Planning a Parkinson’s Meal
or
“ What the hell am I supposed to eat ?”
Healthy eating is supposed to be a sustainable and balanced approach to food and nutrition, that promotes overall well being and can be tailored to an individual’s needs and preferences.
Diet & Nutrition
Diet refers to the total amount of food, consumed by an individual.
Nutrition is the process of utilizing that food for growth, metabolism and repair of tissues.
The relationship between Diet and Nutrition is two way.
Health can be affected by a deficiency in either one.
A Parkie must pay attention to their individual health issues when selecting not only
What to eat
But
How to Eat
There is NO specific meal plan that fits every one!
Once again.
Your Parkinson’s s unique to you.
So to then should your Diet and Nutritional plans.
Thanks to Parkinson’s
I have no sense of smell
I have no sense of taste
I therefore seem to have a limited interest in eating.
I almost need a blister pack for remembering to eat!
Blister packs, also known as compliance packs or c-packs, are pre-formed plastic packaging used to seal pharmaceuticals, such as pills and tablets, in a bubble, cavity, or pocket. Blister packaging ensures your medications are stored safely and protected from external contaminants.
The Stages of Diet & Nutrition for My Parkinson’s might be like this.
I must want to eat
I must be able to prepare it
I must be able to chew it
I must be able to swallow it
I must be able to digest it
I must be able to pass it
Cruciferous foods could be good for the gut but dangerous to the lungs.
Environmental issues such as the amount of sunshine during winter and summer must be accounted for.
Parkinson’s symptoms can influence not just the ability to consume by fork to mouth but the volume in that procedure.
Parkinson’s symptoms influence,
How we chew and how we swallow.
The diet we choose must factor in all this information.
Simply put the body in order to move requires a fuel source.
The better the fuel source the better the movement.
Movement burns calories.
Tremors, Dystonic or dyskinetic is still movement.
Maybe the fuel source requires high caloric intake.?
The variables required in a Parkinson’s diet is in my opinion so vast you may as well make it one you enjoy.
How your body reacts to your choices will determine if your diet and nutritional needs are being met.
This process makes more sense to me than opting for that “ Mediterranean diet “ option.
One more question?
What makes the “ Super Salad, so super?
You know that option the server always ask you about?
“Would you like the Super Salad with that?”
Have fun and be a warrior!
As per the Canada Trail Challenge
I walked 3962 steps for 3 kms, the pictures I am using (as once again I was inside) is from when Sue and I visited Boston and I got to see Fenway Park.
Parkinsons - My Super Power 