View source for Parkinson's Disease (PD)

== Causes and Symptoms ==
* there is a significant correlation between having a greater than average number of dental amalgam (Mercury)surfaces and having chronic conditions such as epilepsy, MS, or migraine headaches.
* Sugar and food sources that metabolize into sugar such as grains and fruits should be used minimally.
* Dairy products have been linked to a risk of developing Parkinson’s. Something in dairy products might negatively impact the oxidation levels in your brain, making symptoms more persistent. This effect was shown to be stronger in men than in women and not seen in those supplementing with calcium. Recent research suggests that a defect in how the body manages calcium ions (Ca2+), the form of calcium residing in bone, and also present in dairy, might be to blame for the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
* avoid all processed food.
* Exposure to certain environmental toxins. For instance, neurotoxins like pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are substances that have been shown to cause disruptions and/or damage to the neurological system, including your brain.
* [[Vitamin B6]] :  Japanese researchers found that lower levels of vitamin B6 in your diet increase your risk for Parkinson's disease by about 50 percent. Especially in people over 55 years old. An earlier study shows higher levels of the vitamin reduce their risk by 54 percent.

== Home remedies ==
*Eat more vegetables, which are high in [[Folic Acid]]
* Get plenty of sunshine to optimize your vitamin D levels
* [[Vitamin B6]] :  Japanese researchers found that lower levels of vitamin B6 in your diet increase your risk for Parkinson's disease by about 50 percent. Especially in people over 55 years old. An earlier study shows higher levels of the vitamin reduce their risk by 54 percent.
* [[Vitamin K]]2 : A new study shows that vitamin K2 is able to recover energy compromised nerves and restore their function to normal.
* Include [[Vitamin B2]] and exclude red meat. These were two small changes in the diet of 31 Parkinson patients, which resulted in visible benefits. 
*Make sure your body has healthy levels of iron and manganese (neither too much nor too little of either).
* Consider supplementing coenzyme Q10 or its reduced form Ubiquinol, which may help to fight the disease
*Intake of [[Sesame Seeds]] and sesame seed butter has beneficial results for curing Parkinson’s disease.
* [[Cowhage]] : Developing research suggests that some cowhage preparations might help improve symptoms of Parkinson's disease when used in combination with prescription drugs such as amantadine, selegiline, and anticholinergic agents. Cowhage contains levodopa (L-dopa), a chemical used to treat Parkinson’s disease.
*Plenty of nuts, grains and sprouts should be included in the diet. Avoid tea, coffee, chocolate and too much spice in food items.
* [[Anti-inflammatory]] herbs such as turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, garlic, and rosemary among others should be used at every possible chance.
* [[Cinnamon]] : Researchers fed ground cinnamon to mice with Parkinson's disease. They found that, when the cinnamon reached the gut, it was broken down into various metabolites including sodium benzoate, a widely used food preservative. The sodium benzoate then entered the mice's brains, where it prevented the loss of Parkin and DJ-1, stopped neuron death and caused neurotransmitters including dopamine to return to normal levels.
* [[Pomegranate]] : A study indicated that pomegranate seed extract (PSE) and juice (PJ) consumption may exhibit protective effects against PQ-induced neurotoxicity in mice.
*Take about 20 grams of larkspur in 4 cups of boiling water, drink the decoction a mouthful at a time. Avoid drinking more than 3 cups a day.
* coconut and palm kernel oils naturally contained MCTs (Medium Chain Triglycerides). Metabolizing MCTs creates ketones. Recent research has shown that ketones help protect against [[Alzheimer's Disease]], Parkinson's Disease (PD), LS (Lou Gehrig's disease), Huntington's disease, Drug resistant epilepsy, [[Diabetes]]
* [[Coffee]] has been linked to prevention of Parkinson’s, [[Liver Cancer]] and type 2 diabetes.
* Eating foods that contain a small amount of nicotine, such as peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, and other nightshade vegetables may reduce risk of developing Parkinson's Disease.
* [[White Tea]] : Polyphenols in green tea protect your brain cells from Parkinson's. But you can do even better. White tea has more polyphenols than green. These are essential to protecting your brain from oxidative stress and damage. Not only that, but Parkinson's causes your neurons to die off over time.  They control the release of dopamine, which helps keep your muscles stable. But polyphenols may directly protect these neurons.
