Mucuna without Sinemet?

[Ob6842]

Can anyone tell me how to get more symptom relief from just taking mucuna, (specifically NOW brand) alone, WITHOUT taking any Sinemet? I’ve read about green tea enhancing its effectiveness….any other ideas?

[CaseyInsights]

A Quercertin/Vitamin C combo works well. Like so -

amazon.com/Solaray-Querceti...

[drumhead]

Maybe ask your neurologist to prescribe carbidopa to go with it?

[Gcf51 in reply to drumhead]

Since carbidopa consumes B6, taking it defeats a reason not to take C/L. I take C25/L100 and plan to ask for a lower dose of C as available EU (may also be available in USA).

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[Windermere1]

research the b1 therapy. Read daphne Bryan’s book from Amazon and join her fb group Parkinson’s b1 therapy and watch her utube video interviews. It works My success story is on her utube page

[Btraveria1]

Mucuna versus Parkinson: Treatment with natural levodopa AUTHOR: Rafael González Maldonado

This is a good read with what you need to know about taking Macuna.

[pdpatient]

Try Matcha instead of just green tea and the edge is greater

[hercules957]

I was on mucuna for a year and a half and I needed to increase the dosage progressively. It was not very effective in controlling my symptoms and I was getting nauseous more and more. I switched to Sinemet and all my symptoms became under control. I wasted a year and a half of relative comfort.

[goldiewan]

green tea seems to act a bit like carbidopa, in terms of helping the l-dopa get into the brain. I use it regularly. The dosage is quite low for me. About 1 g of Macuna to half a cup of green tea every 2-3 hours. Less in the evening. Works well for me.

[Ob6842 in reply to goldiewan]

Do you take Sinemet with the mucuna, or just the mucuna alone? I also have learned that taking 3 T of lemon juice (or the juice of one lemon) helps levadopa be absorbed also. Anyone have any experience with adding lemon juice to water to help mucuna get across the BBB?

[goldiewan in reply to Ob6842]

I generally don’t take sinemet now, unless I’m out and travelling, for convenience. Interesting about lemon juice. Haven’t tried but can vouch for green tea.