Diet can help in those who already have Parkinson’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports

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Once someone receives a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, there are things they can do themselves that are likely to be beneficial. Johns Hopkins neurologist Liana Rosenthal explains.

Rosenthal: The other things you can do that help now if you already have Parkinson's disease, to slow that risk of the Parkinson's disease getting worse and worse. A better diet quality leads to less death from Parkinson's disease. Good: vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, omega-3 fatty acids. Bad: things like trans fats, sugar sweetened beverages, fruit juices, moderate alcohol. And specifically in terms of diet they looked at the Mediterranean diet and what they found is that adherence to Mediterranean diet reduced death in Parkinson's disease.     :33

Rosenthal notes that such a diet will also likely help other chronic health conditions. At Johns Hopkins, I’m Elizabeth Tracey.