Good afternoon ,, today is March 10. I live in Indianapolis, Indiana. And this message is In reference to your question about protein consumption and the medication Levodopa. When my neurologist prescribed Carbidopa /levodopa he told me to not take that medication when eating protein within the timeframe of 1 hour before and 1 hour after meals. Reason is "Levodopa must compete for absorption from the small intestine with protein in foods therefore it may be necessary in the timing of meals" You probably should ask your neurologist. The facilitator of our support group provided us with very informative publications from the National Parkinson Foundation and I am pretty sure you can go online (www.parkinson.org) and request publications also, Titles I have are: "What You and You Family Should Know," Nutrition Matters" :Mind, Mood & Memory," "Medications" and "Fitness Counts." So go make today a good one and I care ... Nancy (darcybrie is my ID name!)

I take my meds on a schedule close to the time as I can. It is as follows: 1/2 cardiopa levoda at 8 a.m. morning and at at 8pm night. I also take variouse other prescriptions which are ok'd to take with my PD meds. I have had DBS I have had since 1990. DBS saved my life. I was at a point where the shaking was so bad I wished myself dead. But the DBS saved my life.

I have a all green protein powder ( vanilla flavor) with frozen fruit and a little blender. I was told to get off all dairy because it is bad for your gut. So far after three weeks of doing this it works also I go to another Parkinson's site that talks about nutrition and organic foods and excerise. If interested mamie.borchert @yahoo.com. 😊

I think they meant animal protein should be eliminated, so you must get it from other food sources.

You still need to eat protein ,it's important for a well balanced diet