HI ERNIE,

I think you have acetylcholine and cholecystokinin mixed up.  I forget
exactly what the later is but mI think its associated with the gall
bladder and not a neurotransmitter.  I am stating this off the top of my
head and med school was 26 years ago so I welcome correction or
clarification if I am wrong.

Charlie

Ernie Peters wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have seen little, if anything, on the subject of tomatoes and PD.
> However, having come across some information a couple of days ago about
> tomatoes, I would like to raise the subject hoping that we might flush out
> some useful information.
>
> Personally, I love tomatoes and have been in the habit of having some form
> of tomato or tomato based soup as part of my lunch in winter on most days
> when we have not been going out.  However, in checking the detailed daily
> diary that we keep, I was trying to see reasons for differences in my
> condition on different days.  The results were far from conclusive, but it
> appeared as if I had done better in periods when I had not had tomato soup.
>
> I decided to avoid tomato soup for a while, whilst continuing to eat
> tomatoes if they were in food generally, and did not think much more about
> it.  However, this week, I read an article in a newspaper (UK Daily
> Telegraph 31/10/97) which said that, it had been found in a study conducted
> by Dr Harry Kissileff of St. Luke's Hospital, New York, that tomato soup
> boosted levels of CHOLECYSTOKININ in the body. The article was not concerned
> with PD, but was pointing out that the Cholecystokinin contributed to a
> feeling of "fullness" and therefore was good as a slimming aid.
>
> Putting it simply, we know that Cholecystokinin and Dopamine must be kept in
> balance in the brain and that to this end some treatments for PD, are to
> take anticholenergic drugs to restore this balance.  Therefore, it would
> appear that tomatoes, leastways a largish quantity of them which I would
> presume there would be in a tomato soup, may be detrimental to PD symptoms.
>
> Other than a nutritional source on the web which says PDers should avoid
> "night shade vegetables" and a list member who follows the same advice, I
> have seen very little on the subject.
>
> Has anyone seen the full Kissileff report?  I would be interested in
> comments from the group and any past or future observations they come up with.
>
> Ernie. 54/4.0
>
> Ernie Peters <[log in to unmask]>

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CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D.
Middleton, WI
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