Keep Informed of all the Discoveries that Help People Reverse Parkinson's Symptoms
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Robert
Some of the methods have just emerged over the past decade. Some have been practiced for centuries. We do not have yet a great deal of evidence on effectiveness of some of the newly formulated or invented therapies, but early reports are extremely encouraging. I want everyone to know about these new developments.
Traumas Cause Anxieties. Anxieties Inflame Tremors.
Anxiety has a profound impact on making tremors so much worse. One of the most successful strategies that tame tremors is to shut down anxiety.
Shaking Tames Tremors.
Vibration offers relief from symptoms associated with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.
Breathing The Right Way Tames Tremors.
If your cells have a deficiency of oxygen, doesn’t it make good sense they will shake, rattle and roll to get your attention?
Emotional Reactions Aggravate Tremors.
Emotional Reactions happen when our reaction to a situation is “over the top.” An intense and fiery emotional response is not justified by the circumstances.
Family Entanglements Sabotage Efforts to Tame Tremors.
Family Entanglements occur when we take on the suffering, pain and disease of another family member out of love.
Energy Psychology.
Energy psychology is a novel approach embraced by some psychologists who use muscle testing to identify and clear reasons for conditions like tremors.
Essential Oils.
Essential oils have a soothing effect on the body’s neurological system which helps tame tremors.
Herbal Remedies.
Certain herbal remedies can tame tremors. You have likely never even heard about some of them.
Home Remedies for Tremors
Macrobiotic Guru Warren Kramer offers highly effective (and little known) home remedies that tame tremors
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Fava Beans.
Aunt Bean has developed an inventive way to formulate a tincture from fava bean plants which tames her tremors.
Ketone Ester Tames Tremors.
Ketone esters have been available commercially only since 2019. They are a natural source of energy for the brain which can tame tremors
Photobiomodulation (Light Therapy).
Research reports promising possibilities for photobiomodulation as a therapy that offers relief from neurological conditions
Power of the Mind.
You have everything you need to tame tremors and always have: Actualizing the endless power of your mind.
Tai Chi.
Tai Chi is an ancient practice of soulful meditation that brings the body back to a place of centeredness and balance and as a result tames tremors.
Feldenkrais® Therapy for Tremors.
Small movements help the body remember how to experience calmness without tremors.
Vibration Therapy
Vibration Therapy shows promise as a therapy for Parkinson’s symptoms including tremors
NADH
Consuming a NADH supplement or eating foods rich in NADH may tame tremors.
Yoga Tames Tremors
Yoga Helps Reverse Symptoms of Parkinson’s Including Tremors
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Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder
Parkinsons Recovery
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
https://www.parkinsonsdisease.me
Olympia, Washington USA
877-526-4646
robert@parkinsonsrecovery.com
Different methods exist for supporting our immune systems. Everyone needs to be taking extra doses of Vitamin C. Sounds are also a powerful method to accomplish the same end result.
Jill Mattson and Sharry Edwards have developed a series of sounds designed to support and strengthen our immune systems. Begin listening to this  musical series right now for free by clicking on the link below:
https://www.coronavirusdefence.org/frequenices-for-defense-immune-stre
My interview with and Sharry is posted on your Parkinsons Recovery member radio show page. https://www.teleseminars.member.parkinsonsrecovery.com/
More about Sounds that Strengthen Your Immune System
Our immune system is our best defense against illness. Edwards, who founded the science of BioAcoustics, has determined that with the onslaught of the current pandemic, the body is in dire need of specific nutrients to help counter the Coronavirus. Two critical ones are glutathione and quercetin. A healthy immune system always needs these nutrients – and in the case of the Coronavirus, they are extraordinarily essential.
Mattson’s compositions contain Edwards’ Frequency Equivalents of glutathione and quercetin. There are seven other Frequency Equivalents of substances that boost the effectiveness of the immune system. (Vitamin C, adrenaline, epinephrine, ACTH, and others.) You ingest sound and your body uses this energy. We currently cannot prevent infection by the Coronavirus, but we can help significantly reduce the severity of the disease by building up our immune systems.
