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Treating Parkinson’s with Diet

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

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Dr. Michael Greger: Why not eat a dopamine diet? A variety of fruits and vegetables contain the same dopamine made by our brain. Dopamine can't cross the blood-brain barrier and hence is ineffective as therapy. The dopamine precursor known as L-dopa or leave adopa can get from the blood up into the brain, where it can then be converted to dopamine within the brain.

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