When young, we could all eat anything and get away with it. It mattered little that the comfort food we all loved to eat in our youth acidify the body.

Young bodies have the magical ability to buffer acidity. This helps us remain active and happy since an acidic body lowers oxygen levels in the body.

This buffer sadly is just about exhausted by age 45. If we continue to eat the same comfort food diet we loved to eat as a child, our body morphs more cells that extract oxygen from – of all foods – sugar which is the deadliest toxin when it comes to inflaming Parkinsons symptoms.

The good news is that stem cells repair, rejuvenate and regenerate other cells, one among many miracles body performs for us day in and day out. The bad news is that stem cell production peaks at age 25.

This means for everyone – and especially persons struggling with neurological challenges – that if we continue to eat the same comfort foods that gave us such joy when we were young, we will eventually confront one horrible symptom after another. Our body will fight a losing way to keep us healthy and strong.

  • Why then do so many older people have illnesses of one type of another?
  • Why is there such a dramatic increase in the number of persons diagnosed with Parkinsons and Alzheimers?

The Answer: Most people are not able to change their diet to one that offers a daily infusion of good bacteria in the form of prebiotics. Let’s face it. Comfort food gives us emotional comfort, even if for only a few minutes, which is hard for anyone to give up.

I personally would like to continue eating foods that I loved eating as a child. But if I continue along this pathway to destruction, I will get sick.

Making the change is indeed difficult. It takes time, commitment and focus to eat healthy food. After all, there was always so much comfort in the foods that gave us such joy when we were young when we never had to worry about the damage it might do.

Those days are over for those over 45 who are determined to live in a healthy body.

Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
Parkinsons Recovery®
https://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com
robert@parkinsonsrecovery.com