Robert
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Since 2004 I have been documenting natural therapies for Parkinson’s disease that offer relief from Parkinson’s symptoms. These discoveries have inspired the following conclusions:
This week I administrated a survey asking members of the Parkinsons Recovery global audience to report what natural therapies offer relief from their symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Results supported my conclusions:
One respondent from Australia reported they had not tried any natural therapies. Is this also the case for you?
May the following summary of responses serve as an inspiration to try one or more of the many natural therapies reported to be helpful in reversing Parkinson’s symptoms.
Fifty (50) responses to the Parkinsons Recovery September 2019 survey are listed below. Informational resources that relate to the therapies reported to have been helpful are also included in this post.
Respondents were asked to list natural therapies that helped them experience relief from symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. What follows is an unedited listing of responses that were received.
Report from Germany: Photobiomodulation (vielight neuro gamm and x-plus), medical mushrooms (neuromykon of dr myko san, zagreb, croatia)
Report from Arizona: Herbal supplements, Emotion Code therapy
Report from New York: High dose vitamin B1 (thiamin hcl)
Report from Nevada:Â Mucuna. lithium orotate
Report from Italy: Cold water on hands
Report from Switzerland: Ayurveda
Report from Luxembourg: Turmeric
Report from Oklahoma: CBD OIL
Report from Alberta Canada: reflexology, coconut oil, drinking water, fellowship & interaction with others, distractions, meaningful work, spiritual time with God.
Report from Montana: neck decompression (PD bend)
Report from North Carolina: Eating nuts, all varieties, fava beans and tincture, exercise,good fresh organic fruits and veggies
Report from India: Diet , Vit b12, Vit D, exercise, yoga and meditation
Report from Australia: Bowen therapy, Castor oil packs to the abdomen, sunbaths, trans dermal magnesium, THC & THCA, mucuna puriens 98% Ldopa
Report from Virginia: exercise
Report from California: take control of your own recovery, avoid stressful situations and stressful people, adequate sleep, gentle exercise (stretching), stay active (keep moving) in your daily life, ketogenic diet (low carb, no grain, no dairy, no sugars), inclined bed therapy
Report from Minnesota: Arogalife supplements
Report from Ontario Canada: Theracycle
Report from Michigan: Manitol
Report from Quebec Canada: dancing with a smile, also gluten and dairy free, osteopathic
Report from Pennsylvania: B1
Report from United Kingdom: transcendental meditation, cranial sacral
Report from Oklahoma: CBD OIL
Report from California: Exercise
Report from United Kingdom: Cats Claw tincture
Report from California: Parkinson’s Recovery
Report from Australia: Qi Gong, Mucuna Puriens
Report from California: Wisdom healing Qigong
Report from Virginia: Fava beans and tincture, variety of nuts daily, okra, papaya, black cumin seed oil, exercise , sunshine
Report from Minnesota: Passion Flower
United States: Balance class for seniors -deep breathing- to help relax.-.
Texas: Prayer, GABA 250 mg., Qigong, yoga corpse pose, Tai Chi, cranial sacral massage, aloe vera juice, grounding feet
Report from Luxembourg: turmeric green tea
Report from Colorado: Syncolein.com
Report from California: Exercise, especially intense exercise, daily
Report from Michigan: Adherence to 7 dimensions of wellness
Report from California: Neurofeedback
Report from Michigan: fightingparkinsonsdrugfree.com has helped a lot
Report from Hawaii: Exercise daily, i.e. walking, yoga, body weight movements etc.
Report from Australia: Qigong
Report from United States: Mucuna Puriens powder, Homeopathic calming pills, enough rest, sleep
Report from Colorado: I am following the Hinz protocol (amino acids and extract of the velvet bean plant) with great success.
Report from California: PEMF (Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy)
Report from Israel: Tai Chi, LDN, Rhodiola, low fat diet (almost vegan)
Report from United Kingdom: Exercise, vitamin B1 protocol, meditation
Report from Pennsylvania: supplements
Report from Pennsylvania: Meditation and yoga
Report from Minnesota: exercise
Report from Vermont: visualizing my brain and gut cells communicating instantaneously.
Report from Washington: Glutathione IV and intranasal
Report from Florida: Medical marijuana, both oils and smoking.
