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Y'know, Fatta, I ALWAYS think about all that when EVER I eat ice cream! <grinning, ducking & running> (Ooops! Sorry, just couldn't resist...) Actually, Dr. Iacono's just about the only neuro I know who LISTENS to his patients and takes what THEY say about the disease AND how their own body feels into account. I appreciate THAT in Dr. I.... That, and he seems to know more about PD and it's treatment than just about any other MD I've been to. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Fatta Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 4:48 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: Cravings One of the most interesting explanations about the magic of ice cream was explained to me by Dr. Iacono. Ice cream's 3 main ingredients are milk, sugar & cholesterol. Ice cream increases brain Serotonin levels by doing the following: milk prevents the conversion of Serotonin to melatonin, sugar causes insulin to be released which essentially prevents breakdown of Serotonin, and finally cholesterol knocks tryptophan off of its protein carriers making it available for Serotonin production. We also know that decreased exposure to sunlight causes a Serotonin depletion. This might explain why Alaska has the highest per capita consumption of ice cream in the US :) Fatta >Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 17:18:37 -0400 >From: "Kathrynne Holden, MS,RD" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: PARKINSN Digest - 4 Oct 1997 > >J. C. Warren set parkinsn repro wrote: >> >> IS ICE CREAM, OREOS, PEANUT BUTTER A;LL CRAVINGS FOR PD PATIENTS. MY HUSBAND >> WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PD TWO YRS. AGO. HE NEVER BEFORE SEEMED SO INTO THESE >> THINGS BEFORE.KATHY > > >Dear Kathy, >People with PD frequently crave sweet foods, and ice cream seems to be >the number one choice. I believe this is due to the area of the brain >affected. > >There's no problem with this, unless the person eats so much sweet food >that s/he doesn't get enough fiber and other nutrients. Constipation is >also pretty frequent with PD, and sweets can aggravate that. > >Best regards, >Kathrynne > >-- >Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD >Editor-in-Chief, >"Spotlight on Food--nutrition news for people 60-plus" >http://www.fortnet.org/~fivstar >and NUTRITION TOPICS copy-ready handouts >http://www.dietetics.com/class/fivstar/ >Tel: 970-493-6532 Fax: 970-493-6538 >