Food Diet Remedy

Parkinson’s disease is a devastating condition that attacks the central nervous system. If you suffer from parkinson’s disease, you may experience problems in your daily activities such as buttoning shirt buttons, walking or using a pen. Symptoms can start off as just tremors, sluggish and slow in your coordinations. You may remember of Muhammad Ali who has Parkinson’s and who bravely went public about his disease.

Parkinson’s disease is caused by brain cell damage in the deep recesses of the brain that controls muscular movements. The cells that produce the chemical dopamine slow down and the brain is no longer able to send messages to the muscles. No one knows why the cells die but some studies suggest that years of exposure to solvents and other toxic materials may cause this disease.

Nutrition therapy can be used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Both vitamin E and C are helpful for sufferers with this disease. Both of these vitamins act as antioxidants and stop the chain reaction of free radicals by providing their own electrons. Vitamin E, in particular, works on the fatty part of cells. This is great for the brain as it has a lot of fatty membrane. Experts say that vitamin E acts like a sponge soaking up free radicals and protecting against further damage to the brain.

It appears that large doses of Vitamin E do not pose any danger to a person’s health. However, you should not consume vitamin E if you have a bleeding disorder or a family history of strokes. Additionally, you should not take vitamin E if you are taking anticoagulants. Also large amounts of vitamin E can interfere with the body’s absorption of vitamin K.

Rich sources of Vitamin E can be found in green leafy vegetables, whole grains, hazelnut, sunflower, and almond oil, wheat germ and nuts. Some doctors recommend taking 1600 international units of vitamin E if you cannot get them sufficiently from naturally sources. However, it is best to check with your doctor before taking such a large amount.

If you want to achieve some weight loss but do not want to go on a complete fast, then one type of diet that you may consider is the vegetable soup diet. Vegetable soups are low in calories and yet rich in nutrients. A variety of vegetables can make the soup diet more interesting. You can of course choose to go 100% on a vegetable soup diet or simply replace a couple of your meals with only soup.

If your aim is weight loss and if you intend to go healthy, then you should not be taking canned vegetable soup. In canned soup, the sodium content is extremely high and the nutritional value is low. After consuming it, you feel bloated but are not sufficiently nourished.

Also, skip the milk. If you really need to, then add low fat milk.

Here is a great recipe for your vegetable soup diet

Corn and Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
7 ½ cups of vegetable stock
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 medium sweet potato diced
1 lb corn kernels (fresh or frozen)
Sea salt
Lime wedges to serve

Instructions:

Heat the oil in a large soup pan and gently fry the onion until soft (approximately 5 minutes). Add the garlic and gently fry for another 2 minutes. Add 1/14 cups of vegetable stock to the pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cumin and diced sweet potato and simmer a further 10 minutes. Season to taste and add the corn and remaining stock. Simmer approximately 10 minutes.

Remove soup from heat and let cool slightly. Transfer half of the soup to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Stir the smooth soup into the pan and mix together with the chunky remaining soup and gently stir together.

Serve into warm bowls with lime wedges on the side.

Research studies show that blueberries are among the fruits with the highest antioxidant activity. Experts proved that a serving of fresh blueberries provide more antioxidant activity than many other fresh fruits and vegetables.

The study was made on laboratory rats. It was found that the rats demonstrated a slowdown in age-related loss in their mental capacity. Motor behavioral and memory functions were improved and there was a marked decrease in oxidative stress.

Clinical studies on humans are now being conducted. On a prelimnary basis, results are about the same - people who eat a cup of blueberries daily are performing 5–6% better on motor skills tests than the group not consuming the blueberries.

The component that is responsible for the color of blueberries is apparantly the key component to their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The antioxidants contained in blueberries, help the body to fight against the damaging effects of free radicals and the chronic diseases that come with aging.

For maximum benefits, eat blueberries fresh for its antioxidants, Vitamins and fiber content. To add variety, a blueberry pie baked fresh would not be a bad idea either!