Can Parkinson´s Disease Be Prevented?

What Is Parkinsons Disease?

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement. It’s characterized by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain, leading to symptoms like tremors, rigidity, slow movement, and postural instability. While the exact cause of PD remains unknown, it’s believed that, forever chemicals in tap water, heavy metals, air pollution, micro plastics, lifestyle habits factors, such as poor sleep, over stress, a diet high in sugar, ultra processed foods and seed oils may contribute to the condition, as all of these put more strain on the cell in producing more oxidative stress and harmful free radicals for the body. Millions worldwide are affected by this debilitating condition, and the quest for effective prevention strategies is ongoing, yet the overload of oxidative stress on the cell may be part of the early pathway to developing Parkinsons.

Statics

The average age in being diagnosed with Parkinson is between 60 to 70 years old. There are over 165, 000 people diagnosed with Parkinsons in the UK, with around 17,000 new cases each year. There are around 15, 000 cases of early on set Parkison’s between the age of 30 to 50 years old. If someone has a specific gene such as LRRK2, SNCA or GBA these genes are linked to the likelihood of getting Parkinson´s, this is around 5% of people who get Parkinson´s, yet 95% of people who do develop Parkinsons, it may be due to some of the factors we highlight in this blog.

ROS & Oxidative Stress

Downstream of the equation is Parkinsons. Upstream of the equation is what possibly causes Parkinson's and what are things that can possibly help prevent Parkinson's developing. Inside the cell are mitochondria's that turn food into fuel called ATP, in the process of making ATP there are 11 steps. Just as in a car running on petrol there is a waste product. In the cell the waste product is ROS or Oxidative Stress. The body has a natural way to deal with ROS which is antioxidants, such as the body makes Glutathione, SOD and we can consume antioxidants such as Vitamin C / E, Q10 to Flavonoids. All of these mop up ROS.

Here is the BUT, when the body is overburdened with substances that causes a higher rate of oxidative stress, the problem starts building up. The obvious substances that add a load are ultra processed foods, smoking, alcohol, seed oils, over consummation of sugar, forever chemicals from tap water or fry pans, air pollution, micro plastics and some pharmaceutical drugs.

Once the cell is starting to get over burden with oxidative stress, the following starts to happen, it starts to either shut down or not work as well, in this process, the cell struggles to turn glucose into ATP, which means there will be more free floating glucose and insulin in the blood stream, which then can get stuck in different parts of the body and can cause fatty liver. Also inside the cell is a protein called APP which when inside the cell helps with neuronal development and function, particularly synaptogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and cell growth. Yet this APP needs ATP to stay inside the cell, when the cell starts to lose energy, this APP protein starts to get fragmented and displaced into the blood system this can cause amyloid plaque in the brain, which then starts to block synaptic pathways, and this will accelerate cognitive decline. This is not the primary hallmark of Parkinson's, yet it is often part of the disease.

There is a saying prevention is better than the cure. In this case the cure does not exist, so even more it is worth looking at what can possibly prevent Parkinson's developing, having a healthy lifestyle, with a low carb diet, good omega oils, healthy fats, healthy cook wear, changing white sugar for monk sugar or Allulose, not having too much caffeine, prioritizing sleep, mediating, getting out in nature, avoiding junk food or processed foods , changing seeds oils for coconut oil or tallow. This all could make a significate different, and maybe there is not science completely backing this up at the moment, yet my commonsense logic is saying it makes sense to me, and I´m not waiting for the science to fully catch up. On top of this if you breathed in hydrogen or drank hydrogen water, this would be an extra helping hand to your cells in reducing oxidative stress.

You may say, you missed out as we age, everything declines, and yes that is another factor. My reply would be would you rather age gracefully and die quietly without a health issue, or the latter.

Hydrogen: A Promising Preventive Agent