Difference between revisions of "Parkinson's Disease (PD)"

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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.
• 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.

Home remedies

• Eat more vegetables, which are high in Folic Acid
• Get plenty of sunshine to optimize your vitamin D levels
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 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 has demonstrated effects on immune function that also have the potential of reducing the autoimmune attack that is thought to be the underlying pathogenic process in MS.
• 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.

Warnings

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Medical Disclaimer

This information is not meant to be substituted for medical advice. Always consult a medical professional regarding any medical problems and before undertaking any treatment or dietary changes.