(A Special Notice and Disclaimer: The following was put together a couple of years back to help me to understand the subject a little better and is posted here for a similar purpose. It is “half-baked” and should be read with that in mind. In particular, it is not intended to be medical advice. DIABETES [...]
<The immune and endocrine systems interact through the HPA axis.> 1: Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999 Dec;13(4):555-65. Chronic inflammatory stress. Harbuz MS. University Research Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Bristol, UK. A major mechanism involved in maintaining homeostasis in response to chronic inflammation is the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, resulting in the release [...]
<Note: The nature of wheat changed greatly with the Industrial Revolution as local varieties were replaced by standardized ones.> 1: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Jun;1051:787-98. Involvement of innate immunity in the development of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Tlaskalová-Hogenová H, Tucková L, Stepánková R, Hudcovic T, Palová-Jelínková L, Kozáková H, Rossmann P, Sanchez D, [...]
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<Subsonics are inaudible, extremely low frequency, yet very powerful sound waves. In nature they almost always are linked to danger and thus trigger the fight or flight response. They are also quite rare. However, in the world of the Industrial Revolution they became steadily more common. Today, millions of us live with them. Only a [...]
Green tea is one of the primary botanicals for the PWP. Note- If links have not carried over properly, the original post complete with working links is at http://parkinsonsonline.org/blog1/?p=666 _____________________________________________ …its main catechin polyphenol constituent (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate has been shown to exert neuroprotective/neurorescue activities in a wide array of cellular and animal models of neurological disorders. [...]
The B vitamins have a special place in PD. They are directly linked to motor and cognitive issues and their effectiveness is compromised by the most common medications. The B-vitamins, including vitamins B12, B6, B1, B2, niacin (B3) and folate (B9), have been implicated as protective risk factors against cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. (Morris [...]
A ton of accumulated snippets that may someday become posts but, in the meantime, are being organized here for your review, education, and comment. B Vitamins and PD Green Tea Extract Helicobacter pylori
February 20, 2010 – 2:35 pm
I want to speculate a little more than I normally would, mainly because I haven’t finished researching this topic yet. I have been thinking about wheat, of course, and that has led to some interesting questions. What if our food is trying to kill us? I don’t mean that our poor choices of fatty snacks [...]
February 20, 2010 – 12:27 pm
While we can move toward understanding Parkinson’s Disease by breaking it down into its components, we fool ourselves if we think that is enough. The entirety of the various elements is illustrated by the “cascade” of these separate factors coming together to form a whole. Cascade – Some Factors That Influence PD Cascade – Inflammation [...]
February 18, 2010 – 7:48 pm
Although both share the burden of neuroinflammation, YOPD differs from SOPD in the degree to which the endocrine system is involved as well as environmental factors. For the most part, these differences result from prenatal origins resulting in a hypersensitivity to bacterial toxins, a hyperactive immune response in the brain, a poorly regulated stress system, [...]
And What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
<Subsonics are inaudible, extremely low frequency, yet very powerful sound waves. In nature they almost always are linked to danger and thus trigger the fight or flight response. They are also quite rare. However, in the world of the Industrial Revolution they became steadily more common. Today, millions of us live with them. Only a [...]