Healthy diet versus added sugars and unsaturated fatty acids in Parkinson ’s disease: Food for THOUGHT

The environment versus gene dichotomy in Parkinson ’s disease (PD) is, as in many other human chronic conditions, a longstanding controversy nowadays viewed as a matter of convergence rather than divergence. One of many environmental factors that can impact on molecular pathways leading to PD, including gene expression, is diet. Hence, dietary hab its can modify, through a variety of candidate mechanisms different aspects of neurodegeneration, such as oxidative stress, inflammation or even protein aggregation (see further on).
Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research