Dietary Guidelines for Parkinson’s Disease

Diet therapy is one of the auxiliary treatments for Parkinson’s disease, aiming at maintaining better nutrition and physical condition of the patients, and through adjusting the diet, making the drug treatment achieve better results. 1, food variety, enjoyable meals The food in a day’s diet should be varied, including cereals, vegetables and fruits, dairy or beans, meat and so on. Diversified food can meet the body’s need for various nutrients, but also make the diet itself full of fun. Eating in a relaxed environment and atmosphere, so that the diet as a kind of life enjoyment. 2, eat more cereals and vegetables and fruits every day to eat 300 to 500 grams of cereals, such as rice, noodles, grains and so on. From which you can get carbohydrates, protein, dietary fiber and vitamin B, etc.. Carbohydrates usually do not affect the effectiveness of levodopa. Eat about 300 grams of vegetables or melons and 1 to 2 medium-sized fruits per day. Get vitamins A, B, C, many minerals and dietary fiber from them. 3, often eat milk and beans in moderation Milk is rich in calcium, drink 1 cup of milk or yogurt every day. However, the protein content of milk may have a certain effect on the efficacy of levodopa drugs, in order to avoid affecting the effect of medication during the day, it is recommended to drink milk arranged at night before bed. In addition, eating soy products such as tofu and dried tofu can also supplement calcium. It has been reported that fava beans (especially pods) contain natural levodopa, which can extend the release time of levodopa and methyldopa-hydrazine combination drugs (e.g., restnin) from the usual 2 hours to 5 hours in the patient’s body. This function of fava beans may be helpful in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. 4, limited consumption of meat Protein can affect the efficacy of levodopa, need to limit intake. Consume about 50 grams of meat per day, choosing lean animal, poultry or fish. 1 egg contains protein equivalent to 25 grams of lean meat. For some patients, in order to make the medication more effective during the day, you can only arrange meat food at dinner. 5. Try not to eat fatty meat, meat oil and animal offal Excessive fat in the diet will also delay the absorption of levodopa drug and affect the efficacy of the drug. 6, drink 6 to 8 glasses of water every day Adequate water intake is conducive to the body’s metabolism, can reduce bladder and urinary tract bacterial infection, can prevent constipation. 7, half an hour after taking the drug to eat the drug can be better absorbed. Patients who take levodopa medicine for the first time may have nausea after taking the medicine, you can eat some low protein foods such as cookies, fruits or fruit juices at the same time you take the medicine, and drinking ginger juice also has the effect of relieving nausea and vomiting.