Coffee beans
It looks like a couple of ingredients in coffee may help protect against Parkinson's:
parkinson.org/blog/science-...
"For years, drinking coffee has been associated with having a reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD). In fact, a 1968 study suggested that coffee drinkers were less like to get PD (Nefzger, Quadfasel, & Karl, 1968). Since then, multiple epidemiologic studies have confirmed the PD/coffee connection (Ascherio et al., 2003; Ascherio et al., 2004; Fujimaki et al., 2018). Researchers have mostly attributed the protective effect to the caffeine component (Lee et al., 2013)."
pnas.org/content/115/51/E12...
" Here we show that eicosanoyl-5-hydroxytryptamide[EHT], which we purified from coffee ... works in synergy with caffeine in protecting against mouse models of PD and Dementia with Lewy bodies...
Considering epidemiologic and experimental evidence suggesting protective effects of caffeine in PD, we sought, in the present study, to test whether there is synergy between EHT and caffeine in models of α-synucleinopathy. Coadministration of these two compounds orally for 6 mo at doses that were individually ineffective in SynTg mice ... resulted in reduced accumulation of phosphorylated α-synuclein, preserved neuronal integrity and function, diminished neuroinflammation, and improved behavioral performance...
To test for a synergistic effect of EHT and CAF on α-synuclein−mediated pathology, we chose a relatively small dose of EHT in this study (12 mg/kg/d in chow)"
This translates to about 100-150 mg per day for a human. I was unable to find any indication of the EHT concentration in coffee, however, a cup of coffee contains around 100 milligrams of caffeine. So a cup of coffee may or may not contain that much EHT. Be that as it may, the epidemiological data tells us that coffee helps protect against Parkinson's.
Thanks to Zawy for help translating mouse to human dosage.
Question: has anyone here taken up drinking coffee after receiving a Parkinson's diagnosis, and if so did it make any difference?