Report from California:
Informational links to resources about each therapy are listed below each therapy:
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2016/08/20/good-hydration-is-critical-to-recovery
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2018/09/13/food-can-fix-things-that-drugs-cant
https://arogalife.com/parkinsons-recovery
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2013/07/10/ayurveda-for-parkinsons
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/what-is-bowen-therapy/
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/cbd-oil-for-parkinsons/
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2014/10/22/reversing-parkinsons-with-coconut-oil
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/category/craniosacral-therapy/
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/best-diet-for-parkinsons/
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2012/10/17/the-emotion-code
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2009/09/17/pioneers-of-recovery
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/category/exercise-and-parkinsons/
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2018/10/04/shifting-the-parkinsons-disease-mindset
https://www.favabeans.parkinsonsrecovery.com
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/instructions-for-making-fava-tincture/
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/advanced-parkinsons/
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2014/06/17/all-about-ldn-for-parkinsons-disease
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2014/02/05/low-dose-naltrexone-for-parkinsons
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/category/meditation/
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2009/09/24/pioneers-of-recovery
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/category/mucuna/
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/vielight-photobiomodulation-gamma-device/
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/x-plus-vielight-therapy-just-released/
https://www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/qi-gong-recovery-parkinsons/
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2012/02/29/the-foot-whisperer
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2013/02/06/foot-whispering
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2009/12/03/pioneers-of-recovery
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery/2011/12/21/yoga-for-parkinsons
Robert Rodgers PhD
Parkinsons Recovery
https://www.parkinsonsrecovery.comÂ
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
https://www.parkinsonsdisease.me
Olympia Washington
877-526-4646
Several members have asked that I offer my new 2019 Treatments for Tremors course this summer. Here is the announcement you have been waiting for …
A decade of hosting 250 guests on Parkinsons Recovery Radio has made it possible to document a wide variety of natural treatments for tremors that have proven successful. They fall into a various categories including herbs, certain foods, CBD oil, tinctures, ketone esters, light and sound therapies, energy medicine and many others.
Tame TremorsÂ
Regular Tuition $128
Starts Saturday, August 3rd
Discount Tuition Available for MembersÂ
$98
It is surprisingly helpful to embrace natural methods that tame tremors. Unchecked they sustain unrelenting stress. When we are unable to reduce the intensity of stress tremors always get worse. The cycle is endless unless checked. The vicious cycle is familiar to everyone.
The challenge for members of the global Parkinsons Recovery audience is that natural treatments for tremors are scattered all over the place, buried in my many thousands of blog posts and replays from 10 years of my many Parkinsons Recovery radio show interviews.
This year I am offering a course that focuses on the therapies that have been most successful for persons experiencing Parkinson’s symptoms. It organizes, explains and updates the most successful strategies, therapies and treatments that have been reported by persons who themselves experience tremors. Some of the methods have just emerged over the past year. Some have been practiced for centuries. We do not have yet a great deal of evidence on their effectiveness, but early reports are very encouraging. I want everyone to know about these new developments.
Included in the course is a download of my book Treatments for Tremors which is transmitted as a digital download when you register for the class.
You are warmly invited to join me. the six classes convene during three weekends in August: Saturday and Sunday: August 3rd and 4th, Saturday and Sunday, August 10th and 11th and Saturday and Sunday, August 17th and 18th. All classes convene at the same time: 2:00 pm pacific time USA.  Replays and notes are available for all classes. Visit the page below to register.
Tame TremorsÂ
Regular Tuition $128
Starts Saturday, August 3rd
Discount Tuition Available for MembersÂ
$98
P.S. This will be the last listing of this course this year.
Robert
Parkinsons Recovery
https://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com
877-526-4646
robert@parkinsonsrecovery.com
Questions Addressed during the Q&A Today:
Robert
You have likely heard me say repeatedly that sound therapy is one of the medicines of the future. Sharry Edwards from Sound Health Options (https://www.soundhealthoptions.com) is at the forefront of this new and promising initiative.
Sharry has concluded that many people have been misdiagnosed. I asked her to help out with my audience – persons who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. This week she created an incredible opportunity for you to discover the factors that are causing your symptoms. She and her staff are providing this service for free to you for a limited time. WOW I say and I hope you do to.
