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Weight Loss and Parkinson’s Disease

We are recovering from Parkinsons disease holistically. What concerns us is his loss of weight now down to 138 pounds. Do you have any suggestions about keeping on the weight?

My husband has been doing supplements, exercise, energy work, biocranial and breathing retraining. We feel we are still at home plate and have been talking about going the western medicine way.

Weight Loss and Parkinson’s Disease

Click the purple arrow below for my response to this question given on a recent Sunday Connections Program.


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Robert Rodgers, PhD
Consultations On Natural Options For Recovery
www.parkinsonsrecovery.us

 

Weight Loss and Parkinson

Question about Weight Loss and Parkinson

What concerns my husband with weight loss and Parkinson He is now down to 138 pounds. Do you have any suggestions about keeping on the weight?

We are recovering from pd holistically…my husband has been doing supplements, exercise, energy work, biocranial and breathing retraining. We feel we are still at home plate and have been talking about going the western medicine way.

Any suggestions about keeping on the weight?

Response to Weight Loss and Parkinson from Robert Rodgers, PhD

I offered the following suggestions during our weekly Sunday Connections event yesterday. Click the purple arrow to listen in.


Weight-Loss

Be sure to consult with you doctor before following up on any suggestions I might make here! I am a researcher not a medical doctor.

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
www.parkinsonsdisease.me

 

Parkinsons Recovery- Excessive Weight Loss

Parkinsons Recovery– Excessive Weight Loss

 

I have a concern with excessive weight loss over a long period of time. Believe me when I say that I eat like a hungry farm animal. Even so, I am 20 pounds under my normal weight of 160. I am also experiencing weakness in my legs mostly in the hamstring muscle group.

Have you come across ways in which people have found an antidote to excessive weight loss whether it be a product like an enzyme for better food absorption, or foods/food supplements that have proven to add muscle mass? Is it mainly a protein deficiency or can fat absorption be part of the issue too? Am I eating foods that I should stay away from? What have you learned from folks who have been able to add weight and gain strength too?

Here is my typical diet:

Breakfast: Mung beans with either quinoa, millet, or wild rice with celtic sea salt and coconut oil.Eggs with gluten free rice flour bread

Lunch: Usually lunch meat consisting of turkey, ham, roast beef on the rice bread or alone. Sometimes a meat or turkey burger – The mung bean/ grain option

Dinner: A protein of fish, fowl , beef or lamb with any number of steamed vegetables. Occasionally rice or white potatoes.

Other options during the day or night might be hemp protein, chlorella, spirulina, Green Vibrance, shake. An assortment of fruits usually apples, oranges, bananas, peaches, berries. Almonds and wall nuts also.

Oils: high quality fermented cocoanut oil, some salmon oil too. Very little of any other kind.

Probably eat too much sugar in the form of gluten free cookies, poured honey over almonds, wall nuts, toast, or rice crackers. I will dip into the organic berry jellies a bit. I am not sure if I am overdoing it. Beer and wine in social situations are a possible concern too.                                                                         

Thank you

Kevin

Response:

Keep in mind that I am not a medical doctor so anything I might suggest is purely from a research perspective. I have several lines of investigation you might want to pursue:

First, your diet is awesome. Your body loves everything you are eating. You might consider using red potatoes rather than white.

Second, The high energy in the nutritious foods you are eating is clearly not being absorbed by your digestive system. You do not mention probiotics which are essential requirement for a healthy digestive system. These are the “good” bacteria that your digestive system needs to perform its function. There are many different types of probiotics. Do some research here and see what your intuition guides you to do.

Third, I do not see many fats listed. Listen to my radio show with naturopath John Briggs which I aired several years ago. You will have to keep scrolling back to find his show.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parkinsons-recovery

Dr. Briggs talks about the importance of fat in the diet. Myelin sheaths which provide insulation for the neurons need fat to remain vibrant.

Fourth – and this may be a key – you may have an infestation of candida (yeast) infection. Candida gobble up sugar and create digestive issues in the body. Candida drive us to eat a lot of sugar which is their lifeline. Listen to my radio show with Lidia Epp who resolved her own neurological symptoms by eliminating the overabundance of candida in her body. Candida is not necessarily just found in the digestive system. It leaks out into all the tissues and cells of the body (including the neurons).

Fifth, your output of energy is greater than the input (provided through food). It is likely that the mitochondria (at the cellular level) are compromised. You might consider giving them a little extra boast through a supplement called ribose. This might be something your could discuss with your doctor. Compounding pharmacist Randy Mentzer discusses
the mitochondria challenge and the benefits of ribose during my radio show interview with him last year.

These are a few new areas to investigate to address your excessive weight loss. Speaking purely as a researcher l would look outside your diet as the source of the weight loss and muscle atrophy.

Parkinsons RecoveryRobert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
http://www.parkinsonsdisease.me

Parkinsons Recovery is possible.