Review of Nutrition Collective’s recent webinar - An Integrated and Clinical Approach to Parkinson’s Disease with Lucille Leader NT
Published to Latest News on Jan 11, 2023
This was another extremely useful lecture from The Nutrition Collective, absolutely crammed with information for the Nutritional Therapist to use when helping clients who have a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.
Ms Leader said that in Parkinson’s Disease there are nutritional considerations that can be taken into account in all aspects of cell metabolism. Biochemical laboratory tests can aid therapists to decide what would be most helpful. Specific dietary and nutrient recommendations can now be offered based on scientific evidence to tailor-make individual protocols. Her book entitled: ‘Parkinson’s Disease: Dopamine Metabolism, Applied Biochemistry & Nutrition’ covers this subject.
She said that the cellular environment can be regulated up or down. This modulation, can potentially support not only the client’s dopamine, adrenal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and mitochondrial metabolism but also general functional health including non-motor aspects. Potentially this may result in improving feelings of well-being and helping the client to be able cope better within the constraints of the disease.
Lucille stressed many times that nutrition practitioners should always work as part of a multidisciplinary team and that collaboration between the Nutritional Therapist and the client’s medical professionals is vitally important. She said that for best and safe practice, establishing medical collaboration prior to the client’s first appointment is essential. She has written a book on this subject entitled: ‘Medical Collaboration for Nutritional Therapists’.
Her past experience has included serving as the Nutrition Director of the London Pain Relief and Nutritional Support Clinic which used to function at The Highgate Hospital in London, UK. This clinic, with the inspiring vision of its Medical Director Dr Geoffrey Leader, was an early pioneer of the integrated, team approach to the management of chronic illness, with a special interest in the management of Parkinson’s Disease
For more information:
You can visit Lucille's website: http://www.lucilleleader.com/
Access her inspiring books on Parksinson's: http://www.denorpress.com/
Email her about mentorship programs for practitioners and tutorials for patients and carers: denorgroup@gmail.com
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