More on Beans For Parkinson's

[pdpatient]

This paper has more information about beans. Really useful with some amazing surprises I would never have guessed 😂👍

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[Esperanto]

“In conclusion, until more information is available, reservations about the use of beans as a “natural” therapy for PD seem to be justified for the time being.”

But thank you very much, it contains very valuable information and again a reminder to keep me more strict on the MIND diet!

[Bolt_Upright]

Well... a quick skim of this shows most of the evidence is related to Mucuna pruriens beans and that is really mostly an alternative source of L-DOPA. An alternate source for L-DOPA is good I guess. I would not think this would be disease modifying.

And there is this from the abstract: "However, there are several arguments countering the view that beans serve as a natural therapy for PD: (i) the results from animal PD models are not necessarily directly applicable to humans; (ii) beans have many bioactive ingredients, some of which can be harmful in large doses; (iii) studies in human PD patients are scarce and only report on the effects of single doses or the administration of bean extract over short periods of time; and (iv) no data on long-term efficacy or side effects of bean therapy are available. Therefore, reservations about the use of beans as a “natural” therapy for PD seem to be justified."

I just weighed in because I have gone Gluten free and I thought I might see something to convince me to go back to black beans (I love black beans). Some people this PwP should go gluten free. Some, not all. comfortkeepers.com/offices/...

Edit: Beans are Gluten Free! Doh! Yes they are gluten free! I was thinking about Lectins. I try to be lectin free also.

[busters_dad in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Are black beans not gluten free?

[Bolt_Upright in reply to busters_dad]

Doh! Yes they are gluten free! I was thinking about Lectins. I try to be lectin free also.

[1LittleWillow in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Beans are gluten-free.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to 1LittleWillow]

Doh! Yes they are gluten free! I was thinking about Lectins. I try to be lectin free also.

[1LittleWillow in reply to Bolt_Upright]

I get it! So many things to worry about that it gets confusing.

[MBAnderson in reply to Bolt_Upright]

The author might as well ended by saying, "Never mind." Ha

[SAGoodman]

Great information, explains a lot about MP in which I have entertained in trying 👍