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Parkinson’s Diet: 7 Foods That Quietly Make Symptoms Worse (And What to Eat Instead) · Living with Parkinson’s | Bryce Perry

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  Most people with Parkinson's have no idea that you're eating
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  one food that actually makes your symptoms worse.
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  And I'm talking about things like jittery feeling, sudden
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  shakiness, and even increased dyskinesia.
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  And before you roll your eyes, no, this is not another protein
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  in levodopa episode. I've talked more about that than
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  Netflix has crime documentaries. Today we're talking about the
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  surprising stuff, the foods nobody is warning you about.
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  And stay with me right till the very end.
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  Because there is one food that over 95% of households in the
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  United States, Canada and the UK have sitting in their kitchen
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  right now. And more than 90% of people with
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  Parkinson's eat it regularly. And for a lot of us, it quietly
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  increases our dyskinesia and that shaky, jittery off feeling.
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  And trust me, you will not guess which food it is.
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  Welcome to Living with Parkinson's, The Good, the Bad,
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  and the Reality. Real talk, real life, real
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  community with Bryce Perry. Let's begin.
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  All right, welcome back to the channel, my friends.
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  If you are new here, and there are a lot of you lately, I am
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  Bryce. And this is living with
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  Parkinson's, The good, the bad and the reality.
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  Now this is where we talk honestly about the things that
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  nobody prepares us for with a little humor along the way to
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  hopefully survive the chaos. And this channel isn't just for
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  people with Parkinson's. It's also for people who love
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  us. Every episode includes a message
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  from my wife Carmen, in what we call Carmen's Care Partner
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  Corner. And for those of you doing
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  Parkinson's solo without a caregiver at home to notice when
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  you're off or remind you to take your meds, I see you.
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  You're not invisible here. And that's why every episode
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  includes a solo spotlight, a moment just for you.
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  Now, before we jump in, do me a quick favor again.
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  Last week, almost 1000 of you on one video, just one video hit
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  the like button and almost 1000 people subscribe to this
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  channel. And YouTube blasted this video,
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  this episode out, all those episodes out to people who had
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  never even heard of this channel.
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  And you might be here today literally because somebody did
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  that. Somebody's either shared the
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  video or hit the like button. So let's do it again.
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  And there's a thing called YouTube hype.
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  I don't know if you see it down there.
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  If you see it, let's hype it. I don't know what'll happen, but
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  let's see what YouTube does with it.
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  Because I want to reach every single person whose life's
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  affected by Parkinson's in one way or another.
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  Because I'm on a mission. We're on a mission.
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  This community is on a mission, OK, to empower those living with
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  Parkinson's to know to take back their life again.
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  And by doing that, we're going to spark a global, global
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  movement that's going to change the way the world sees
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  Parkinson's. And you're part of that, You're
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  part of it. You're watching this right now.
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  You were part of it. You're part of the community,
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  you're part of the membership. And we're going to do it.
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  We're doing it together. OK, Alright, let's talk about
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  food the way real people eat food.
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  OK, not in the perfect health fantasy world, but in real life,
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  the kind of life like I'm tired, I'm stiff, I'm about to eat
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  whatever is closest to my hand world.
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  OK, now I'm going to give you 7 foods that are actually
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  affecting us quietly, could be affecting your life right now
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  and you don't even realize it. And again, don't forget at the
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  end I'm going to share that one food that 95% of people have in
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  their house right now. And it blew me away.
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  So stay tuned for that. And I'm going to give you 7
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  swaps, some of the things that you can swap them out with.
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  OK, so let's get into it. First up, fortified cereals.
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  All right, Now, this one shocked me.
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  You know, those healthy cereals, you know, covered in labels like
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  iron, B vitamins, minerals? Yeah.
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  Well, turns out that iron can interfere with how quickly our
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  meds kick in. And B vitamin mega doses, they
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  can actually make some people feel jittery.
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  Now, I used to eat a big bowl of cereal in the morning thinking
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  that I was making a good choice. Like good cereal.
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  I wasn't eating Captain Crunch and Froot Loops.
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  Well, maybe sometimes I did. And boy, if they ever made an
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  M&M peanut. OK, let's move on.
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  Let's move on. But anyway, so I used to eat
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  this big bowl of what I thought was healthy cereal in the
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  morning, thinking I was making really good choices.
