Category Archives: Factsheet

Factsheet: Green Tea Extract

March 27, 2010 – 3:14 pm

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.  [...]

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Factsheet: B Vitamins and PD

March 22, 2010 – 2:13 pm

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 [...]

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Factsheet: Helicobacter pylori

March 21, 2010 – 7:11 pm

Why H. pylori? What is it, anyway? H. pylori is the most common human infection on the planet with an infection rate of fifty percent. It lives  in only one place, the human stomach. And it is the only thing able to live there. Once established, it is extremely hard to rid oneself of as [...]

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