I am excited to report that Sharry will be a guest on Parkinsons Recovery Radio next Friday to discuss the opportunity to explore whether you might have been misdiagnosed. Might I suggest that you get started right now to learn more about BioAcoustics (or sound therapy) and even send in a voice profile?
To claim your free report you will need to upload a 30-40 second voice profile which you can do directly from her website page which is specifically set up for persons diagnosed with Parkinson’s:
https://soundhealthportal.com/parkinsons/
Important: You will need to use a high quality microphone to send you voice profile (or voice print). The frequencies in your voice give information about everything that is out of balance in your body. You will be impressed as you learn more. I have been! Â
A smart phone or computer mic will not provide the range of frequencies needed to prepare a reliable report of findings. If you do not use a high qualify microphone – you will have garbage in and garbage out. The computer and cell phones do not pick up the low frequencies that are necessary to determine what is out of balance in your body.
The website address above provides information and suggestions for a high quality microphone to use. If you have a high quality microphone – great. If not you will need to purchase one. The cost of a microphone they recommend appears to be around $35. They provide a link on the page above to learn more about the best microphone to use. Â
Finally, Sharry sent me a link to a set of testimonials from people who have used BioAcoustics to address their chronic health problems. Most of the people who talk on the video do not have neurological challenges – but one did.
P.D.: Sharry used her own technology to diagnose the cause of her neurological symptoms and treat them successfully. She discovered that GMOs were one of the primary contributing factors.
Here is the link to the video.
It is about 30 minutes long and gives you some sense that BioAcoustics offers the opportunity to address Parkinson’s symptoms from a fresh perspective.
Robert
Vielight has just announced release of a new Light Therapy device – the X-Plus. I want to make sure you know about its availability in light of success with the previous Vielight Neuro Gamma device. Here is my interview with the CEO of Vielight Lew Lim PhD who discusses in detail his new invention which is now available.
Next I will offer a brief report on user’s experience with using the Neuro Gamma device which is why I am excited about Dr. Lim’s new invention – X-Plus.
Neuro Gamma Device
Over seventy (70) members of my Parkinsons Recovery audience purchased and used the Vielight Neuro Gamma device over the past year. The exciting news for me has been that it was one of the most frequently mentioned therapies reported to be helpful in responses to the Parkinsons Recovery 2018 Holiday Survey.
Vielight representatives tell me that only 1 out of 10 units were returned to take advantage of the 80% refund. Nine out of ten users found the device to be beneficial.
My conclusion: The Neuro Gamma has helped most – but not all users. Odds of success are clearly in your favor.
X-Plus
The just released new Vielight device (called the X-Plus) can be used with the Neuro Gamma to irradiate the posterior brain with light. If you are already getting good results with using the Vielight Neuro Gamma device. consider using the X-Plus along with the Neuro Gamma. It just might provide a welcome boast to symptom relief. You must place the Neuro Gamma device on your head first and then place the new X-Plus device.
The X-Plus can also be used as an independent device. It costs considerably less than the Neuro Gamma device – so you may want to start using the X-Plus. Dr. Lim explained that you can move it to different places in the body. Applying a treatment to the digestive system promotes the production of the healthy bacteria that are essential for good digestion.
The great news of the day is that the cost of the new X-Plus device is much less than the cost of the Neuro Gamma. It is listed as $749. The company has again agreed to offer members of Parkinsons Recovery a 10% discount on the X-Plus (as they did for the Neuro Gamma). To claim the discount enter the coupon code healing4me on the shopping cart. If you call in your order, simply tell the representative you are with Parkinsons Recovery.
I have no hesitation encouraging as many of you as possible to try the new X-Plus Device out. How come?
First, the Neuro Gamma has been a success. I am betting the X-Plus will follow suit. Dr. Lim is an amazing inventor.
Second, the company offers an 80% refund for any unit that is returned within six months of use. This gives you time to see if the X-Plus therapy proves helpful. The financial risk of trying it out is minimal since you are assured of getting 80% of your investment back.
How sure can we be that it will provide relief from symptoms? No one has a clue at this point. It was just invented. Dr. Lim reports in my interview that it can do no harm. The expectation is improvement on some level.