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  And then I wonder why my meds, meds took forever to start
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  working. It turns out my breakfast was
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  basically yelling everyone down inside my system.
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  All right, So what can you swap it with something simple?
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  Oatmeal with fruit, eggs with toast, Anything without a
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  supplement aisle built into the box.
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  Do you understand? Look at the labels.
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  You got to read labels and watch out for the supplements.
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  OK, And if that's you right, hashtag cereal.
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  If you love Big bowl cereal or hashtag cereal would be amazing
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  in the comments. All right, here's number 2.
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  Artificial sweeteners, diet sodas, sugar free gum, anything
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  that says 0 calories but taste like it shouldn't be legal.
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  You know, some artificial sweeteners can trigger anxiety
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  spikes, jitterness, and even tremor increases.
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  And listen, I used to choose sugar free gum like it was my
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  side hustle, right? I thought it was harmless, but
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  every time I kind of felt shakier than usual.
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  And I think, is it me? The gum.
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  Spoiler alert, is the gum all right?
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  Swap. Real swap, swap.
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  Here's what you do. Real sugar in small amounts,
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  stevia or just nothing. Your nervous system will thank
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  you. And if you've got a hack for
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  that, you know, if you've got a replacement for sugar,
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  replacement for those artificial sweeteners, share them in the
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  comments. You wouldn't believe how many
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  people read the comments and actually read through them.
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  It's not just watching the the episode.
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  They read the comments and they want to, they're looking for
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  advice. And I don't have it all.
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  You've got some great hacks. So share your hacks.
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  You never know or you're going to help today.
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  All right. And like the video, don't
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  forget, hit that like button. And here we go, the third one.
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  The third one is this citrus, Especially grapefruit.
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  Grapefruit messes with all kinds of medications, including some
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  Parkinson's meds and the meds that support our meds.
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  Right. And no one tells you grapefruit
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  is out there pretending it's healthy while causing chaos
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  behind the scenes. A good swap.
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  Oranges, berries, apples, basically anything that isn't a
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  grapefruit trying to ruin your day.
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  Don't I like grapefruits? I really do.
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  Oh, wow, here's #4 now, I don't know how many people do do this.
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  Now, I don't drink a lot of this stuff, but energy drinks, if
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  you're drinking energy drinks with Parkinson's, first of all,
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  respect, right? Those things are wild even
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  without a neurological disorder. But they have giant caffeine
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  spikes, huge sugar doses, and mega B vitamins, all of which
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  are going to make your tremors louder and you're off periods
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  worse. You know, I did.
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  I, I had one once, you know, once.
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  And I felt like my nervous system started its own drum
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  circle, you know, never again. But if you love them, you know,
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  what could you swap them with? Well, you're looking for some
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  natural, like a little bit of a natural high.
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  It kicked me up. It's coffee, tea, water,
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  literally anything that doesn't glow in the dark.
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  All right, hashtag. I love glow in the dark drinks.
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  If that's you throw it, throw it in there.
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  I don't know, but a lot of people do, all right #5 and
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  don't remember, don't don't forget #7 tell you.
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  But #5 is high fiber smoothies healthy, right?
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  Well, sort of. But giant blends of fiber can
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  slow down digestion, actually. And slow digestion delays
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  medical absorption, right? And suddenly your meds take 45
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  minutes longer and you're thinking, why am I still off?
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  You know, I did everything right.
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  Meanwhile, your smoothie sitting here like hell yeah.
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  You wanted me to move. Tell you what, swap in a smaller
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  smoothie. You don't have to have the extra
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  larges. You don't have to the grandes or
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  the whatever small ones. More liquid, less fiber bomb.
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  OK, that's just it's just one of just these bombs.
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  It's like anything. Like I said, I was explaining
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  the other in one of the other previous episodes.
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  It's like everything you don't have to go to the excess, right?
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  Just kind of go down the middle and you'll be much better off.
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  All right, number six and a lot of people have issues with this
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  one. It's cured meats and deli meats,
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  right? Pepperoni, salami, processed
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  ham, all the fun stuff. These foods have lots of sodium
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  nitrates and sometimes what's it called?
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  Tyramine, tyramine, TYRAMINE. Those of us that can't pronounce
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  things every time, just spell. Then I don't have to pronounce
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  it, do I? Now, with Parkinson's, those
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  things can mess with blood pressure and balance.
