Managing Parkinson's Symptoms: Levadopa and Diet

by Yuchi Yang RD

Overview

If you take Levadopa (L-Dopa), you need to know this: how you eat will affect the efficacy of the medication. In other words, you can adjust your meal plan to maximize the L-Dopa effects; therefore, you can find improvement in the symptoms.

The author is a registered dietitian for more than twenty years. In this book, you will learn how to adjust the meal plan to attain L-Dopa effects, thus  to decrease the symptoms of Parknson's and to improve the quality of life. 

Research continues to explore the science behind diet and nutrition for the risks of Parkinson's and how to manage it. Further research and studies will result in even more compelling dietary recommendations. In the meantime, this book can be used as a food guide to managing Parkinson's with diet.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163816156
Publisher:	Yuchi Yang, MS, RD
Publication date:	12/15/2019
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	151 KB

About the Author

Yuchi Yang is a registered dietitian with over twenty years of experience. She was born in the spring of 1964 and grew up in Taiwan. She earned her bachelor degree in Nutritional Science from Taipei Medical University. In 1986, she came to Storrs, Connecticut where she obtained her master degree in Nutritional Science from the University of Connecticut.

The author is a nutrition expert. In the past, she had worked as a clinical dietitian at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles and Gouverneur Hospital in New York City providing nutrition counseling on a wide range of medical diagnoses to clients of all ages. Currently she resides in Issaquah, Washington where she has her private nutrition consulting practice, American Nutrition Counseling, LLC.

Yuchi Yang is the author of A Food Guide to Lowering Blood Triglycerides: 4 Simple Steps and A Food Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure: 6 Simple Steps. She is also one of the main editors for Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs.