Vitamin K2 Potentially Offers Hope For A New Treatment For Parkinson’s Disease
Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken, associated with VIB and KU Leuven, succeeded in undoing the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinson’s using vitamin K2. His discovery gives hope to Parkinson’s patients…
May 14, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, effect, genetic, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, parkinson, patrik, the-genetic, undoing-the-effect, using-vitamin, vib
Eating Berries May Lower Men’s Parkinson’s Risk
Men who regularly consume foods rich in flavonoids, such as berries, apples, certain vegetables, tea and red wine, may significantly reduce their risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published in the journal Neurology this week that saw no such effect among women…
April 6, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: certain-vegetables, consume-foods, journal, neurology, parkinson, parkinson's disease, red-wine, risk, study-published, such-as-berries, such-effect, the-journal, week
Vitamin D Insufficiency High Among Patients With Early Parkinson Disease
Patients with a recent onset of Parkinson disease have a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency, but vitamin D concentrations do not appear to decline during the progression of the disease, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Vitamin D is now considered a hormone that regulates a number of physiological processes…
March 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: archives, decline-during, disease, high-prevalence, jama, neurology, now-considered, nutritional counseling, parkinson, parkinson's disease, progression, recent-onset, the-disease, the-progression
