Most people diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease struggle to gain weight. Why are people with Parkinsons Skinny?

Reason Why People with Parkinsons Skinny

Researchers have recently identified a primary cause of Parkinson’s symptoms to be a faulty digestive system. Constipation is a prevalent problem for many people. Efforts to improve it often fail. People are understandably frustrated from being physically and emotionally constipated all the time.

Why are digestion problems so common among persons with Parkinsons? Their sympathetic nervous system – the one that is our “get up and make things happen” – is on overdrive. While this energy makes people successful in their jobs and careers, it can also lead to neurological problems when its “on-off” switch remains stuck on the “on” switch.

What happens when anxiety and stress are forever present? What happens when we are rarely able to quiet down the intensity of an overactive nervous system that causes tremors, mobility challenges and other neurological problems?

Answer: The digestion system shuts down. We are never hungry. Eating becomes a huge irritant. We become skinny, so much so that we need to gain some weight.

Why? The wisdom of the body allocates energy to the organs needed for survival. When we are stressed and anxious, our body preserves the ability to …

  • Breath oxygen through our lungs.
  • Receive nourishment to our cells through our cardiac system.

We do not need to eat food when our very survival may be an issue. Digestion will always be suspended when the body allocates resources to our lungs and heart during stressful times.

This problem is solved when a better balance is achieved between our active life and our “chill out and relax and have fun” life. When we shut down anxiety, our body reallocates resources to our digestive system. We finally are hungry.

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I am always surprised at the many people with Parkinsons who devote their attention and resources to improving their digestive system which seldom succeed. The reason for this failure? Attention and resources need first be devoted to shutting down the continuous problem of anxiety and anxiety attacks.

When anxieties are shut down, digestion resumes. Gaining weight becomes possible. At long last we want to eat good food rather than force ourselves to eat something when we are not hungry.

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