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  Have you ever stood up and felt like your whole room just
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  tilted? Yeah, Well, that's the cured
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  meat special. Unreal.
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  Now the swap for all this processed meats.
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  Well, seems obvious, right? Fresh meats, Turkey slices,
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  pieces of chicken. Or if you, if you love it so
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  much, you have to do it. Just smaller portions, right?
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  Smaller portions. OK, it is now time for me to
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  talk directly to our solo people for a second.
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  Here is our Solo Warrior Spotlight.
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  If you're doing Parkinson's without a care, partner food can
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  be especially confusing because there's no one around to help
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  you right notice patterns or even to to talk it out with.
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  So here's an easy win. Pick up just one of these foods
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  this week and see how your body responds.
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  OK, I'm not 7, not even 2. Just one.
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  The smallest change can give you the greatest clarity.
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  And now you might be sitting here saying he says that every
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  time. Just pick one thing.
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  Pick one thing. Well, yeah, I am.
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  Because you realize, again, our brain needs consistency.
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  You think that sometimes I say things over and over again.
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  It's because I'm letting it planted it in your brain long
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  enough for it to actually take hold.
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  All right? So believe me, stay with me.
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  It might be OK. It's kind of like you ever used
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  to watch that old show that you spelled train spaces.
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  And, you know, it would be a show where they were going to
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  come and they were going to change the, the look of your
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  home. And so they'd, they'd start off
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  and they'd show everybody the paint and they'd show them all
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  these paint colors and they'd open it up and there's this wild
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  pink and the people be like, Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God.
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  And they'd be freaking out. And the, the, the, the, the,
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  what do you call them? The designer?
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  The designer would say, the interior designer would say,
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  trust me, it'll all come together in the end.
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  And that's kind of what I'm saying to you today.
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  Just trust me. It'll all come together in the
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  end. And if I'm completely wrong,
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  what's the worst thing that happened?
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  You just ate healthier, felt better.
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  OK, all right. Now let's shift for a second
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  because it is time for our famous or becoming famous man,
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  Carmen's care partner Corner. And here is what Carmen wrote
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  for me to read to you today. Food patterns are something care
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  partners often notice before you do, not because we're policing
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  you, but because we're watching with you.
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  We can see when certain foods make your symptoms louder.
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  So if you're trying out new food swaps this week, let us be part
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  of it. And if we raise an eyebrow at
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  something on your plate, I promise it's out of love.
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  Well, mostly. That's really good.
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  Thanks, Carmen. Again, just here to help.
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  Right? That's what that's what it's all
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  about. It's gentle nudges.
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  OK, now Are you ready for that one food that is shocked me the
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  most and I'm play. I know it's going to shock you.
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  Well, with no more suspense on this, here it is.
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  It is bananas. What bananas?
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  I know the simple of health, the food, the cartoon slip on the
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  thing that you give your kids when they're sick.
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  Turns out potassium in bananas can increase jittery feelings
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  and even increase dyskinesia for some people.
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  Not everyone, but a lot more than you'd ever expect.
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  And because 95% of households in Canada, the US, and the UK have
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  bananas sitting right there, almost all of us are eating them
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  without realizing that they could be part of the problem.
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  Wild right now, if you knew that, if you knew that I'm going
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  to almost call baloney on you. But if you knew that, just put I
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  ain't bananas, right? I ain't bananas.
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  And then because I, I swear, I thought it was unbelievable
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  shocker for me, huh? Who knew?
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  And how about that? If you didn't know it, but who
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  knew? And that way I'll know if I'm
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  looking at the right material, the wrong material.
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  So if you knew it, if you knew it, just like you know, whatever
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  I said hashtag, I'm going bananas.
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  And if you didn't know it, just put hashtag.
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  Who knew? Because it blew me away.
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  All right, well, guess what? You made it this far and you
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  have unlocked today's price ISM, and here it is.
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  With Parkinson's, even the good foods can have bad timing, which
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  is why half of us are out here trying to figure out if we're
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  reacting to the banana, to the bananas, or is a banana reacting
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  to us. There you go.
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  What is that? Is it just these, these calls
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  No, it's not. It's a whole community.
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  do life. So if you haven't joined yet,
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  All right, I'd love to see you there.
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  I'd love to meet you and love to go deeper.
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  And until next time, guess what? Keep showing up.
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  You keep laughing and you keep doing life today.
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