A little chilli this evening

[WinnieThePoo]

Mrs WTP bought me a cookbook for Christmas. The dopamine diet by Tom Kerridge. However due to work pressure in January I am excused cooking duties so Mrs WTP has tried a few. This chilli with green beans and cauliflower couscous is just stunning.

[Juliegrace]

Looks delish. I made cauliflower "fried rice" for dinner this evening. It, too, was delicious.

[M1tz1]

Hi WinnieThePoo, the recipe sounds very inviting. Did you feel the benefit of a dopamine boost afterwards or is it something that has to build up?

[WinnieThePoo in reply to M1tz1]

I don't think its a Sinemet replacement. It's packed with tasty interesting recipes for a low carb diet, featuring foods which produce dopamine as the happy chemical.

I think (I spend lots and lots of time thinking about this, and it deserves another post - after January when I finish hospital tests, and get the last tax return in)

I think I have been feeling better. I think (having now done a scored test) that my UPDRS score would be the same or slightly better compared with a year ago

I'm not sure how much that is down to symptomatic relief from diet and supplements

My objective was to control disease progress not relieve symptoms, but, apart from muddying the water a bit, its a bonus.

Maybe these foods help. Either way they are a delicious source of inspiration for a Mediteranean diet to try to fix poo microbiome without resorting to a poo transplant. Its too early days to expect more.

I shall be watching the study in Ghent iqbaliqbal drew my attention to with keen interest. If a study shows transplants work, then that would provide a framework for explaining why dietary change could be working.

[M1tz1 in reply to WinnieThePoo]

Thank you for going to this trouble, WTP. 🙂