Nutrients, Vit supplement and Parkinson's

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: Nutrition, Vitamin supplement and Parkinson's Diseases

Dear Doctor, Nutrition are importance for those with Parkinson Disease. Nutrition won't cure PD or slow its progression. Why there are vitamins and mineral not suitable for Parkinson's Patients and are harmful for them to take? There are Folic Acid, Chromium,Copper, Ferritin,Magnessium,Selerium, and Zinc What are the normal level of these vitamins level (units)in our body? In what level are considered harmful for Parkinson's patients and how to reduce to safe level? How to monitor the vitamins and mineral level, periodly or yearly? Kindly advise TEOKIMHOE
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Dr. FernandezJoined: 20 Jan 2007Posts: 90
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject:

Sorry, I don't routinely prescribe vitamins for PD. Therefore, i do not routinely monitor them. Some of them may be good for general health and well being but not have been definitively proven to help PD. CoQ10 and creatine are currently under study. We will know about these two drugs very soon. But for the rest, they have not been proven. Yours,_________________Hubert H. Fernandez
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