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Deanne, I do not have all the answers... I wish I did. I did come-on alot stronger than I had intended to. How much have you read in the last 6 months on antioxidants, something that was almost unheard of several years ago as a treatment for parkinson, the NADH is a coenzyme. Studies on Pheylalanine, Methionine and Trypotophan revealed significant improvement(caution trypotaphan does not mix with l-dopa medicine). With all this attention to reduced glutathione, bromelain, lipoic acid, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin A, NADph, and others, seems like we should be taking a closer look at the digestive system. And I saw my father getting better, the frozen face is gone, his doctor noticed it the second he walked into his office. My fathers symptoms only began to appear last year, so perhaps he realized the benefits of these supplements early. >The specific amino acids are important. Are you suggesting 5 to 7 specific >ones for their specific effects, on an empty stomach so they won't have to >compete for absorption (thus utilization)? If not, are you simply saying to >take an amino acid pill? That is, actually, the most expensive way to eat >protein, since protein is made of amino acids. I really like this book I found called Prescription for Nutritional Healing, he makes a convincing argument for additional supplements when you have an illness. I bought my father the amino acid drink from GNC it costs one dollar, I had him delute it down to last five days, then I told him not to use this again for a month, He told me it made him feel stronger and less weak. This is what I meant about powerhousing amino acids, I did not notice any difference when I tried it, so perhaps my father needed these amino acids in this form. And this was just an experiment to see what happened, I do not recommend anyone taking this for any length of time, too much can be just a bad as too little. >I can appreciate your encouragement that people look to their diets as a >major component in their health or illness, but this post seemed >irresponsible, even though you were careful to say the diet you refer to >won't work for everyone. There seemed to be more unproved, regurgitation of >vitamin sales rep hype or something somebody shopping in a health food store >(one of my favorite kinds of stores!) happened to say than sound >biochemistry. Perhaps I am trying to sell produce too<grin> No, I am not trying to sell vitamins, but the medical reports that I uncovered are mentioning the benefits of antioxidants, enzymes and vitamin supplements as a effective treatment. What I am wondering about is if parkinsons patients have problems with malabsorption, not just slowed digestive systems, in any case the problem would get better with improvements in diet. We know what happens in hyperthyroidism, still this condition can be confused with Parkinsons. If you look into hyperthyroidism and parkinsons you will see that there has to be a connection somewhere. In hyperthyroidism the digestive system is speeded up and malabsorbation occurs, could not the same thing happen if the digestive system was slowed down. I am out here learning with the rest and trying to put my ideas together, I am not a biochemist or a medical doctor, but I do have access to this medical information, so please do not let me influence your decisions, but I would like to see what happens with parkinsons if improvements were made in the diet. Autism probably has several causes, I just lucked up on what was effecting my child, the same is true with parkinson, it probably has several causes, finding out the specific problem is will have to be done on an individual basis. I am sorry that I came across irresponsibly, I laughted at the person that told me several years ago that a gluten free diet would help my son, now thousands of autistic children are gluten-free and getting better. I have sent medline reports to this list, and many have had problems understanding them, so what I did was give the list a clue that their illness could be from digestive problems, if it only helps one person, then it was not done in error. We have to understand why the body no longer makes its own dopamine, could this just be from a break in the chain of enzymes? Like you have many unanswered questions. Best Wishes Linda Forrest's Mom