More information about the new X-Plus Light Therapy device can be found on the Vielight website:
Robert
In the future I am going to start taking EGCG in conjunction with levodopa (derived from the Mucuna pruriens plant). Why? EGCG is a natural decarboxylase inhibitor and has the same chemical action of carbidopa.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11374875
The problem remains, how to absorb EGCG (which is difficult to absorb)?
The following article shows that 94% pure EGCG when combined with 1,000 omega 3 derived from salmon in combination with 200 mg of vitamin C helps the body to absorb EGCG. Also, caffeine inhibits the absorbtion of EGCG plus it has to be taken on an empty stomach upon waking and 4 PM in the afternoon (again on an empty stomach).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189735/
I highlighted the bio-available form of B12 – methylcobalamin. Standard B12 supplements are cyanocobalamin and very little gets converted into methylcobalamin. It is good for energy production,
and for taking it I was energized for 4 days. The best form is the sublingual form and it can be purchased online or at health stores. B vitamins are energy vitamins and methylcobalamin is the premiere energy vitamin.
http://www.methylcobalamininfo.com/methylcobalamin-vs…/
There are 2 forms of niacin, vitamin B3 that are of interest to Parkinson’s patients: NADH & nicotinamide/niacinamide. NADH is the coenzyme form and in testing it has been shown to benefit 78 % of Parkinson’s patients with the best results happen for people who are earliest in their diagnosis.
2 links:
http://nadh.com/pages/parkinsons ….and a video….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dPS8cx0Kc
The other form of niacin I like (and use) is nicotinamide/niacinamide (same vitamin). Niacinamide has been shown to be neuroprotective in many Parkinson’s disease; Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease model(s). It also have been shown to be good for arthritis and it has anti-biotic like effect.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22499510
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18381761
Niacinamide is also good for arthritis and up to 3 grams = 3,000 mg can be taken every day. I take 1,500 mg every day. Arthritis link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8841834
Nicotinamide/niacinamide is converted into NADH.
It is well known that long term smoking helps to lower the risk for Parkinson’s and it is interesting to know that 1 chemical reaction is required to convert nicotine to nicotinic acid (niacin). I really do not need to tell you that you should skip the smoking and take either NADH or niacinamide.
Zinc
Zinc in an essential mineral that is required for proper immune response and it has been shown to be deficient in Parkinson’s disease patients:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10100031
And Parkinson’s disease patients have more central nervous infections than (non-PD) people:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3429872/
And what is the natural combination to take when you have an infection: Zinc and vitamin C.
The following study shows improvement of Parkinson’s disease by intravenous vitamin C and zinc:
http://www.empr.com/…/case-report…/article/382398/
Sure intravenous therapy is only given in hospital settings but there are certain forms of zinc that are better absorbed than zinc oxide. Zinc gluconate and zinc orotate. Zinc gluconate is prescribed by (regular doctors) and orotate by natural doctors.
The following study shows 30 mg of zinc gluconate was given to senior citizens and it boosted their immune system:
http://now.tufts.edu/…/study-shows-zinc-supplement…
If you have a history of infections, like I did, you are probably deficient in zinc.
Also, Zinc protects SK-N-SH cells from methamphetamine-induced alpha-synuclein expression.:
a-synuclein expression.:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17481810
Alpha synuclein is the protein that clogs the patients in Parkinson’s patients and leads to dementia.
Magnesium
Magnesium is used to protect pre-term children from the development of cerebral palsy. CP has many symptoms including drooling, difficulty talking, walking and eating. Though I am uncertain about
its effect on movement disorders I know it has helped to improve my memory. The form of magnesium I prefer is Magnesium L. Threonate. It has been developed to improve memory and is going to be tested
on people with dementia:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02210286
http://www.lifeextension.com/…/novel-magnesium…/page-01
The following study shows that magnesium chloride can raise magnesium levels in the body and help to detox heavy metals:
http://www.cnelm.com/…/7%20Transdermal%20Mg%20revised2.pdf
Magnesium chloride, in a flake form, is good in foot baths:
http://www.magneticclay.com/…/Ancient-Minerals…
Magnesium also have been shown to break up alpha syncuclein as caused by iron:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11850416
Selenium
Being a man I have a prostate gland and selenium is the best mineral for it. Also, selenium in its organic form, selenomethionine, has been shown to break up wild type alpha synuclein:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16373949
Neuroprotective effect of selenium:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12558963
Caution should be used for people with the on/off syndrome because in one study selenium levels were high in the brains of patients along with iron. Importantly, zinc was deficient!:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17447433
Iodine +
My favorite way to absorb iodine is through eating (organic farmed) brown kelp. In addition to iodine, brown kelp has 2 components shown to be good for PD and taken together, would be a good therapy for Parkinson’s disease.
