Have any of you tried coconut oil for your loved one with dementia?

Hi. Thank you so much for sharing. I swish my mouth with a teaspoon of coconut oil at least a few times a week and then spit it out in the garbage. This is for healthy gums. Then I brush my teeth or rinse the mouth. My deep pockets in my gums were reduced to half!

For other healthy reasons I cook with coconut oil and do not use vegetable oil at all any more. You can add coconut oil in tea or cofee but it makes your veggies taste great.

I forgot to add that I ordered ours from Amazon. I didn't even have to go to a health food store to get it.

The coconut oil I give my husband is a capsule. They are pretty big but they go down easily. He takes 2 a day. The recommendation is 4 a day but to work up to 4 a day.
The solid at cool temps can be used in the same way as any other cooking oil. There is also coconut flour, coconut sugar and coconut milk, and coconut water. My daughter uses all of these products but takes the coconut oil as a liquid. It turns into a liquid in your mouth. I know I sound like a commercial and I did feel silly posting this but if yall could see the difference in my husband you just wouldn;t believe it. And the best thing of all is that he says he can tell that he is thinking and speaking better and that makes him happy.

Forgot to mention that make sure you do not dump any residue that contains coconut oil in your drain. It can cog your drain easily. My friend did this to her drain and it created a bit of an issue for her. I always put the residue in a plastic container, put that in a freezer, have it frozen. Take it out of the plastic container and put it in a plastic bag, then throw it in the recycle bin or as garbage depending on the contain.

I don't know about that but I had sun poisoning and my lips where bleeding as well as I had water blisters and I used on my skin pure Shae butter and it healed leaving no scares I was told hen I got it they use it on burn in other country I used the untreated kind so now I tell evry one to try it people who saw me could find no scares at all

I just read info about coconut oil this week & decided to try it. Today will be the first day ill be including it in my Mom's diet. Hoping it has the effects that I've been reading that it has! As for the pill form someone asked about...I've read that you would need to take 14 or more pills to get the active ingredients in the recommended 1-2 Tbsp of the virgin oil. A friend of mine also told me that the coconut pills are HUGE. I know that would be a "no-go" with my Mom so I bought the bulk oil. It looks like Crisco in the jar but does melt very easily. I tried some myself just to be sure it wasn't going to give her food a funny flavor. I have a hard enough time getting her to eat well without her food getting strange flavors! Anyway, I was pleased to find that it was completely odorless & tasteless & I highly doubt she will notice when it's mixed in. Crossing my fingers that this helps!

Where is the oil imported from and is it safe? I bought some coconut water this weekend. I read the labels on various cans and it all was from places like Thailand, Vietnam, etc. Do they have standards for their food products? How can we be sure it's bottled with sanitary conditions?

My Mom's hospice nurses swear by coconut oil for just about anything...it can be mixed in food or drinks. As an aside, It can also be used externally for skin care to remove makeup, as a cream, as a hair conditioner before shampooing etc. I even tried it in Mom's hair overnight and then shampood....hair was shinier and softer than with any very expensive product. I like it in coffee and put some into Mom's coffee each morning. I believe there are many things in nature meant to be beneficial to us humans but we are led to believe that expensive medications and lotions etc are better because it makes someone else money!

One more thing, only use cold pressed virgin coconut oil. It can be a little pricey. I only buy it when it is on sale at our local health store and bulk barn store. You can also get it at Walmart but I found the price is more compared to local bulk barn stores when they are on sale. I also use the bulk barn discount coupons to make the price more reasonable. Plan ahead. Buy quantity that can last for about 2 months because health store or bulk barn stores usually have it on sale once every 2 months. We in Canada had "Bulk Barn" stores that only sells nuts, sweets, chips, etc in bulk.

Jb0928-I've tried coconut oil and Omega 3's at separate times with no results but will now try them together. Can you share other supplements that are helpful?

We use coconut oil to do all our cooking. It worked initially for my MIL who had FTD. She was more alert after taking it for a few weeks. However, after that, the improvement stopped. It may be she was in her late stage of FTD. Make sure you watch her weight and her colesterol level.
You can use coconut oil as dressing for salad, spread for your bread, or add it to your drinks. We used to also add it to her rice. But now she refuses to eat rice, so we just add it to her vegetables.

I just saw coconut oil in a pill form. Is this the same?

Coconut oil is naturally in a very soft solid form. As soon as it hits your mouth it melts. It is not gross either. Its very bland and can be added to hot tea or anything warm.
My Mom took it for a while. She does not have dimentia but has some memory loss. I need to start having her take it again. My sister inlww's 98 yr old Mom takes it for mouth sores and has noticed a big difference in her memory too.
Since coconut oil is all natural pharmacuetical companies cannot patten it. The doctors knly recommend the drugs as they are taught to do in med school. Only holistic doctors will recommend natural cures.
Olive oil is another good thing to use on the skin. It is a natural exfoliant has vit A and E in it and helps keep moisture in. Great for acne, aging and other skin problems.

I scramble my moms eggs with it.the unrefined is best I read.

What you can do if you don't like taking oil by itself is to put it in some kind of food. You can put oil in something like pasta. I do this with any kind of oil that I take into my diet and I still see benefits.

How do I take 1 tablespoon of coconut oil? Do you put it in a juice?

Wow!! I'm going to try this for Granny!! Just 1 tablespoon a day?? You could try to put it in a glass of milk:-) I love coconut & the oil isn't bad. It's def NOT like castor oil! Thank you for posting this! I would have never thought to try it. And what about the OMega3's?? Is that suppose to help also?? Thank you:-)

How do you give it? I can't imagine putting a tablespoon of coconut oil in someone's mouth. That sounds unpleasant.

I have heard similar testimonials from various clients and families. The reason it is not shouted from roof tops is that no one is making big bucks on it like some of the medications with high price tags and side effects. Any healthfood store is supportive as well as word of mouth. Hard to get money for research if a pharmaceutical isnt involved as they are underwriting most of this type of research at the university level. Pass it on.....

Why aren't people shouting this from the rooftops?? Why knows or cares about the whys and wherefores. That is a wonderful thing and thank you for sharing.

Here on this board, I will never fail to mention it on any dementia post to which I respond. It is most definitely one of those "can't hurt, might help" ideas. I'm THRILLED for you!!

Yes, I found it helps my mom. Here's how I knew it made some difference anyway. She takes at least 1 sometimes 2 tablespoons a day. In March she had eye surgery and we got off track with her taking it. I should add she takes a few other supplements such as omega 3s. During that time her memory further eroded, her moods and general functioning declined to a point where I had to talk to her every morning to remind her she was at home, wasn't lost, calm her down and walk through starting her day. So I arranged to start her back to taking a least one big tablespoon of the coconut oil and added back the omega 3 and she got better pretty fast. She was at least back to the point of understanding what she needed to do herself in the mornings, like take her blood sugar since she is diabetic and only asked me to confirm her meds and wrote notes herself. Her short term memory is still bad but not as bad as it was when she wasn't taking it. She can still function fairly well given all the problems and her undiagnosed dementia which I'm pretty certain she has. She can still dress, follow her instructions to take meds, prepare meals, wash clothes, etc. I am trying to get in home help a few days a week which I think will help her and my dad for support and increased socialization. If nothing else, it does reduce the caregiver burden so far. I'll take that any day!