25 May How To Prevent The Chances Of Parkinson’s Disease?
Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disease that affects almost 1% of the population, which means millions of people across the globe! While there are so many cases of Parkinson’s around the world, patients always feel themselves to be lonely when the ailment strikes them. This is because they start feeling embarrassed in front of other normal people, and helpless because they are unable to execute simple everyday chores. Once struck, this disease slowly progresses towards getting worse, with symptoms of tremor, rigidity, and difficulty in movement. Such helplessness slowly and gradually results in frustration and depression.
While there is no permanent cure for this disease, there is also no known cause for it. It could be a possibility of heredity, but other causes are not known. And, because there is no known cause, there is no possibility of prevention. However, Dr. Michael Greger, a well-known Americal physician, has researched and found convincing evidence that most cases of Parkinson’s disease are related to environmental pollutants, which damage the brain and parts of the nervous system. Based on this, there are various things to include/exclude in your diet to reduce the risk of Parkinson’s attacking you.
- The environmental pollutants spoken of above include mercury, DDT, arsenic, PCBs, and dioxins. Mercury is found in fish; DDT in meat; arsenic in poultry; PCB in fish, fish oil, eggs, meat, and dairy products; and dioxins in fat of animals, farm-raised catfish, and eggs. These chemicals can cause Parkinson’s as well as other life-threatening ailments like cancer. We can’t say that Parkinson’s is definitely a result of consuming these edibles, but it is always better to be safe. So, what you can do is lessen our contact with such toxins, thus lowering our risk for Parkinson’s and other such diseases. You can opt for organic food or only plant-based food.
- Now, another great evidence that has been found is that nicotine has neuroprotective effects, meaning that smokers have 50% lower chances of being affected by Parkinson’s disease. But, this doesn’t mean that we advise everyone to start smoking, because smoking is indeed harmful to health, causing many other problems. So, what we can advise here is that cigarettes are made from tobacco which has the neuroprotective effects; and tobacco is the nightshade family of vegetables. So, you can instead increase the intake of other nightshade plants like potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants.
- Other products that can help you prevent or control Parkinson’s disease include caffeine in coffee and tea, which is associated with a 1/3rd lower risk of Parkinson’s. Hence, you could start drinking 2 cups of coffee, or 4 cups of black tea, or 8 cups of green tea every day.
- Also, you can include intake of uric acid of a level of 5-7 mg/dL as it is also neuroprotective. However, anything above or below that level could possess Parkinson’s, gout, kidney disease, and heart disease risks. So, you need to be careful!
Whatever you do, it is always better to take advice from a professional before changing your lifestyle or dietary plans. Thus, it is better that you get in touch with a Parkinson’s disease specialist in UAE, someone like Dr. Shivam Mittal, who is an experienced person, and the right one to help you reduce the likeliness or the effects of Parkinson’s disease.