Mannitol:
http://www.pdf.org/en/science_news/release/pr_1373476667
Fucoidan:Â http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545563
I have taken neither of these supplements, unlike methylcobalamin, NADH, nicotinamide, zinc and magensium. Of the two I am most interested in fucoidan (polysaccharide):
http://bmss.ccmu.edu.cn/extra/col1/1264065875.pdf
http://www.tandfonline.com/…/10…/1476830512Y.0000000004
CoQ10
When I started taking 1,200 mg/day of CoQ10, in the form of ubiquinone, my chest fasciculations vanished and it basically made me a ‘non-progressor’ – Parkinson’s disease because static. CoQ10 has an uneven clinical history with some studies showning it slows PD and others show it does not slow PD.
Confusing? Yes, but their are problems with all CoQ10 Parkinson’s studies.
1) The 2002/2011 PD studies used large doses of vitamin E and it has shown to lower plasma levels of CoQ10 as compared to lower doses of CoQ10 alone. The article by Douglas Hunter points questions this relationship:
http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx…
Also, every Parkinson’s CoQ10 study uses standard ubiquinone and not ubiquinol. PD patients are over the age of 50 and after 40 years the body has difficulties converting ubiquinone to ubiquinol in the body. Would someone complete a ubiquinol Parkinson’s study?
http://www.lifeextension.com/…/2007/1/report_coq10/Page-01
Since ubinquinol is better abosrbed it should be used for Parkinson’s patients.
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a major problem with Parkinson’s disease and supplements that help to alleviate MD should be taken together.
As previously noted, Niacinamide helps with mitochondrial dysfunction; so does CoQ10; and methyltetrahydrofolic acid:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/…/folic-acid-could-suppress…
Methyltetrahydrofolic acid is the bioavailable from of folic acid.
N-acetyl cysteine
N-acetyl cysteine & Mitochondrial dysfunction Parkinson’s disease:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article…
Acetyl L carnitine & alpha lipoic acid:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20414966
Vitamin K
https://www.sciencedaily.com/rel…/2012/05/120511101240.htm
I personally tried to combat mitochondrial dysfunction by combining N acetly cysteine, alpha lipoic acid, acetyl l carnitine, vitamin K, methyltetrahydrofolic acid asnd CoQ10 in a coctail to combat mitochondrial dysfunction. There is a company which uses this approach called The BX Protocols and here are some videos featuring their therapy and Parkinson’s patients:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA2UbZyRB_k
Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet emphasizes: Eating primarily plant-based foods, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts. Replacing butter with healthy fats, such as olive oil. Using herbs and spices instead of salt to flavor foods. Limiting red meat to no more than a few times a month.
What are the components of the Mediterranean Diet which are best for Parkinson’s disease?
Oleuropein (I take an olive extract with oleuropein).
Inhibition of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced PC12 cell apoptosis by olive (Olea europaea L.) leaf extract is performed by its main component oleuropein.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23394606
Resveratrol is in red wine:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/…/in-depth/red-wine/art-20048281
Effect of resveratrol on mitochondrial function: implications in parkin-associated familiar Parkinson’s disease.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24582596
Neuroprotective Effects of Garlic A Review
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074326/
And of course, exercise, exercise, exercise:
Neuroprotective Benefits of Exercise
http://www.parkinson.org/…/Neuroprotective-Benefits-of…
After I gave this talk I went out for a 4 mile walk to go grocery shopping.
I hope this has been informative and if you have any questions you can contact me through my website:
http://richardmelvin.com/contact.html
Best wishes!
Rich Melvin