic acid than coconut oil and 1/7 of the

caprylic acid. Beta-OH butyrate is the main ketone body precursor; butyric acid

it is derived from occurs in butter but unfortunately not in coconut oil. Butter

has a good profile for mammals.

Butyric acid is plentiful also in a healthy colon, created 24/7 by many

probiotic bacteria. Thus one might observe, in the elderly who have Alzheimers

or " need " ketones, a failure of the probiotic organisms to produce adequate

butyrate. This is a condition of bowel dysbiosis. Butyrate has been researched

to prevent cancer and cure Crohn's disease.

My doctor postulated 80% of people are affected by bowel dysbiosis. Bowel

dysbiosis is very common in the elderly at least and I think we have a link here

between dysbiosis and Alzheimer's and Crohn's disease.

all good,

Duncan