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RE: Parkinsons MAY Begin In The Human Gut (More Exciting Results from Microbiome Work)
From reading your article, I gather that this also may have application to other neurological disorders. My sister passed from ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's disease... Sadly, she was stubborn about attending to any "alternative" approaches to medicine, and so it might not have helped even if she had known...
This article is not an endorsement of alternative approaches to medicine, nor self medicating. I just wanted to show and explain the thinking of the researchers in more general terms for people. The article is justification for significant further work in this area, but is not justification for treatments at this point IMO.
The inflammation hypothesis is just that, a hypothetical explanation for the observations made about the effects that changing microbiome had. It seems like a logical line of thinking, but now someone needs to prove it!
Hi, @justtryme90 - I understand that and did not mean to imply that in any way.
I believe health is each person's individual responsibility. I appreciate the article and meant no reflection on your intentions at all.
Thanks! I understand now :)
There are some anecdotal reports of benefits received from the cannabis industry related to managing ALS.
"Within 10 days, Bob had his right arm back, and could even throw a football. His overall condition improved tremendously. He stopped using all pharmaceuticals, including the codeine and aspirin he needed for pain. Unlike pills, the oil had a number of remarkable side effects. The high blood pressure Bob had struggled with for years completely dropped, to the point where he had to control his oil intake to make sure it did not get too low.
Indeed, CB1 activation is linked with hypotensive effects. Nummular eczema, asthma, and a herpes infection also all disappeared. Scientific studies indicate the potential of cannabinoids to benefit these conditions through broncodilatory, anti-inflammatory, and anti-viral capabilities. Also, a January 2015 review implicated cannabinoids in the potential treatment of many neuroinflammatory disorders, including ALS."
http://illegallyhealed.com/keeping-als-at-bay-with-cannabis/
While the above was anecdotal, it seems to rhyme with an HHS patent in preparation for something fishy...
""The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia. "
http://www.google.com/patents/US6630507
Interestingly enough, Parkinson's is in there too :)
Here's a former police chief with Parkinson's using CBD to cure his symptoms on camera: http://www.realfarmacy.com/parkinsons-disease-cbd/
His name seems to check out although I didn't dig heavily.
It doesn't necessarily have to be alternative medicine. Good wholesome foods can have a magical healing capacity. I'm trying to get my gut right and doing so primarily with a Mediterranean/Paleo diet, bone broth, plantain (not the banana) and sprouted seeds. This seems to be working great but I'm constantly trying new things like fermented foods.