MIND diet Patient Views

My spouse and I started to loosely follow the MIND diet after his Dx. Homemade meals, organic where possible, LOTS of fruits and vegetables and now we pay attention to the ingredients on labels way more than we ever have before. It’s impossible to know if it’s helping, but it’s definitely not hurting. If anything, we feel great!

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Exercise, exercise, exercise & MIND diet.

Then your version of pd likely starts in your GI, genitals, or surgical implant.

I highly suggest switching to the MIND Diet.

Follow the MIND diet. Get off sugar ASAP! Beef, Butter, DAIRY + sugar are HARD NO's. A well-known advocate's website has diet.

In bed I felt my partner’s Parkinson’s shakes as if I was having a fast heart beat. Noticed his hand shaking was getting worse when he was stressed at the doctors. Otherwise, changed our whole nutrition to Mediterranean eating with ingredients of around 20 different veges/fruits/seeds a day. Together with intense exercise, voice training, drugs and food he looks better than 2 years ago.

I have no idea if he is correct or not so I will refrain from judgment. But I do think his dietary recommendations are spot on. The Mediterranean diet is definitely great for health and great for neurological protection. And the foods he says to avoid, are definitely straight up garbage food that everyone should give up regardless of Parkinson’s or not.

Research Suggests:

• Mediterranean/SIBO/SIFO Diet, Kefir, ginger, Greek Yogurt, Eggs, Tuna, cranberries, pomegranate • Omega 3, Butyrate, Probiotics (Lactobacillus Plantarum, Lactobacillus Reuteri, Lactobacillus Acidophilus), Magnesium L Threonate

Avoid:

• Sugars, Red Meat especially Sausage, Dense Carbs, Highly Processed foods, Fast Food, fried foods, Frozen meals, Alcohol, Opioids

The key here is it is only an association to risk. The studies are so conflicting on dairy and PD. There are no studies on the consumption of dairy and progression when you have PD. The Mediterranean/mind diets do show some evidence of slowing progression and they include moderate amounts of dairy. Dairy is shown to be associated with cognitive health and of course for bone health.