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From: "Byron, Sara" <[log in to unmask]> To: "owner-parkinsn" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: Sinemet and protein Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 01:16:07 -0400 Thank you for the great article. Could be that this has been discussed...but.... My father does not take any nutrition by mouth. For years, my mother has laboriously prepared food, and used a blender to make it ready for the G-tube. Last year her home health nurse convinced her that a diet of Ensure alone is sufficient. Obviously it saves her a lot of time and bother, but I have always felt that something must be missing in this equation. Ms. Holden's information would indicate that a generic generally accepted food substitute may not be optimal for a PD patient. My mom now primarily depends on Ensure, but adds home made food mostly because it gives Dad more of a satisfied feeling than the Ensure. Does any one else have opinions about the food substitutes? Sara Byron for Agnes Byron CG for Richard Byron , 79 PD since 1969! ----------