Cellular Energy Nutrition & Brain Health Parkinson's Disease Clinic Videos Video Explores Intermittent Fasting to Enhance Metabolism November 30, 2017 | 1 Comment on Video Explores Intermittent Fasting to Enhance Metabolism Intermittent fasting and restricted caloric intake is powerfully neuroprotective. Short-term fasting stimulates autophagy, a metabolic process that eliminates cell waste that may be responsible for many of the effects of aging. Studies have demonstrated that fasting can help prevent heart disease, speed fat loss, as well as slow or reverse aging. Researchers have found that the autophagy process is often defective in cancer, infectious diseases, immunological disorders and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Read more » intermittent fasting autophagy metabolic enhancement MEND Parkinsons neurodegenerative disorders
Cellular Energy Parkinson's Disease Clinic Videos Lifestyle, Metabolic Enhancements for Parkinson’s November 16, 2017 | Leave a Comment Neurology Solutions Movement Disorders Center Medical Director Dr. Robert Izor elaborates on the positive outcome of lifestyle and metabolic enhancement for Parkinson's disease. Metabolic enhancements for neurodegenerative disorders, also known as MEND, is a medical protocol designed to combat age-related decline and lessen disability. The MEND approach incorporates optimizing overall lifestyle and nutrition, stress reduction, sleep, hormone levels and a variety of other factors. This video is the first of a series on metabolic enhancement for Parkinson's and other neurological conditions by Neurology Solutions. Read more » Parkinsons neurodegenerative disorder metabolic enhancement MEND