Parkinson's Benefitted by a Special Diet (Lower carb Mediterranean diet with wheat germ & strawberries stops/reverses progression for 4+ years)

NewsMax / Journal of Medicinal Food ^ | Feb. 22, 2022 | Russell Blaylock, M.D. / Virginia V Renoudet, et al

[ConservativeMind]

A startling report details a single case of a 53-year-old woman who had moderately advanced Parkinson’s disease. Her motor symptoms — cogwheel rigidity, micrographia, bradykinesia, dystonia, reduced arm swing, and retropulsion, all classical signs of Parkinson’s disease — improved rather dramatically. She also experienced significant improvement in dressing, showering, walking, conversing, climbing stairs, gardening, typing, and writing. And she did this by following a special diet rather than taking medications.

Her disease was diagnosed in the year 2000 by two neurologists, one of whom was a medical center specialist. She started her special diet eight years later, and her symptoms have not progressed since being on the complete diet program.

She began by following a diet high in vegetables, with fruits, some dark chocolate, coffee, black and green teas, extra-virgin olive oil, nuts, seeds, and less than 25 percent animal fats. And no processed foods. She avoided all trans fats, most sweets, chemical additives, all milk, and all meats cooked at a high temperature. On this diet, her symptoms and disability continued to progress. She then added strawberries and wheat germ. She ate 1 to 2 cups of fresh strawberries a day and 1 to 2 tablespoons of wheat germ a day.

After three months on this new diet, she experienced a progressive improvement in most of her symptoms, but not her tremors.

Deviations from the diet, especially adding sweets and stopping the wheat germ, resulted in a gradual return of her motor symptoms. Adding the wheat germ back once again caused the symptoms to disappear.

Researchers concluded that two compounds found in high concentrations played a major role in her improvement: fisetin from the strawberries and hexacosanol from the wheat germ.

[ConservativeMind]

The Newsmax doctor does a good job describing this amazing patient, which served as the basis for a research paper I found and will post. The study is from 2012.

Parkinson’s is normally described as a one-way progression, so reversal and/or lessening of advancements is really an amazing opportunity, especially if the diet is a normal, healthy option already strongly encouraged for its benefits.

[ConservativeMind]

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The study:

A Diet Low in Animal Fat and Rich in N-Hexacosanol and Fisetin Is Effective in Reducing Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

August 2012 - Journal of Medicinal Food 15(8):758-61 DOI:10.1089/jmf.2012.0060
Source: PubMed

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230587812_A_Diet_Low_in_Animal_Fat_and_Rich_in_N-Hexacosanol_and_Fisetin_Is_Effective_in_Reducing_Symptoms_of_Parkinson‘s_Disease

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My Dad had severe progressive Parkinson’s and eventually died from it. It was horrific watching my strong dad wither away and eventually not have the strength to feed himself or swallow solid food.

[Faith65]

bkmk

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Thank you for posting

[RummyChick]

i am going to try wheat germ for neuropathy and see if it does anything

[Candor7]

Health Ping!

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I sure hope it works for you!

[ckilmer]

wheat germ would provide spermadine
stawberries would provide fisetin

not sure what the other stuff provide.

I would hate to give up bacon. as it makes food taste so good.

not sure why cooked meat is bad.

[RummyChick]

you can buy one of them in pill form

https://www.lifeextension.com/vitamins-supplements/item02414/bio-fisetin

[alnick]

Have you tried taking benfotiamine? It’s a form of vitamin B. It helps with my neuropathy and I recommended it to a friend who said it helps with hers as well.

[magua]

Spermidine comes in capsule form. On Amazon for $98.00 for one month.

[RummyChick]

never heard of it.. am willing to try anything. Life extensions XR shield does help some.

[ckilmer]

cheaper to take wheat germ oil.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[Trillian]

That’s good news.

[Silentgypsy]

Wow.