Much has been said about the eating habits of Parkinson's disease, but now, for the first time, a team of researchers has taken to themselves to review different studies in this regard, to some very interesting results.
It seems that the eating habits of Parkinson's disease patients do affect the way the condition works in their bodies, and generally speaking how it develops - and this happens with the motor-related symptoms of this illness as well as others that have been recorded over the years, according to website Science Daily.
The eating habits of Parkinson's disease patients have always been a strong focus of investigation, due to the fact that often they change up as the disease progresses, according to Psych Central. The new review may have shed some light on this.
The new study, published on Appetite and called "Body weight and food intake in Parkinson's disease. A review of the association to non-motor symptoms," has Sissa Medialab research scientists reviewing the relationship between the eating habits of Parkinson's disease patients and how the motor condition expands and works its way throughout the nervous system.
The study, a review of the existent scientific literature in regards of Parkinson's, showed that many of the symptoms, from the motor to the non-motor related ones, can greatly contribute to the weight fluctuations in patients.
Depending on the stage of the disease they're at, the weight of Parkinson's patients can greatly fluctuate; they could either lose a lot of it or even gain up to 10 kg after they've gone through deep brain stimulation (which is a treatment used currently to alleviate some of the symptoms).
Due to these findings, it becomes obvious that the eating habits of Parkinson's and the weight they might lose or gain can be a burden for the patients, who are already suffering enough due to the condition. These findings could potentially give place to other supportive treatments to help prevent these weight fluctuations.
