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November 14, 2019 at 8:30 am #16305
Jean Mellano
KeymasterPlant based diets (also known as vegan or dairy and meat free) are sometimes recommended to ease symptoms and/or slow progression. Have you tried this kind of diet? If so, so you think it has helped you?
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November 14, 2019 at 9:46 am #16401
Jo S.
ParticipantI’ve been plant-based (vegan) for almost four decades. Yes, I do believe it has helped me. I have had symptoms for a very long time, and I think I would have been a lot worse off by the time I was diagnosed if I hadn’t been vegan. That said, I don’t believe being vegan will cure (or even prevent) PD (I’m a prime example of that), but I do think it can help to slow progression as long as the diet is centered around whole plant-based foods and not processed junk.
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November 14, 2019 at 3:21 pm #16427
Jean Mellano
Keymasterplant based diets cant hurt us, are good for animal welfare and good for the planet. have you seen The Game Changers on Netflix? https://gamechangersmovie.com/ i highly recommend it.
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November 14, 2019 at 3:39 pm #16430
Jo S.
ParticipantHi, Jean. I haven’t seen The Game Changers yet (although I’ve heard it’s very good). I’ve been vegan for so long (truly at the beginning of the wave in the US — back in the ’80s!) and written many books on the topic over the decades and seen so many films over the years, that I generally don’t want or need to view any additional ones. For my husband and me, it’s sort of a been-there-done-that feeling when it comes to films about veganism and animal rights.
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November 15, 2019 at 6:33 am #16449
Jean Mellano
Keymasterjo, that is impressive that you have been vegan for so long. i too have seen many of the ‘vegan promoting’ movies; cowspiracy, forks over knives, etc. But I believe this one is different because of the producer star power and i think it will get the message through to non vegans. I have scheduled a screening of it at my retirement community. Here is a review that I felt was spot on…
https://www.nomeatathlete.com/game-changers/
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November 15, 2019 at 7:54 am #16457
Jo S.
ParticipantThat’s terrific that you scheduled a screening at your retirement community, Jean! I’ve been around so long that I personally know many of the doctors and other people featured in these films. 😀 (Some days I feel like a dinosaur!)
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November 15, 2019 at 9:18 am #16462
Jean Mellano
KeymasterHi. I am a dinosaur too. Rip Esselstyn is a good friend of mine. Do u know rip? My late husband and I went to his wedding at dr. Esselstyn’s farm in upstate ny years ago
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November 15, 2019 at 9:32 am #16463
Jo S.
ParticipantI don’t know Rip, but I know his mother and father casually. How cool that you and your late husband went to Rip’s wedding!
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November 15, 2019 at 9:38 am #16464
Jean Mellano
KeymasterJo. It was the best wedding I have ever gone too. All delicious plant based food and yoga sessions. We all went to the top of a hill where they said their vows and after that. Rip and Jill ran down the hill and frolicked in the field. I have a funny story about what Steve and I did after we left the Esselstyn farm on one of our visits there. I can pvt msg it to u
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November 15, 2019 at 1:48 pm #16470
Jean Mellano
Keymasterhi jo, just sent it to you. to send a pvt msg to a user, go to: https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/forums/members/
then you will see the users and an option to send private message under the username.
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