Can’t I eat protein foods if I take medication for Parkinson’s disease?

  Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system that progresses slowly over time and gradually causes patients to lose their ability to care for themselves, which has a significant impact on their physical and mental health as well as their lives. Therefore, it needs to be known early and once diagnosed, it will be treated with medication for life. The role of medication is not only to improve the patient’s current abnormal limb symptoms, but also to slow down the progress of the disease so that the patient can maintain a long-term good condition.  In our Parkinson’s Disease Center, every time we see Parkinson’s disease patients from all over the world, some patients will take the initiative to ask what to pay attention to in the diet of Parkinson’s disease patients, because we know that many diseases require taboos, but there is nothing taboo in the diet of Parkinson’s disease, what needs to be noted is to separate the time to take medication and the time to eat.  The drugs and food are decomposed through the gastrointestinal tract, and then transported through the blood cells of the body, if you eat immediately after eating, will affect the decomposition of drugs in the gastrointestinal tract, the patient’s symptoms can not be quickly and effectively controlled, so it is recommended that the best effect of taking drugs on an empty stomach, the morning can be fasting, then how to do at noon and afternoon, we recommend that patients take their medications one hour before meals or two hours after meals. If you choose to take the medication before a meal, you should always take it before a meal, and after a meal, you should always take it after a meal, so that the patient’s symptom control can continue to be connected.  In addition to consulting about Parkinson’s disease diet, some patients also consult about Parkinson’s disease medication can also eat protein food? This type of patients may know some through some channels, in fact, the time to take medicine and meal time apart, mainly because of the protein in the food, in the stomach to break down the amino acids, affecting the absorption of drugs, as long as forked time intake, can completely intake protein food, and protein food is the body’s nutritional needs, do not eat can not.  Parkinson’s disease patients also need a nutritious diet, cereals, vegetables, fruits, milk, beans, meat, etc. need to be ingested to improve physical fitness and strengthen resistance. You also need to drink more water. Adequate water is good for the body’s metabolism, reduces bacterial infections in the bladder and urinary tract, softens stools, and prevents and improves constipation. Some anti-Parkinson’s disease drugs can have dry mouth side effects, which can also be improved by drinking more water.  Finally, encourage patients to adhere to appropriate exercise every day, exercise when the drugs play a role, serious patients need to be accompanied by family members, can help patients exercise, pay attention to safety, patients who have done brain pacemaker implantation surgery, should also adhere to appropriate exercise, enhance physical fitness and body immunity, happy mood.