Hi Connie --
Gosh, I'm glad to hear Jack is drinking more water; if I
could only pick one single thing that I could discuss re PD,
I'd probably pick fluids. Dehydration is very common among
people with PD and the consequences of dehydration cause
more pain and anguish and hospitalizations than almost any
other single thing. I'm so happy you found someone else to
"back me up!"
My very best regards to you and Jack,
Kathrynne
Constance Tate wrote:
>
> dear kathrynne
> thought you may be interested in this. an article in our san
> bernardino paper.
> a nutritionist and spokesperson for dietetic assn. kathleen zelman was
> quoted by saying
> water consumption should be based on weight --as a guideline she said a
> person should
> divide your weight by half and drink that many ounces of water up to 12
> glasses. thus a person
> weighing 160 lbs. should drink 80 ounces water per day. jack finally started
> increasing his
> water intake since i made him read your article about water over and over
> again. he really felt
> good to see this article confirm what you said. men !!! they are worse than
> kids when they are sick.
> using your prune cocktail he has finally quit taking citricel which pleases
> me. so bless you for
> writing a book for non medical people.
> love
> connie cg jack 79/d1995
--
Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD
Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease"
"Constipation and Parkinson's" -- audiocassette & guidebook
"Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's
disease"
& Risk Assessment Tools
"Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson's
disease,"
J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999.
http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/
