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To Charles and John and List Members Protein and Parkinsons is not a simple question. For example, how do you exclude the bias that comes from knowing what you eat. Can you be sure that the results are due to diet not suggestion? This topic was in the news in the late 1980s when J H Pincus suggested that Parkinson patients take very little protein during the day reserving the entire day's allowance for the evening meal. I put this information together a few years ago and your postings have pushed me into going through my files and getting some references for you to start with:- NETWORK the newsletter of the Parkinson Foundation of Canada had two articles in Number 43 Dec 1987 with a reference to a study by Anthony E Lang at Toronto Western Hospital's Movement Disorder Clinic AR comment-possibly not published). Nutrition and Parkinsons Disease, information and recommendations, must be before 1990, J Rozovski & S Lurie, Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Columbia University. AR comment- Probably each one of the Foundations has an article on this topic. NEUROLOGY 1989;39:549-552 The effect of dietary protein on the efficacy of L-dopa, A double-blind study, JK Tsui, S Ross, K Poulin, J Douglas, D. Postnikoff, S Calne, W Woodward, D B Calne. NEUROLOGY 1989;39:552-558 Amount and distribution of dietary protein affects clinical response to levodopa in Parkinson's disease, by Carter et al. Arch Neurol-Vol 44, March 1987 Influence of Dietary Protein on Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson's Disease, J H Pincus, K Barry SYNAPSE volume x Number 2 May 1990 Rehabilitation and diet in the management of Parkinson's disease, S Gauthier, L Gauthier ......(Reprinted from the Parkinsonist) The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition1992;55:701-7 Effect of daytime protein restriction on nutrient intakes of free-living Parkinson's disease patients. S Pare, S I Barr, S E Ross I also have a list of high protein foods and high vitamin B6 foods too long for me to type. Hope this gives you a good start on this topic Anne Rutherford St John's NF