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Thanks James for your answer ... I do feel that a controled protein diet has helped me with my sinemet absorbtion . I am going to look at the website you suggested this evening at home. Terry At 04:45 PM 8/13/98 -0500, you wrote: > >-----Original Message----- >From: james jones <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thursday, August 13, 1998 4:35 PM >Subject: Controlled Protein Diet > > >I've seen nothing in this forum about a controlled protein diet. It was originally thought that protein should be consumed before bedtime only but that was changed to maintenance of a 7/1 carbo/protein ratio for all meals. The theory is that there is an amino acid contained in protein that interferes with levadopa transmission across the blood brain barrier. My spouse, a PWP, tried it for several months before she became very ill with other complications. It seemed to make the Sinemet effect more predictable. There were still on-off periods but they were more predictable. >The diet is not hard to administer. There is a company called Balance Nutrition PO box 9327, Providence RI 02940 that distributes several products of the proper ratio. (I have no affiliation with that company.) Plain ole Dairy Queen soft ice cream is, coincidentally, a 7/1 ratio product also. You will find that most normal diets are about 25% higher in protein than this ratio so you just need to read the labels and, maybe add some veggies to what you normally eat. For more info including technical articles see www.balancenutrition.com. I am [log in to unmask] > >Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\FwContro.htm" >