* Eating an apple a day protects the brain from oxidative damage that causes neurodegenerative diseases such Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. This magical nutrient that acts as protection is quercetin, which is a phytonutrient.
* The key to preventing and reversing Parkinson's disease is to begin with an anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle. This includes lots of clean water and phytonutrient rich raw and lightly cooked vegetables. Good fats such as avocados, olive oil, nuts/seeds and coconut products should be strongly encouraged. Healthy animal products such as grass-fed beef, bison, lamb, antelope, deer and free-range chicken, turkey and eggs are also good sources.
*High quality omega-3 fatty acids with astaxanthin are especially important for stabilizing neuronal cell membranes. Astaxanthin has very strong anti-oxidant effects that are especially good at protecting against lipid peroxidation, which damages cell membranes.
*[[Glutathione]] : It is very important for individuals, who are suffering from Parkinson's or are susceptible to the disease, to boost intracellular glutathione levels. Glutathione (GSH) is a very special peptide molecule that provides the greatest anti-oxidant protection and recharges other anti-oxidants within the body. Non-denatured, grass-fed whey protein is the best natural food source for glutathione precursors such as cysteine and glutamic acid.Glutathione helps the cells eliminate wastes from the intracellular environment and into the bloodstream. In order to prevent retoxification it is essential to use a binding agent such as activated charcoal. Activated charcoal has been shown to be extremely effective at binding and eliminating organic toxins from the system.
* Bright [[Light Therapy]] may ease Parkinson's disease by reducing patients' tremors.
* [[Magnesium]] protects the cells from aluminum, mercury, lead, cadmium, beryllium and nickel. Evidence is mounting that low levels of magnesium contribute to the heavy metal deposition in the brain that precedes Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's
* [[Iodine]] : Deficiencies of this essential trace element appear to be associated with many diseases, or birth defects, including goiter, cretinism, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and cancer of the thyroid and nervous system.
* [[Cannabis]] : Research has begun to emerge showing that a component of this plant known as cannabidiol (CBD), and which does not have the controversial psychoactive properties associated with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may have a wide range of therapeutic applications, including Parkinson's Disease (PD).
*[[Silica]] : silicic acid as an antidote for aluminum poisoning and silica as a detox agent for heavy metals. Both brain tissue calcification and aluminum toxicity are linked to auto-immune diseases.
* [[Resveratrol]], a natural compound found in grape skins, appears to confer protection against Parkinson's disease in animal models.
* practicing tai chi, a martial art that requires good balance, can help patients with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease improve their stability and reduce their risk of falls.
* [[Flavonoids]] from healthy foods such as berries, tea, apples, and red wine cross the delicate blood-brain barrier to protect neurons against neurologic diseases such as Parkinson's.
*Peppers are part of the Solanaceae family of plants. They contain small amounts of nicotine, which researchers recently found may also reduce the risk of Parkinson’s.
* [[Picrorhiza]] : the compound known as apocynin was first extracted from the Canadian hemp plant, (apocynum cannabinum) and used to treat heart problems and edema. Now, this little-known plant derivative is being isolated from the Himalayan herb picrorhiza kurroa, and is showing promise for prevention of Parkinson's.
* Herba Epimedii ([[Epimedium]] leaf) and Herba Cistanches (desert-living [[Cistanche]]) have the ability to protect nerve cells by regulating expressions of neurotrophic and apoptosis related factors.
* [[Black Seed]] oil helps Parkinson's disease, anxiety and depression.

==References==
* ''https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509091215.htm''
* ''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2232901/''
* ''Neuroprotective effects of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) juice and seed extract in paraquat-induced mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Samah M. Fathy, Heba A. El-Dash & Noha I. Said'' 
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