I second what blanny said! Dr Greger is probably the only doctor I trust 100% with no hesitation. Nutritionfacts, I support them regularly. Nutritionfacts has a list on their site of ailments and foods,among many other things, that you can get free information on (peer-reviewed study results). One grandmother died with Alzheimer's, my grandfather with Parkinsons. Those two diseases are related, it is not a coincidence that they both had related diseases. I do not believe (imo) it is an inheritable disease, but I do believe the habits that encourage these diseases are inherited and can be changed. Diet is one of the biggest factors. Read The China Study by TColin Campbell for more health info.
From one of my favorite websites, nutritionfacts.. If you go to the site and do a search on Parkinsons, you'll get several videos with the full clinical studies data attached. If they take out this link, which they often do, Google Dr. Michael Gregor and go to his site about nutrition. He publishes videos daily about diet, always with all of the latest scientific clinical data attached. Good luck!
"Similarly, certain plants, such as berries, and plant-based diets in general may help prevent Parkinson’s. See my last post Avoiding Dairy to Prevent Parkinson’s. This may be partially because of pollutants that magnify up the food chain into the meat and dairy supply, but it could also be from the protective phytonutrients in healthy plant foods. For example, as you can see in my 3-min video Treating Parkinson’s Disease With Diet, I profile a case report in which a dietician struck with Parkinson’s was able to successfully clear most of her symptoms with a plant-based diet rich in strawberries, whole wheat, and brown rice. These are rich sources of two particular phytonutrients, N-hexacosanol and fisetin, but there hadn’t been a formal interventional trial published, until now.
At its root, Parkinson’s is a dopamine deficiency disease due to a die-off of dopamine-generating cells in the brain. These cells make dopamine from L-dopa derived from an amino acid in our diet. Just like we saw with the serotonin story I described in my three-part series The Wrong Way to Boost Serotonin, A Better Way to Boost Serotonin, and The Best Way to Boost Serotonin, the consumption of animal products blocks the transport of L-dopa into the brain, crowding it out. With this knowledge, researchers first tried what’s called a “protein redistribution diet.” This is where people could only eat meat for supper so the patients would hopefully be sleeping by the time the negative effects of the animal protein hit.
The researchers didn’t consider cutting out all animal products altogether until it was discovered that fiber consumption naturally boosts L-dopa levels. Thus, a plant-based diet would be expected to raise levodopa bioavailability and bring some advantages in the management of the disease through two mechanisms: reduced animal protein intake and an increased fiber intake. That’s why plant protein is superior, because that’s where fiber is found. So researchers put folks on a strictly vegan diet, saving beans for the end of the day, and indeed found a significant improvement in symptoms."
Does he have parkinson's? PD is a progressive disease that you can't "void" meaning cancel. Can't say you can avoid it either. but as far as foods are concerned for the person with PD, you will want to avoid protein around medication times as protein can inhibit the efficacy of the meds.
Dr Greger is probably the only doctor I trust 100% with no hesitation. Nutritionfacts, I support them regularly.
Nutritionfacts has a list on their site of ailments and foods,among many other things, that you can get free information on (peer-reviewed study results).
One grandmother died with Alzheimer's, my grandfather with Parkinsons. Those two diseases are related, it is not a coincidence that they both had related diseases. I do not believe (imo) it is an inheritable disease, but I do believe the habits that encourage these diseases are inherited and can be changed. Diet is one of the biggest factors. Read The China Study by TColin Campbell for more health info.
"Similarly, certain plants, such as berries, and plant-based diets in general may help prevent Parkinson’s. See my last post Avoiding Dairy to Prevent Parkinson’s. This may be partially because of pollutants that magnify up the food chain into the meat and dairy supply, but it could also be from the protective phytonutrients in healthy plant foods. For example, as you can see in my 3-min video Treating Parkinson’s Disease With Diet, I profile a case report in which a dietician struck with Parkinson’s was able to successfully clear most of her symptoms with a plant-based diet rich in strawberries, whole wheat, and brown rice. These are rich sources of two particular phytonutrients, N-hexacosanol and fisetin, but there hadn’t been a formal interventional trial published, until now.
At its root, Parkinson’s is a dopamine deficiency disease due to a die-off of dopamine-generating cells in the brain. These cells make dopamine from L-dopa derived from an amino acid in our diet. Just like we saw with the serotonin story I described in my three-part series The Wrong Way to Boost Serotonin, A Better Way to Boost Serotonin, and The Best Way to Boost Serotonin, the consumption of animal products blocks the transport of L-dopa into the brain, crowding it out. With this knowledge, researchers first tried what’s called a “protein redistribution diet.” This is where people could only eat meat for supper so the patients would hopefully be sleeping by the time the negative effects of the animal protein hit.
The researchers didn’t consider cutting out all animal products altogether until it was discovered that fiber consumption naturally boosts L-dopa levels. Thus, a plant-based diet would be expected to raise levodopa bioavailability and bring some advantages in the management of the disease through two mechanisms: reduced animal protein intake and an increased fiber intake. That’s why plant protein is superior, because that’s where fiber is found. So researchers put folks on a strictly vegan diet, saving beans for the end of the day, and indeed found a significant improvement in symptoms."