One prescribed pharmaceutical for Parkinson's is L-Dopa or dopamine
derivatives. Tyrosine is a pre-cursor of dopamine. Guess what the best
source of tyrosine is??? Red meat!!
So I would say "YES!" I'll bet Paleo diet would help.
Louise
(not a doctor)
At 05:47 PM 03/12/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi:
>
>Does anybody have any experience with the Paleo Diet and Parkinson's
>disease? Could it be autoimmune?
>
>I have a close friend with Parkinson's and have told him about the diet and
>my family's success with it. I kind of think he should give it a try.
>
>Any thoughts or ideas?
>
>thanks,
>
>Bob Hodgen
>