I'll be hosting the Sunday Connections radio blog on October 18 at 2pm Pacific

I'll be hosting the Sunday Connections radio blog on October 18 at 2pm Pacific through www.parkinsonsrecovery.com . I'll be talking about my progress with my anti-PD diet and exercise program (still going strong for almost three years now) detailed in my e-book "Powerful Food And A Walk In The Sun" available on Amazon and about my blog powerfulfoodandawalkinthesun.blogspot.com .  I'll touch on my latest addition, Rock Steady Boxing.

I also would like to cover any topics that might be on your mind related to PD, if they are in my wheelhouse.  Comment and I'll see what I can do.

God Bless,

Glen

Title: Sunday Connections with Glen Pettibone 
Date & Time: Sunday, October 18th at 2:00pm Pacific

Attend by Phone: 
Guest pin code: 200414# 
Primary dial in number: (425) 440-5100 
Secondary dial in number: (323) 476-3997 
Full list of dial in Numbers: 
http://InstantTeleseminar.com/Local/?eventid=73856946 

Event Page: 
http://iTeleseminar.com/73856946

More Evidence About Nicotine Suppressing PD

More evidence that higher nicotine levels can stave off PD:

https://www.michaeljfox.org/mobile/news-detail.php?re-examining-the-relationship-between-parkinson-disease-and-smoking&os_cid=fb-a30U00000004hPl&s_src=MJFFfb&s_subsrc=smoking-pd-8.12&ps_cid=fb-a30U00000004hTx

But of course, eat the veggies!

Still going strong!

God Bless,

Glen

Adding a little black pepper to turmeric boosts absorption by 2000%

Too good not to share:

Adding a little black pepper to turmeric boosts absorption by 2000% !

Link:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9619120/

My Homework: Foods That Promote Glutathione Production

In our Sunday Connections podcast on May 17, 2015, Aunt Bean and I were discussing Dr. Mischley's research on intranasal glutathione.  You can still listen to the podcast at:

http://iteleseminar.com/68356731

In her research, Dr. Mishley points out that people with Parkinson's are typically low in glutathione, a lynchpin chemical orchestrator for healthy cells throughout the body, and especially the brain.  Something happens to damage the ability of the body's cells to produce this important chemical.

So Aunt Bean asked, "What foods promote the natural production of glutathione?".  I said I'd take that "action item".  :-)

So I did. 

It turns out that foods that are high in sulfur are the key, including cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, other vegetables like kale and collard greens, eggs, and organ meats.  Be careful though, these foods also tend to deplete iodine, so be moderate if you have hypothyroidism.

Also foods high in selenium (as alpha lipoic acid), like brussel sprouts, walnuts, and beef help the body produce an important cofactor for glutathione production

An example of the many web links on this topic at:

http://www.vitalityherbsandclay.com/vital-health-newsletter-archives/health-foods-that-lower-thyroid-function.html

another at:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/335859-food-sources-of-glutathione/

Join Aunt Bean and I This Sunday, May 17, 2015, For Sunday Connections

"Foods That Fight PD. With Your Hosts Aunt Bean & Glen Pettibone."

Too frequently in medical circles there is no discussion, and even resistance to the inclusion of healing foods.

But after all, you're made of food not pills.

Aunt Bean and Glen Pettibone discuss foods that help minimize, heal, and protect against PD.  Collectively they have discovered tremendous success at mitigating the disease, and they are happy to share their insights with you.

Additionally, checkout Aunt Bean's page at:

http://www.favabeans.parkinsonsrecovery.com/contact-aunt-bean

and Glen's book, Powerful Food And A Walk in The Sun.

We're looking forward to it.

Join us on the web at:

http://iteleseminar.com/68356731

Or dial in:

Title: Sunday Connections withGlen Pettibone & Aunt Bean 
Date & Time: Sunday, May 17th at 2:00pm Pacific

Attend by Phone: 
Guest pin code: 200414# 
Primary dial in number: (425) 440-5100 
Secondary dial in number: (323) 476-3997 
Full list of dial in Numbers: 
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April 2015 Marks 2 Years And 2 Months Of Powerful Food And Sun-Walking Success

26 months ago,  I supercharged my diet with food sources of things like dietary nicotine, turmeric, nasunin, EGCG, and other high power food elements.  I stepped up my exercise, began soaking up the sun, and began balancing my circadian rhythm.  As a result, I rolled back my PD symptoms and reduced my medications by over 95%.  I experienced many other health and wellness benefits.  And rather than the PD severity doubling about each year - it has stayed at the point I rolled it back to!

And so now I find myself this fine evening enjoying another family spring vacation with my trusty provisions of elements I couldn't have previously imagined - like eggplant juice, green tomatoes, a turmeric shaker, a bottle of hot sauce, a canister of green tea powder, and a concoction made of Chinese eggplant, probiotic yogurt, soy lecithin, banana, Ceylon cinnamon, and goji berries.

I tell the whole story in the book, in my podcasts at www.parkinsonsrecovery.com, and in this blog.

More to come as long as God is willing.

God Bless you and keep you all.

Let me know if this has helped you :-)

Glen Pettibone

A Short List Of Dopamine Functions (Far More Than Motion), and Action Thoughts - Part I: Brain / Head

It donned on me that in order to really understand the problem of proper dopamine balance, it would first be really useful to sit down and tabulate all of the things that dopamine does, both inside the brain and head and throughout the rest of the body.  Having achieved that, then one can deduce the relationships with anatomy, other chemicals and hormones, behaviour, environment, and strategy.

So I begin with this table of dopamine in the brain and head, along with my initial thoughts:

Dopamine Functions / My Initial Thoughts
Dopamine Function	Area	/My Initial Thought(s)
In Brain / Head:
- Motor Function	Nigrostriatal	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- New Learning	Nigrostriatal	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Motivation	Mesocorticolimbic	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Focus	Mesocorticolimbic	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Decision Making	Mesocorticolimbic	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Spatial Working Memory	Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Modulates Daytime Pineal / Pituitary Function, Inhibits Daytime Melatonin, Balances Circadian Rhythm	Pineal / Pituitary	Get Exercise and Sunlight Daily.
		Get Sleep at Night.
		Balance with continuously adjusted melatonin supplement.
- Converted to Dopachrome for Neuromelanin	Whole Dopaminergic System	Get Exercise and Sunlight Daily.
		Get Sleep at Night.
		Balance with continuously adjusted melatonin supplement.
		Build Reserves.
- Stored for Reserve in Neuromelanin	Whole Dopaminergic System	Get Exercise and Sunlight Daily.
		Get Sleep at Night.
		Balance with continuously adjusted melatonin supplement.
		Build Reserves.
- Enables Proper Leg Function Through Hypothalmus	Posterior Hypothalmus	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Stretching.
- Activates Body Cooling When Hot	Hypothalmus	Stay comfortably warm.
		Avoid rapid heating or cooling.
		Regularly consume spicy food.
- Activates Body Heating When Converted to Norephinephrine	Hyypothalmus	Stay comfortably warm.
		Avoid rapid heating or cooling.
		Regularly consume spicy food.
- Inhibits Prolactin (and Lactation)	Pituitary	Get Exercise and Sunlight Daily.
		Get Sleep at Night.
		Balance with continuously adjusted melatonin supplement.
		Build Reserves.
- Affects Gonadotropin Production	Zona Incerta	Too old to affect puberty now J
- Enhances Daytime Color Vision and Vision Contrast In Bright Light	Eye, Amacrine cells	Explains, in part, why my vision improved! Nasunin took it into my eyes J
Glen J. Pettibone
3/9/2015