Ron, Sharon, et al....

Now that ya mention it, I'm inclined to believe that
as long as it's only a BIT of food (a "bit" equaling just
a few bites), it prolly makes no difference if one
makes it  ice cream or filet mignon.

Sometimes I have nothing at all in the kitchen that has
any sugar in it so I take a few bites of left over chicken
or a bite of cheese and  get pretty must the same lift
do from ice cream.   BUT - I always get that lift from
something with sugar and DON'T always get a lift if I
eat meat, cheese or other snack.

ALSO - it's pretty common knowledge that many, if not
most Parkies simply CRAVE sweets!   The only way
that I can resist a sweet snack now and then throughout
the day is to not buy it in the first place!!  And despite
my joking about my eating ice cream all  the time, I might
eat that delectable treat maybe a 1/2 dozen times a
year! (OYE!  My reputation as a major eater of ice
cream is now shot!) <OK...OK.... make that 8 or 10
times a year, but without chocolate sprinkles on the
top, and only one scoop at a time!) <giggle>

Barb Mallut (who'd KILL for a scoop of ice cream right now)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Vetter <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Sinemet


>>Barb,
>>Is it the sugar that gets the Sinemet to "kick" in, or is it
just a wee
>>bit of protein, that is present even in a cookie, that does it.
I know
>>that sounds strange because too much protein at the wrong time
can
>>interfer with the Sinemet doing it's job.  I can be so s-l-o-w
trying to
>>put the evening meal together, but after sitting down and having
a few
>>bites I can feel the change coming.  Was it the sugar in the
salad
>>dressing?  Or trailing after my husband as we walk around a
"Flea
>>Market", he stops to get an Italian Sausage Sandwich of which I
take two
>>bites, and within minutes I'm "on".  Was it the sugar in the
bun?  I'm
>>very protein sensitive, but if I watch what and when I eat I
generally do
>>fairly well. I've also found I do better if I can kind of nibble
>>throughout the day.  Sooo - is it a little sugar, a wee bit of
protein,
>>or just something to eat that does the trick?!
>
>Sharon & all
>
>eating something such that there is some digestive function and
>movement of the levodopa into the small intestine is important.
this
>small amount circa 15 minutes post taking the tablet may be near
>optimum if the regular meal is taken 30 to 45 minutes after
taking
>the med.
>
>if taking CR Sinemet, things are different. the tablet may spend
long
>period in the stomach; or, be only 50% efficacious for younger;
or,
>circa 77% absorbed in the more elderly. the CR has the larger
>variability of efficacy and time of peak as well as peak
>concentration per the original clinical data reported in
Neurology.
>
>I put some of this information into an Acrobat file:
>
>http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter/levodopa.pdf
>
>or, you may find the PD sub-pages of my website - URL below -
interesting.
>--
>Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz
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